TAKE-OFF ACCIDENT
PILOT AND PASSENGER INJURED
MELBOURNE, July, 19.
An aeroplane, when taking off near Essendon Aerodrome yesterday, struck a fence and overturned. The pilot, Mr. George Bills Thompson, who is a radio announcer at Station 3AW, received severe head lacerations. Ronald Larsen, 16 years of age, an aero ground assistant, received a fractured skull," and his condition is critical.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360720.2.82
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Issue 17, 20 July 1936, Page 9
Word Count
60TAKE-OFF ACCIDENT Evening Post, Issue 17, 20 July 1936, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in