THREE KILLED IN FIGHTER'S DIVE INTO HOUSES
LONDON, Oct. 31. The pilot, a woman and a girl, were killed and a woman was admitted to hospital as a result of a fighter plane crashing into houses on the edge of the aerodrome at Yeovil, Somerset, today. A fire followed the crash. The plane belonged to the Westland Aircraft Company. It was being flown by Squadron Leader Michael Graves, assistant chief test pilot for the company on a routine test flight, when it plunged into two houses. A child aged six was killed while riding a bicycle along a road.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23091, 2 November 1949, Page 8
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