FATAL AIR CRASHES
FOUR PILOTS KILLED INQUEST ON VICTIMS (Per United Press AssdciATioJO BLENHEIM,-Feb. 5. The inquest into the two air crashes on January 21, in which four trainees of the Woodbourne Flying Training School were killed, followed strictly formal lines. The victims-of .the accidents were Leading Aircraftmen A. V. M. Gilmour, aged 22, of Epsom, Auckland; G. W. Suisted, aged 23 of Wellington; W. F. Reader, aged 22, of Island Bay, Wellington; and R. A. Llewellyn, aged 21, of Ruawai, Auckland. ... These were the pilots and co-plloti of the Vickers-Vincent bombers which crashed in the hills between Blenheim and Seddon within three-quarters of an hour and about half'a mile from .each other, in thick weather. r ■ The evidence tendered the coroner was limited to the testimony of Dr N. H, North, medical officer, at Woodbourne, who described the injuries, to the victims and expressed the opinion that they were killed instantly. The coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24525, 6 February 1941, Page 3
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