BOMBERS COLLIDE
Six R.A.F. Men Killed
(N.Z.P.A .-Reuter—Copyright) NORWICH, Aug. 20.
Two Royal Air Force jet bombers collided in flight last night, scattering flaming wreckage over the village of Holt, about 20 miles north of Norwich.
One plane was a patrolling Victor bomber of Strike Command and the other' a Canberra believed to be returning from a British base in Germany. Six bodies have been recovered, and the police say there were no survivors. There .were no bombs on either aircraft.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31763, 21 August 1968, Page 14
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