IN THE AIR
MILITARY AIRMAN’S TERRIBLE DEATH. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, June 13. A military airman piking part in a sham bombing raid at Nancy met with a terrible death owing to the machine being set on fire in the air by one of its own bombs. The plane carried a number of light bombs attached to parachutes used to light up targets before the explosive was dropped. These were fitted with screws which fired the fuse, thus freeing the parachute. One of these screws was set in motion apparently by the action of the air. The aeroplane lost equilibrium, caught fire and plunged to the earth in flames. The pilot was burned to death, but the bomber with his clothes ablaze, leaped from the aeroplane before it crashed. He was severely burned, but is hoped his desperate leap will have saved his life.
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Southland Times, Issue 18968, 15 June 1923, Page 6
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150IN THE AIR Southland Times, Issue 18968, 15 June 1923, Page 6
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