A FATAL CRASH
Australian Press Association. (Beeeived 29th June, 1 p.m.)
NEW YOKE, 28th June. The noted woman pilot, Viola Gentry, was severely injured -when her 'plane, in which she was attempting an endurance flight, plunged 2000 feet when the petrol was exhausted and struck a tree. Miss Gentry is expected to recover, but her co-pilot, Jack Ashcraft, the famous dare-devil airman, was killed instantly.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 150, 29 June 1929, Page 9
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65A FATAL CRASH Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 150, 29 June 1929, Page 9
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