TWO AIR FORCE CRASHES.
FOUR MACHINES WRECKED. PARACHUTES SAVE PILOTS. DESCENT FROM 13,500 FEET. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, May o! Two Royal Air Force Siskin fighters collided head on over Aldershot. The engine of one machine became detached and hurtled to earth. Both pilots used their parachutes and landed safely. 'I hey lit cigarettes and congratulated each other on their escapes, and then inspected (lie wrecked machines, one of which was in flames. At the same time as the aerial collision occurred at Aldershot a second smash occurred at Banbury, where two Bristol Bulldog fighters, when flying at an altitude of 15,500 feet, crashed, and were completely destroyed. The pilots also used their parachutes and came down safely. They suffered only strains and bruises. Parachutes have saved tho lives of 66 Royal Air Force men in five years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 11
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