PILOT KILLED.
NEW ZEALANDER AT OTTAWA. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Nov. 22. Private advice was received at luvercargill this morning that FlyingOfficer L. F. J. Taylor, of the Royal Air Force, was killed on Saturday when liis machine crashed' outside the airport at Ottawa. • Mr Taylor, the only son of Mr and Mrs W. L. Taylor, Invercargill, was a pupil of the Southland Bovs’ High School from 1923 to 1928. He had a fine record at school, both scholastically and on the sporting field. On leaving school he became an engineer. He then became interested in flying, and in 1927 was selected as a flying cadet for the New Zealand Air Force. Two years later lie was commissioned as second lieutenant. He promotion and was appointed to the lToval Air Force, and later saw service in England and at the Singapore base. For some time he was instructor of a bombing) squadron in England, and only recently was ordered to Canada for special duty.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 304, 23 November 1937, Page 7
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