Plane Crashes In Gore Main Street, Pilot Dead
ip.A.) GGRE, This Day, An accident occurred in the main street at Gore at 10.40 this morning when an Air Force plane crashed in the street, resulting in the pilot being killed and several civilians injured. The machine was taking part in Emergency Precautions Service exercises. Four persons standing on the road were hit by the wings as the plane sv/ept along the street and suffered serious injuries.
It is officially announced that the sole occupant of the plane was PilotOfficer Geoffrey Thomas Coldham. He was fatally injured. His next-of-kin is his father, Mr George Stewart Coldham, 4 Tawera* Road, Green Lane, Auckland. The official report states that four civilians were injured, not seriously.
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Northern Advocate, 11 June 1942, Page 5
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