UNUSUAL AIR ACCIDENT
Aircraftsman Afraid to Jump 1 CRASHES TO DEA 111 V ITH PLANE LONDON, March 12. A curious aviation fatality occurred at J lironburg, Gloucestershire, when an i R.A.F. Westland-Wallace bomber de- ■ veloped engine trouble aud crashed. ! killing Aiiciallsuiau Griffiths though ! Pilot .Lenin\, who jumped with a pararliui" was allied. I Realising the certainty of disaster Lenmy tried to persuade Griffiths to trust to the parachute, but his pleas were fruitless, Griffiths being apparently scared. Alter delaying his own jump till the last moment Lemay stepped off the bomber wad laadetl »alWj.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 77, 13 March 1934, Page 7
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