DRAMATIC EPIC

Inangahua Times, 17 May 1930, Page 1

DRAMATIC EPIC

SENSATIONAL AERIAL ACCIDENT. DURING MILITARY MANOEUVRES. OFFICER AND FOUR LOST. (United Press Assft-—By Telegraph—Copyright.) HONOLULU", T.ast A dramatic epic of the with ivr.oui l iv hen 1 he , ffmilitary, naval and air manoeuvres that resulted in the drowning of a noncommissioned officer and the loss of four aeroplanes. Forty-3ix machines participated in the exercises. While flying between OahuanMui and Hawaii, an air corps sergeant and three other members of the crew attempted to heave a disabled bomb four thousand feet in the air, but the shrouds of the former’s parachute became entangled in the plane’s rigging, taking him with it to »the bottom of the se*a. A convoy of planes settled on the huge seas that were running in a o effort to save the survivors. Reseue vessels picked up the occupants of convoy machines; which, after rescuing the bomber’s crew, drifted helplessly for many hours.