FLYING TRAGEDY
TWO AIRMEN KILLED DISPLAY IN HONOUR OF SULTAN TAIL DETACHED FROM PLANE (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) London, October 12. Crashing into the Royal enclosure from which the King watches the annual air pageant at Hendon, an Air Force aeroplane buried itself deep into the ground. The two occupants, the pilot, Lieutenant Somerville, and the mechanic, Corporal Loud, were killed. The crash occurred a few yards from the Sultan of Muscat, in whose honour the force was giving the display. I Five types of bombers were flying past at 100 miles an hour at a height of 200 feet when the tail of Somerville’s machine detached itself and the machine nose-dived. Loud jumped from the machine at a height of 150 feet. The Sultan, who was robed in red and gold and wearing a green turban, jumped up, stretched out his arms, and cried out in horror. Likewise horror-stricken the bandmaster started a gay tune and drowned the cries while the ambulances removed the bodies and the crowd departed.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20615, 13 October 1928, Page 7
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