AVIATION

Grey River Argus, 21 September 1932, Page 4

AVIATION

Funeral of Victims BYRON BAY TRAGEDY. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn). SYDNEY, Sept. 20. There now seems no doubt that the left wing of the plane which crashed on Sunday was badly damaged before the accident. A farmer said he saw a portion of the wing fall to the ground before the pilot tried to land in the hilly country. IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTES. (Received September 20 at 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 30. The funerals of two of the Byron Bay air victims, Captain Holden and Dr. Hamilton, took place to-day. A most impressive memorial service was held at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, of which the victims were old boys, and where there were deposited many carloads of beautiful wreaths, which later were transferred to the City Cenotaph, and drew an enormous crowd. Eighteen aeroplanes flew in formation over Rookwood cemetery, where the cremation of the victims was carried out. They dipped to salute. The pilots of the machines were former close friends of the dead airmen. The officiating clergyman, Canon Howard Lea. in paying a tribute to the deceased, said that these two men had had beautiful modesty. Captain Holden, in particular, was u very gallant man, who would have made a wonderful conquest of the air. He had remembered Dr. Hamilton once saying: “Yes, aviation is dangerous, but there is no progress without danger.” The thiid plane victim. Pilot Virtue, was buried at Lismore, his home town, yesterday. STAINFORTH INJURED. RUGBY, September 20. Flight-Lieut. Stainforth, the Schneider Trophy pilot, was injured in a flying mishap while alighting in a field at Lizard, in Cornwall, uhere he is the guest of a well-known airman, the Master of Sempill. His passenger also received injuries. UDET SAFE. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable As*n). LONDON. September 19. A message from Godhaven (Greenland . says that Udet, th e German airman, is safe, a violent storm made it imp 'ssible to descend in the usual landing place.