AIR CRASH RECALLEP

Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 13

AIR CRASH RECALLEP

LATE MR. W. M. Q'HARA

FLYING HELMET RETURNED

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, July 13. A small parcel recalling trag'ia memories was included in the mail brought from Sydney by the Wanganella today. It contained the leather flying helmet once worn by Mr. W. M. O'Hara, the well-known New Zealand airman, and torn from his head when his aeroplane crashed and he was killed at Eumungerie,' New South Wales, on May 24. The helmet came into the possession of the police authorities in New South Wales after the tragedy, and it was decided to forward it to the relatives of Mr. O'Hara.

The Waikatp Returned Soldiers' Association had made a request for the helmet by radio telephone to Sydney when the news of its existence was made known, but its claims have been, waived until the relatives have decided whether they wish to keep the helmet or not. If they do not do so, it is probable that the helmet will be sent to Hamilton to be preserved in the association's rooms. ...'..

The helmet was sent to New Zealand through the Government Trade Commissioner in Sydney, and was addressed to the Auckland office of the Government Tourist Bureau, where it is being kept at present.