COLLISION IN MID-AIR
AIR FORCE DISASTER. FIVE AVIATORS KILLED. * VICTIMS’ TERRIBLE DEATH. (rre.i Ateoclatkin—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, April 10. (Received April 11, at 5.5 p.m.) The Henlow aerodrome in Bedfordshire was the scene of the worst Air Force disaster since the war. A giant Vickers-Vimy, piloted by Fly-ing-officer Lacey, who returned from leave to-day, and carrying three mechanics who were engaged in parachute practice, was landing when an Avro machine piloted by Flying-officer Scott took off. The machines collided at an altitude of a few hundred feet and both plunged to the ground and burst into flames. The five occupants were burned, to death. The fire brigade subdued the flames in 50 minutes, but only the twisted metal of the machines remained. The bodies were unrecognisable.—Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 9
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