TRAINING AIRCRAFT CRASHES
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 30. Severe damage was caused to an Oxford training aircraft when it crashed at Rongotai this afternoon, but the pilot, Leading Aircraftman J. J. Fox, the only occupant, was not injured. The pilot was on a routine flight from Ohakea to Blenheim when he was compelled to land at Rongotai because the weather made it unsafe to cross to the South Island. In doing so he overshot the aerodrome. He crashed through the boundary fence and the machine overturned.
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Southland Times, Issue 24422, 30 April 1941, Page 5
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85TRAINING AIRCRAFT CRASHES Southland Times, Issue 24422, 30 April 1941, Page 5
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