AEROPLANE CRASH
PILCH’S' r wsoft INJURIES
[PER PRESS .ASSOCIATION.]
TIMARU, October 31
Minor, in.juries/were. suffered -by W. R. Willmbtt/ oP Timdrii,- light aeroplane he. was flying .crashed into a at Jple'asarit’ Point this meiming. The aeroplane was severely damaged. Willmott: was troubled'by^a’> gusty wind, and was making;.,a third -attempt- to land wh'en -thA'machr inb -was carried by' ; the wind , until thes'i right” ivings- Ttfublied a : telepli6ne' jWire and the machine swung against the jrolled r oyer.,, r , , r ,.., ■! The" a , erbpla'ne; , I wjas, foi'fiierly/.the Southern ‘phosV Mttdn,.,.pwiied r 'by Slr Charles Kingsford-Smith on' hifc NbAv Zealand tour,, and purchased by Willmott a few months ago and reconditioned. Willmott holds- allying licence for which pe qualified in 1935, and lias had' .experience ‘in flying in New, Zealand:■‘and 0 A f ustTaliai' i ’He was ''adhiitted to hospital with, the--loss-of- several teeth and a gash in the lower jaw.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 November 1939, Page 2
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