GIRL'S DEATH INVESTIGATED.
*■ ~ AIRMEN'S DIFFICULTY IN IDENTIFYING TARGETS. SHOTS FIRED IN GLARE OF SUN. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 17. A verdict of misadventure was returned at the inquest on the girl Jean Chesterton, who was killed by machinegun fire from an aeroplane, owing to the boat in which she and her sister Joan were rowing being mistaken for a target. Joan gave evidence that she saw the danger-flags, but was perfectly sure that the boat -was outside the danger zone. Aircratsman Bonhemia who had fired the fatal shot, gave evidence that he did not fire until he was past the red flag, when he aimed at the first •object he saw, thinking it was a target. He added that the sun-glare made all look alike. Air Force men who were at the time -ashore and responsible for the signals, gave evidence that the boat was within the safety area; but the fliers expressed the opinion that the boat was sufficiently close to the danger zone to be mistaken for a target, especially in view of the glare. The jury advocated better demarcation of the danger zone.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1933, Page 5
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