PLANE TRAGEDY
CREW OF TWO KILLED (Per Press Association—Copyright). CHRISTCHURCH, December 11. Striking a fence when attempting to land in a paddock at Loitbfield, about 10 o’clock, an Oxford Airspeed bomber burst into flames and the crew of two were incinerated. One engine was flung 100 yards from the scene of tin* tragedy. The occupants were Leading Aircraftsm.in Basil Rawdon Hastings Sharp, whose father is F. J. Sharp, and resides at 87 Lytton Road, Gisborne, and 1 Leading Aircraftsman Leslio Wright, whose mother is Airs L. Wright and resides at 44 Wcka Street, Frankton Junction. The aircraft, which was piloted by Sharp, with Wright as passenger, was engaged in an instrument flying triangular cross-country flight from Wig ram. it crashed at the junction of Leithfield Beach road and the Alain North road. The cause of the accident is unknown. A court of inquiry will be held.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19401211.2.45
Bibliographic details
Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1940, Page 6
Word Count
146PLANE TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1940, Page 6
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in