FLYING TRAGEDY
? SEAPLANE CRASHES ONE MAN KILLED (Aust. and N.Z. Cable) Hobart, March 19. During gunnery practice with the Australian Nac.v at Norfolk Bay, South-East Tasmania, a seaplane from H.M.A.S. Albatross crashed. One man was killed and two. injured. The victims were: Wireless Operator, McGowan ,drowned ; Flying Officer Grant, injuries back, fractured ribs .cuts, and severe shock; Lieutenant Elliott, broken leg, disjloeated shoulder , and shock. The seaplane developed a spin at an altitude of 2000 feet and crashed into the water.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2506, 20 March 1930, Page 5
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