AIR FORCE CRASH.
BLUE MOUNTAINS TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, Aug. 1. An Air Force training aeroplane crashed into a cliff in the Blue Mountains this afternoon and the two-occu-pants were killed. The victims were Pilot-Officer H. Hopwood and the copilot V. Monterole. The former was incinerated when the plane was burned. The police think that the pilot lost bis bearings in a mist, sought to land in wild country, and crashed into the mountain-side.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 6
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