INJURY TO PILOT
FORCED LANDING AEROBATICS PRACTICE (For Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. One member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was slightly injured yesterday morning when an aircraft from the R.N.Z.A.F. station at Ohakea made a forced landing near Tangimoana while practising aerobatics. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was Leading Aircraftman Ronald Percy McNabb, of Hunterville. His next of kin is Mr. C. P. McNabb, of Hunterville. Leading Aircraftman McNabb was later admitted to the Palmerston North Public Hospital suffering from lacerations of the face. A court of inquiry will be held.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20489, 25 February 1941, Page 10
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96INJURY TO PILOT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20489, 25 February 1941, Page 10
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