FATAL CRASH
OXFORD BOMBER
PILOT KILLED
TWO OTHERS INJURED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. An Airspeed Oxford bomber, visiting Dunedin from Christchurch, crashed at Taieri aerodrome at 7.25 this morning and burst into flames. Squadron-Leader John Hugh Kitson, who was in charge of the machine, died "shortly afterwards from injuries. Aircraftman Ronald Edward Kilpatrick, single, of Oamaru, was seriously hurt and Pilot-Officer Peter Robert McNab, married, of Auckland, was slightly injured. Squadron-Leader Kitson was promoted only yesterday from the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. He joined the R.A.F. in 1934 and arrived in New Zealand on loan to the R.N.Z.A.F. in March of this year. He was employed on flying instructional duties at Wigram. He was married, his wife and two children being in England. An inquest on Squadron-Leader Kitson was opened today. A Court of Inquiry will be held tomorrow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 9
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140FATAL CRASH Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 9
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