AEROPLANE DISASTER
CRASH IN ENGLAND. THREE PILOTS KILLED. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, January 25. (Received Jan. 26, at 5.5 p.m.) Mr R. B. Waters, proprietor of the Gatwick Aerodrome, while flying this afternoon, was horrified to see Avro 504 K, which he had,been watching for a quarter of an hour, suddenly dive to earth out of control, killing the occupants', who were three of his employees and all skilled pilots—William James Martin, of Penshirst; Sydney James Weathered, of Bromley; and L. H. Irving-Bell, of Tonbridge—who had gone up on a reconnoitring flight. The aeroplane was shattered.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21244, 27 January 1931, Page 9
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