EIGHT AIRMEN KILLED
R.A.F. PLANES COLLIDE
(9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 12. Eight airmen were killed and one is missing after a Royal Air Force Hornet aircraft and a Lancaster bomber collided in mid-air over the battle-training area at Stanford. Two men baled out after the crash. One disappeared behind the treetops before his parachute opened. The bomber's pilot landed safely with superficial injuries.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22484, 13 November 1947, Page 5
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