AIR FATALITY
NEW ZEALANDER KILLED EVIDENCE OF EYE-WITNESS. •PLATTE CAUGHT IN AIR POCKET. (United Press Association—By CabletCopyright,) (Received 30, 10.35 a.m.) London, July 29. The New Zealander, Flying-Officei Peter Pharazyn, was killed when the "Wapiti, a day bomber, crashed near Canterbury. R. Ramsay, an aviator, gave evidence at the inquest that while lie, his wife and his daughter were dining they saw the ’plane uesceuding. Then it rose and they heard a crash and saw the tail disappearing in the branches of a tree. They rushed to the •plane, which was burning fiercely. He was of opinion that Pharazyn had encountered a sharp bump over the .tree. A doCtoi gave evidence that death ,was due to head injuries before in(Uneration. Flying-Officer Warrington gave evidence that Pharazyn was an experienced pilot and unlikely to take any unnecessary risks. He was probably Struck by the draught and brought too low to clear the tree. A verdict of accidental death was Returned.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 193, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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159AIR FATALITY Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 193, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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