Moth Plane Damaged; No One Injured
AUCKLAND, This Day. A Moth aeroplane, belonging to the Air Force was extensively damaged shortly before 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the Hobsonville Air Base. The machine, which was being flown by Pilot-Officer L. A. Robertson, with an aircraftsman as passenger, was coming in to. land when a wing tip touched the 'ground, causing the aeroplane to slew round and tip on to its nose. ,
The propeller was broken" and a wing considerably damaged. Pilot-Officer Robertson received minor facial abrasions, but otherwise neither occupant was injured.
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Northern Advocate, 28 January 1939, Page 15
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