AIR FORCE CRASH
ACCOUNT OF MISHAP. WHAT WITNESS SAW. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 2. “The aeroplane seemed to be heading for the sea, but when possibly 200 yards from the water I think the pilot must have changed his inind. The speed at the time was much too slow to turn, but the pilot did make a lefthand turn, which threw him into a very steep bank. Erom there onwards the aeroplane lost its grip of the air, side-slipping rapidly, and it travelled about 300 yards before nose-diving to the ground. That description of the manoeuvres of the Air Force aeroplane which crashed in Akaroa on the morning of June 15 was given by William Anthony White at the resumed inquest at Akaroa this tnorning into the dea'ths of Leading-Aircraftsmen Francis Maurice McFarlane and John Lindsay McFayden. The evidence of the Akaroa witnesses was taken by the Coroner (Mr E. C. Levvey) this morning, and the inquest will'be completed in Christchurch in about a fortnight’s time.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 9
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167AIR FORCE CRASH Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 9
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