FATAL CRASH
SUNDERLAND STRIKES HILL SEVEN NEW ZEALANDERS KILLER (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 19. A message from London states that 10 airmen, 7 of whom were New Zealanders, were killed when a,Sunderland crashed on the island of St. Hilda, Scotland. The men were buried at sea from an Admiralty trawler. The Sunderland was discovered at the summit of an 800 ft hill, .with the 10 victims scattered in the vicinity of the wreckage. It is officially announced that the names of the New Zealanders who lost their lives in the crash were:— Ferguson, Flying 'Officer Richard Dillicar, of Tauranga. Thompson, Flying Officer William Alexander, of Christchurch. Lloyd, Warrant Officer John Raymond, of Wellington. Robertson, Sergeant Francis Matthew, of Takaka. Roulston, Sergeant David John Chubbin, of New Plymouth. Reed, Flight Sergeant Qliver George, an Australian serving with the R.N.Z.A.F.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25566, 20 June 1944, Page 4
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137FATAL CRASH Otago Daily Times, Issue 25566, 20 June 1944, Page 4
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