LOCKHEED CRASHES.
TWO PILOTS FEARED KILLED.
NO PASSENGERS ABOARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association) , WELLINGTON, This Day. The Union Airways' head office has received the following advice from Auckland this morning: '';Regret to advise that the Lockheed A.F.C. Kotara, with Pilots 0. M. Duthie and W. J. Peel but no passengers, after taking off w;as observed to be in difficulties, landing one mile on the western side of the aerodrome at approximately 12.22 p.m. The machine burst into flames and it is feared that both pilots were killed." The machine was scheduled to leave Auckland at 12.15 p.m. Death of Pilots Confirmed. A later message from Auckland confirmed the report, and added that the two pilots were either killed or burned to death. The manager of Union Airways said that the groundman at tfhe aerodrome saw the machine being forced down. He motored along the road and across a paddock, reaching the scene four minutes after the crash. On reporting to headquarters, all he could say was that both pilots were dead.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1938, Page 4
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