FLYING-BOAT CRASH.
AIR-MARSHAL’S INJURIES. Received December 8, 8.5 a.m. ROME, Dec. 7. Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond, who was injured in the flying-boat crash at Brindisi, has arrived at Home. He is in a private hospital, where he may remain for several days. A nurse is accompanying him. He hag difficulty in using his arms. INQUIRY TO BE OPENED. Received December 8, 9.45 a.m. BRINDISI, Dec. 7. Three British experts have arrived to open tho official inquiry Into the crash of th© Cygnus.
AUSTRALIAN MISHAPS. EIGHTH IN NINE DAYS. SYDNEY, Dec. 7. Another Air Force crash occurred today involving the eighth Hawker Demon in nine days. The machine, which was making weather observations on the coastline in the vicinity of Gosford, made a forced landing at Avoce. The machine was extensively damaged.
The pilot, John Burgess, aged 26, and the wireless operator, Alan Lord, aged 21, were not severely injured, although the latter was hurled 30 feet through the air.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1937, Page 9
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