PLANE CRASHES AT PUKERANGI
AIR FORCE PILOT INJURED MACHINE TAKEN BACK TO DUNEDIN (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, June 14. A training aeroplane from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at North Taieri crashed at Pukerangi, about 13 miles from Middlemarch, this morning. The pilot suffered a broken arm and head injuries and was removed to the Middlemarch Hospital where it was reported that his condition was satisfactory and his injuries not serious.
The aeroplane was brought back to Taieri aerodrome by a tender which left on receipt of news of the crash.
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Southland Times, Issue 24153, 15 June 1940, Page 4
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