AIR DISASTER IN KENT

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 256, 25 July 1930, Page 11

AIR DISASTER IN KENT

Inquest Opened OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION London, July 23. The flower-covered coflins containing the remains of the victims of the air disaster lay in a hut behind the tiny village tea-room at Meopham, where the Inquest was opened. There were affecting scenes as the bodies were identified. A gardener described how one body fell in the orchard and rebounded nine yards to where he was standing. After the evidence of eye-witnesses and a doctor had been heard, the inquest was adjourned until August 13. The coroner read a letter from Mrs. Henderson, widow of the pilot, expressing sorrow for the relatives of the victims and adding: “No one would have been more broken-hearted than the late pilot.” Shortly before the inquest four representatives of the Junkers Company, makers of the machine, had arrived, having flown from Germany. The remains of the machine were taken to London for a further detailed examination by ofllclals of the Air Ministry, who are Investigating the causes of the accident, which at present remain a matter of speculation.