“ASKING TROUBLES"
AIR RACE COLLISION LONDON, June 9. At the coroner’s inquiry intoGthe death of the aviators, ' Flight-Lieut. W. If. Longton and Major L. P. Openshaw, who collided during a r?ee at Bournemouth on Monday, the .jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The jury added that it was inviting disaster to permit several aeroplanes to race simultaneously over a course with Sharp turuihgs. Tribute was paid to, the rescuers of Major Openshaw, who dragged him cut ot' the ’plane despite the flames.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16371, 20 June 1927, Page 11
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83“ASKING TROUBLES" Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16371, 20 June 1927, Page 11
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