AIRMAN KILLED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 20 November 1934, Page 7

AIRMAN KILLED.

NEW ZEALANDER AT BOMBAY. BOMBAY, Nov. 19. Flight-Lieutenant Alan Binley, a New Zealander, instructor to the Bombay Flying Club, was fatally injured in a crash at the Juhu aerodrome. ■ Flight-Lieutenant Binley died from injuries when a ’plane piloted by the Englishman, Mr Ring, crashed at Bombay. He was a clever boxer and played in a Rugby trial before the All Blacks’ tour in 1927. His mother is at present at Melbourne and was en route to visit him. A SPLENDID RECORD. YOUNG MAN’S CAREER. Per Press Association. BLENHEIM, Nov. 20. Flight-Lieutenant A 1 an Keith Hilton Binley, who lost his life in the air accident near Bombay, was 27 years of age and was the youngest son of Mrs A. Binley and the late Mr J. Binley, of Blenheim. Born in Blenheim, he was educated at the Blenheim School and Marlborough College. After a short period in the Post and Telegraph Department, he joined the staff of Bank of New South Wales, and was transferred to the Wanganui branch. He then became interested in aviation and worked his passage to England, _ and succeeded in securing an appointment in the Royal Air Force. After serving m England, he was stationed to Amman, in Transjordania. He visited New Zealand on furlough during Christmas, 1931, and shortly after his return secured an appointment with the Bombay Flying Club. He had recently added to the history of British aviation by making a pioneer flight from India to England with a fleet of club ’planes piloted by four of his native trainees. On the return journey the ’planes were forced down in the desert, 200 miles from Basra and Flight-Lieutenant Binley earned warm commendation for his handling of the difficult situation before the party was ultimately re-_ scued. His mother left Blenheim recently to visit him in Bombay and is at present in Sydney. A brother, Mr Jack Binley, resides in Sydney, and there are two sisters, Mrs T. Watson, of East Bay, and Miss Mary Binley, of Dunedin.