AIRMAN KILLED
BALED OUT OF PLANE ’CHUTE FOULS MACHINE AIRCRAFT WRECKED (Per Press Association.) . WELLINGTON, this day. An airman pilot under training was killed instantly near Blenheim yesterday afternoon when lie attempted to leave a trainer aircraft of which he was the sole occupant by parachute. Ho was: Lac Morris Desmond Jurgens. His father is Mr. H. W. P. Jurgens, 4G Crofton road, Marion. Leading Aircraftman Jurgens took oft' on a flight from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Woodbournc to carry out training exercises. In the course of the flight he apparently attempted to leave flic aircraft bv parachute. The evidence indicates that ‘the parachute fouled the aircraft, as his body was foupd with the parachute badly torn. The accident occurred near ttie Omaka River, where the body was recovered in Die riverbed approximately one mile south-west of Goultar’s Ilill and six miles west of Woodbourne. The aircraft was completely wrecked but did not catcli fire. The cause of the airman’s leaving the aircraft is not known. A court of inquiry will be held.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 30 July 1941, Page 4
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