’PLANE CRASHES
EXPLOSION IN COCKPIT. FATALITY IN ITALY. BODIES IN WRECKAGE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright). ' ■ Received March 21, 10.0 a.m. ROME, March 20. The aeroplane with which a duration was achieved by two Italian airmen crashed to-day near Leghorn after an explosion in the cockpit. The machine was found buried in the sand in eight fathoms of water near the shore. The petrol tank was recovered 300 yards off the shore. The body of one occupant has been foujd, and two others are believed to bo in the wreckage.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 94, 21 March 1931, Page 9
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90’PLANE CRASHES Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 94, 21 March 1931, Page 9
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