INQUEST ON PILOT
DEATH BY MISADVENTURE FLYING ON EXCEPTIONALLY COLD NIGHT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 3. At the inquest into the death of Mr Colin O. Byar, of Dunedin, a verdict of death by. misadventure was returned. An Air Ministry expert disclosed that Byar was participating in searchlight exercises on an exceptionally cold night. He was flying at a height of 6,000 ft. The expert gave the opinion that Byar suddenly descended, and the change of temperature stopped the engines. [Medical evidence at the inquest on May 1 into the death of Mr Colin C. Byar, of Dune”din, who received fatal injuries when his aeroplane crashed in Surrey, showed that he lived for three days with a broken neck. The inquest was adjourned pending the Air Ministry inquiry.]
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Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 9
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129INQUEST ON PILOT Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 9
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