All Three Dead
AIR CRASH VICTIMS Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Leading Aircraftsman George Hear" West, third victim of the air crash at Wlgram last night, died from severe burns in the Christchurch Hospital at 6.10 to-night. Mr. West, •rt'ho was age*. 25, came from Bluff. Ho had been stationed at Wigram for two years. An earlier message stated that Pilo*Offieer William Frederick Dawson liaa died in tho Christchurch Public Hospital, from burns.
The other victim of the tragedy was Acting Pilot-Officer Reginald James McCforie, who W'as killed instantly when the machine crashed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 4
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94All Three Dead Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 4
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