TWO PILOTS KILLED
TIGER MOTH CRASH SYDNEY. April 26. Two young pilots were killed instantly when a Tiger Moth plane crashed after striking high-tension wires about 15 miles from Albury. Eye-witnesses said that the plane had been flying low before it hit the wires. The men, both of Victoria, were employed by private companies at Albury aerodrome. The plane was flying at 30ft. wnu< it hit the wires. There was a vivid flash and the machine crashed into the ground with wires wrapped about the propeller. The engine was thrown 60ft. from the rest of the plane.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22622, 27 April 1948, Page 5
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