Tragic Day in Royal Air Force
FIVE KILLED IN CRASHES United Preea Association.— By Electric Tel egr aph.—Copyrlgh t. LONDON, May 9. A total of five members of the Royal Air Force were killed when two bombers collided in Norfolk and a third crashed into tho sea off the Lincolnshire coast. Three members of the crew were slightly injured when a bomber crashed at a holiday camp at Gorton. Three men escaped uninjured in a seaplane crash in Portsmouth Sound. SEVEN DIE IN CRASH AT SARAGOSSA LISBON, May 9. Seven people were burned to death at Saragossa when two 'planes crashed after colliding in mid-air.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 5
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