PARACHUTE FAILS, AIRMAN BEING KILLED
PILOTLESS ’PLANE FLiES ON. [By Electric Cable-Copyright! [Auat and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 10. A pilotless Bristol Fighter Aeroplane flew onwards o "r Bast Grinstcad alter two members'of the Air Force had •jumped out at a height of 2000 ft. The pilot’s parachute did not open and his body was found with the hand still clutching the ring. The observer reached the ground safotly. The aeroplane has not been traced.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 6454, 11 November 1927, Page 7
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