AIR FATALITY
FALL FROM PLANE
ACCIDENT AT OHAKEA
The Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) "announced^ this afternoon with regret that, as the result of a fall from a Vincent aircraft, Leading Aircraftman David Hanforth Hawkes, of the R.N.Z.A.F., was killed at Ohakea at 10 a.m. today.
The aircraft was engaged in bombing practice at a height of 3600 ft. There is no information as yet as to the cause or circumstances of the accident, but an official committee of inquiry is to be held. Aircraftman Hawkes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hawkes, Onerahi, North Auckland, and was 24 years of age. Before this entry into the R.N.Z.A.F. he was on the staff of the Whangarei Harbour Board. He was educated at Whangarei High School and was well known in cricket and football circles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 8
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139AIR FATALITY Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 8
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