FLYING BOAT DISASTER
BURIAL OF VICTIMS WARSHIP EMBARKS BODIES (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Feb. 18, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17. The cruiser Durban arrived at Messina to-dav from Malta and took aboard the bodies of the victims of the flying boat disaster, who will be interred in England. Flight-Licut. Longfield Beatty, one of the victims, served in the navy during the war and was transferred lo the air force in 1920. He was one of the most experienced flying boat pilots.
The wife of Mr. Reginald Penn, technical officer, heard the news from a wireless set and collapsed. The Times’ Naples correspondent says that 'Mr. Penn replaced Mr. Penny, another member of the crew, 10 minutes before) departure. The machines, by wireless, arranged to separate just before the crash, because fog prevented visual contact.
The News-Chronicle’s Messina correspondent says that the San Filippo district, is so isolated that a motor car is unknown. The firemen took 2) hours on donkey-back to reach the scene of the disaster, which is the worst experienced by the air force for four years.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18633, 18 February 1935, Page 7
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