TWO AIRMEN KILLED
TRAGEDY AT LEITHFIELD PLANE CRASHES AND BURSTS INTO FLAMES CREW INCINERATED [United Press Association] CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. Two air pilots under training were killed instantly near Leithfield beach, Canterbury, when an R.N.Z.A.F. aircraft crashed and caught fire at 10 o’clock this mornThe occupants were Leading Aircraftman Basil Rawdon Hastings Sharp, whose father, Mr F. J. Sharp, resides at 87 Lytton road, Gisborne; and Leading Aircraftman Leslie Wright, whose mother. Mrs L. Wright, resides at 44 Weka street, Frankton Junction.
The aircraft, which was piloted by Aircraftman Sharp with Aircraftman Wright as passenger, was engaged in an instrument flying triangular cross-coun-try flight from Wigram. It crashed at the junction of the Leithfield beach road and the main north road. The cause of the accident is unknown. A court of inquiry will be held.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 6
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