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FRENCH PLANES ENDANGERED

DURING NSGHT-FLYSNG

STRUCK BY SUDDEN STORM. FEW REACH JOURNEY'S END. United Pres.s Assn. —By Electric Telegraph Copyright. (Received 11.10 a.m.) PARTS, June 14. Twenty-one bombing planes were night flying *rom Nancy to X,e L'ourgct when, between midnight and 3 a.m., a sudden storm struck tho formation in tho neighbourhood l of Phris. Only four reached Le Bourget. A fifth, carrying "four men, crashed at the edge of tho aerodrome, but the occupants were uninjured. A twin motor plane capsized on landing near Meaux. The machine was destroyed, but the crew escaped. Lieut. Picard's plane overturned. His pilot had ,a paraclnvte and descended safely. Picard had n 0 parachute and had to remain in the machine, which crashed, and he was killed. Four planes were damaged on landing towards Belauvais and Chantilly. —Australian Press Association.

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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 78, 15 June 1928, Page 5

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FRENCH PLANES ENDANGERED Stratford Evening Post, Issue 78, 15 June 1928, Page 5

FRENCH PLANES ENDANGERED Stratford Evening Post, Issue 78, 15 June 1928, Page 5