MORE WRECKAGE FOUND
MISSING AEROPLANE BELIEVED TO HAVE CRASHED INTO SEA (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 1. More wreckage, which is believed to be from the missing Western Federated Aero Club’s Gipsy Moth which was lost when returning to New Plymouth from the Soutli Island aero pageant at Hokitika in March, has been found. The machine, which was piloted by Mr Arthur Smith, of Pungarehu, Taranaki, who had as passenger Mr James Hamill, also of Pungarehu, is thought to have crashed into the sea in the vicinity of Ohau Point, Makara, during a heavy fog.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23206, 2 June 1937, Page 12
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