BURST INTO FLAMES
One Machine Reduced fo Charred Wreck
, By Telegraph- Pless Association.!
CHRISTCHURCH, February 20. The machines were flying at about SOO feet when the collision occurred. The machine in which Heading Aircraftman Stephens lost his life spun to the ground after the collision and burst, into Hames. It struck the stirface of the Burnside Road and the petrol tank burst. Fire quickly enveloped the machine and it was reduced to a ebarred wreck, only the metal portions outlining the framework and the engine remaining. The second machine turned away westward after the collision, the pilot endeavouring to make a forced landing in an open paddock. In landing the machine tore its way through a low gorse fence and touched rough ground. The undercarriage was broken and the machine turned completely over on its back after travelling a few yards. It was considerably damaged and Leading Aircraftman Willis was lucky to escape with only slight injuries.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 126, 21 February 1941, Page 8
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157BURST INTO FLAMES Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 126, 21 February 1941, Page 8
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