LOSS OF CENTURION TANK IN KOREA
NZPA—Copyright 1 SEOUL. Dec. 11. The' finding of a special court of inquiry on the loss of a secret list British Centurion tank is tonight on its way to the War Office. The court met for two days to hear how the Centurion was abandoned because of track trouble during the withdrawal from Pyongyang. The loss of the tank chilled the Bth Hussars. One officer said: “We feel the loss of the tank is a disgrace to the squadron. We tried hard to save her, but it was no use.” One crew member who rode to safety on a sister tank said: “ It was like leaving one of. our own blokes there.” The tank commander’s bitterness over the loss was more painful the next day when he flew over the abandoned Centurion in a spotter plane to direct rocket-firing jets to complete its destruction.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501212.2.73.5
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 27570, 12 December 1950, Page 7
Word Count
150LOSS OF CENTURION TANK IN KOREA Otago Daily Times, Issue 27570, 12 December 1950, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.