KENT AIR CRASH

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 11

KENT AIR CRASH

Search for Victims’ Jewels PILOT’S BODY CREMATED (Rec. July 25, 9.35 p.m.) London, July 25. The whole village of Meopham, Kent, is engaged in a search for jewellery belonging to Lady Ednam and Mrs. Loeffler, victims of Monday’s air crash. The jewellery was not thought of until a few gems were discovered in the vicinity of the wreckage and handed over to the village constable. It was then ascertained that Lady Ednam had with her a pearl necklace and a diamond clip brooch, the greater part of which is still missing. Mrs. Loeffler is believed to have been wearing a family heirloom, the value of which It is difficult to assess, in the form of a pearl necklace with a diamond clasp. A few of her pearls and some of the diamonds have been picked up. The remainder may have been trodden into the ground. The “Daily Express” says experts express the opinion that the value of the lost jewellery is possibly £65,000. The body of the pilot, Colonel Henderson, was cremated at Golders Green, after which his widow and mother entered an Imperial Airways aeroplane and scattered the ashes over Croydon aerodrome. Flying-Officer Allen, who piloted the machine, said the ashes were scattered thus in accordance with Colonel Henderson’s wish.