PLANES COLLIDE IN MID-AIR
One Airman Killed ACCIDENT NEAR THE HAREWOOD STATION A collision between t«u aircraft when on training flights yesterday morning near the Royal New Zealand Air Force station. 1 larcwood, resulted in the death of one airman and in injuries to another. 'Pile victims of the accident were: — Killed. Leading.Aircraftman William Gordon Stephens. Next-of-kin, .Mrs. Margaret Stephens (wife), 9 Nursery Road, Linwood. Christchurch; mother, Mrs. A. M. Stephens. Mount Hutt, R.D.. Rakaia.
Slightly Injured. Leading Aircraftman Walter John Willis. Next-of-kin, Mr. Stanley Collard Willis t father i. 91 Karaka Road. Thames. Both were airman pilots under training and were engaged in solo Hying practice. 'The accident occurred at 9.27 o'clock yesterday morning, approximately one mile east of Harewood. The two aircraft collided nt mid-air, both crashing. That piloted by Leading Aircraftman Stephens was wrecked, the pilot being killed instantly. Fire broke out on the ground. The other aircraft was badly damaged, the occupant. Leading Aircraftman Willis, escaping with sligh. injuries. He was later admitted to the station hospital. A court of inquiry will be held.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 126, 21 February 1941, Page 8
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