PLANES LOST IN FRANCE
SEVERAL CRASHES EESULT OF A STORM United Press Association—By Electric Telecraph—Copyright. (Received 15th June, 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, 14th June. Twenty-one military bombing 'planes were night-flying from Nancy to Le Bouget when just after midnight a sudden storm struck the formation in the neighbourhood of Paris. ■ Only four reached Le Bouget, while a fifth carrying four men, crashed at the edge of the aerodrome, but the occupants were uninjured. A twin-motor 'plane capsized on landing near Meaux and the machine was destroyed, but here also the crew escaped. Lieutenant Picard's 'plane turned over and his pilot, who had a para chute, descended safel., but Lieutenant Pickard, who had" no parachute, had to stick to the machine, which crashed, and he was killed. Four 'planes were damaged while landing towards Beauvais, in Chantilly.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 140, 15 June 1928, Page 9
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135PLANES LOST IN FRANCE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 140, 15 June 1928, Page 9
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