NEW ZEALANDER KILLED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 20 November 1934, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDER KILLED

PLANE CRASH IN INDIA MOTHER EN ROUTE TO VISIT HIM (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) BOMBAY, 19th November. Flight-Lieutenant A. K. S. Binley, a .New Zealander, instructor to the Bombay Flying Club, was fatally injured in a crash at Julia aerodrome. CALCUTTA, 19th November.

Flight-Lieutenant A. K. S. Binley, who died from injuries when a plane piloted by an Englishman, Ring, crashed at Bombay, recently conducted ail instructional flight- of four young Indian members of the .Club to England and back. Binley who formerly served in the Air Force, was a clever boxer and played in the Rugby trial in the All Blacks tour of 1927. His mother is at present in .Melbourne en route to visit him.

NATIVE OF BLENHEIM CAREER OF DEAD AIRMAN (By Telegraph—Press Association) BLENHEIM. This Day. Flight-Lieutenant Alan Keith Skilten Binley, who lost his life in an air accident near Bombay, was 27 years of age and was the youngest son of Mrs A. Binley and tlie late Mr J. Binley, ot Blenlieim. He was born in Blenheim and educated at the Blenheim school and Marlborough College. After a short period in tlie Post and Telegraph Department he joined the staff of the Bank of New South Wales and was transferred to tlie Wanganui branch. He then became interested in aviation and worked his passage to England and succeeded in securing an appointment in tlie Royal Air Force. After serving in England he was stationed at Amman, in Transjordania. He visited New Zealand on furlough at Christmas, 1931. Shortly after Ins return he secured ap appointment as instructor to the Bombay Flying Club, and recently added to the history of British aviation by making a pioneer flight from India to England with a fleet of club ’planes piloted by four of his native trainees. On the return journey the ’planes were forced down m the desert 200 miles from Basra and Flight-Lieutenant Binley earned warm commendation in the handling of a difficult situation before the party was ultimately rescued. His mother left Blenheim recently to visit him at Bombay, and is at present in Sydney. His brother, Jack Binley. resides in Sydney, and there are two sisters—Mrs T. Watson, of East Bay, and Miss Mary Binley, of Dunedin.