HEAVY PLANE AFIRE
Pilot Saved by Parachute
OBSERVER’S FATAL ERROR
Prague, August 4,
Flying at 6000 feet a heavy bombing plane took fire. The pilot parachuted safely, but the observer, over-excited, opened his parachute too early and was killed.
The machine fell on the roof of a distillery, which, with an adjoining shop, took fire.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 266, 6 August 1931, Page 9
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55HEAVY PLANE AFIRE Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 266, 6 August 1931, Page 9
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