COLLISION OVER SEA
PILOT OF PLANK LOST. (Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, May 15. It was officially announced to-night that a collision occurred about 3 p.m. to-day between two aircraft of the R.N.Z.A.F. station at Blenheim whilst practising formation Hying. The collision occurred a little distance out to sea between White Bluff ajid Awatere River mouth north-west of Cape Campbell. One plane piloted by Leading-Air-craftsman Alec Haigh (father, Mr Ar- ! thur Haigh, Greytown) fell into the sea, but no trace could be found of the pilot and it must be presumed he is dead, although floating wreckage was located shortly afterwards by an R.N.Z.A.F. launch which happened to be proceeding through Cook Strait. The other machine, piloted by Lead-ing-Aircraftsman John Joseph Fox (wife, Mrs Patricia Fox, of Wellington) made a forced landing on the beach. The pilot was admitted to the Wairau Hospital suffering from slight wounds and abrasions. His condition is not serious.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 141, 16 May 1941, Page 5
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152COLLISION OVER SEA Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 141, 16 May 1941, Page 5
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