Meteor Jet Plane Taken by Officer
Received Thursday, 7.45 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 22. The missing R.A.F. pilot who is believed to have “disappeared” with the Meteor jet-plane is a fighter pilot, Flight-Lieutenant John Adam, says the Daily Mail’s aviation correspondent, who adds that Adam, described as a daredevil type, visited a small inn near the airfield on Monday night, accompanied hy three other R.A.F. officers. They had a couple of beers and left at closing time. A mechanic at Molesworth aerodrome stated that Adam started up the Meteor and took oft’ before the alarm was sounded. It was too late to stop him. It is understood that a court of inquiry into Adam’s disappearance will oe hem in tne near future.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 277, 23 November 1945, Page 5
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