AIR DISASTER
(Rec. 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 22 Twenty-two soldiers , and nine . members of "the It.A.F. crew were killed when an India-bound Liberator crash-' ed at Blackdown Hill, Devon. All the occupants were killed instantly except one who died on the way to hospital. The plane, which had taken off from Ilminster, six miles a Way, did not gain sufficient height to clear the hillside.’lt struck a tree and caught fire.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 305, 23 November 1945, Page 6
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71AIR DISASTER Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 305, 23 November 1945, Page 6
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