AIRFORCE MONOPLANE CRASHES
MACHINE AND PILOT BURIED 20 FEET IN EARTH (Received February 3, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 2. The force with which a Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane monoplane crashed when going at a speed of 400 miles an hour from a height of 2000 ft buried the machine and pilot 20ft in the earth. The body has not yet been recovered.
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Southland Times, Issue 23734, 4 February 1939, Page 5
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