AEROPLANES COLLIDE
AIR FORCE TRAGEDY
FIVE MEN KILLED
VICTIMS BURNED TO DEATH
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LONDON 7 ,. April 10. The Henlow aerodrome in Bedfordshire was the scene of tlie worst Air Force disaster since the war.
A giant Vickers-Vimy, piloted by Flying-otiicer Lacey, who returned from leave to-day, and carrying three mechanics who wero engaged in parachute practice, was landing, when an Avro machine piloted by Flying-officer Scott took off.
The machines collided at on altitude of a few hundred feet, and both plunged to the ground and burst into flames. The. five occupants were ' burned to death. The fire brigade subdued the flames in thirty minutes, but only the twisted metal of the machines remained. Tho bodies were, unrecognisable.—Reuter, PILOT BLINDED BY SUN. LONDON, April 11. (Received April 12, at 10 a.m.)
Eye-witnesses of tho air tragedy ,at Henlow are of the opinion that the pilot of the rising plane was blinded by tho sun. The machines interlocked, somersaulted, and crashed-in flames.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19221, 12 April 1926, Page 5
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166AEROPLANES COLLIDE Evening Star, Issue 19221, 12 April 1926, Page 5
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