AIR TRAGEDY
AUSTRALIAN FLYING OFFICER KILLED OBSERVER SERIOUSLY INJURED DEFENCE AEROPLANE WRECKED By Telegraph.—Press Association Copyright. (Rec. February 11, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, February 11. A Defence Department aeroplane manned by'' Flying-Officer ’P. M. Pitt and Observer W. E. Callendar, when en route from Richmond to Canberra in order to carry out a photographic survey of the Murrumbidgee, crashed while manoeuvring for a landing at Canberra. Pitt was killed instantly, and Callendar seriously inured. The flight from Richmond bad been eventless, the machine apparently working perfectly, and covering 140 flying miles from Richmond to Canberra in good time. Apparently some mishap occurred, and the attempted landing must have been forced. The machine lost altitude gradually, and when 150 feet from the earth nosedived, immediately bursting into flames.
Pitt was dead when reached by the few spectators of the. tragedy, and Callendar was badly injured and unconscious. The machine was totally wrecked. Pitt was 27 years of age, and was regarded as a most efficient pilot. Callendar was 26.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 118, 12 February 1926, Page 9
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168AIR TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 118, 12 February 1926, Page 9
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