FATAL CRASHES.
TEN DEATHS IN FRANCE. NIGHT FLYING EXERCISES. (Received August 25, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, August 27. Three crashes marred the night flying exercises of the. 22nd Aviation Regiment. They resulted in 10 deaths. The bomber which fell into a street at Chartres yesterday accounted for sixdeaths. A second machine with a crew of six men exploded in mid-air, burst into flames and nose-dived. Two of the occupants escaped by means of parachutes, but the other four were killed. A third machine crashed near a hangar when it was taking off and one man was injured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20655, 29 August 1930, Page 11
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