AIRMAN’S DEATH.
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, May 13. An inquest into the death of Leading - Aircraftsman Edwin Chaytor Moore, of the R.N.Z.A.F., who was killed when a Tiger Moth from the Whonuapai air' base crashed and caught fire at Reweti near Helensville, was held before the city coroner, Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. Leading-Aircrafta-man Moore, who was £3, had been in tlie Air Force since January. “There is no one alive to tell us what actually happened,” said Mr Hunt after hearing the evidence. He returned a finding that the cause of death was the residt of a machine flown by deceased becoming out of control and accidentally crashing.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 139, 14 May 1941, Page 8
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