FIRE IN AEROPLANE.
AIRMAN’S TERRIBLE DEATH. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, June 13. A military airman who was taking part in a sham bombing raid at Nancy met a terrible death owing to his machine being set on fire in the air by one of its own bombs. The ’plane carried a number of light bombs attached to parachutes which are used to light up the targets before the explosive is dropped. These were fitted with screws which fired the fuse, thus freeing the parachute. One of the screws was set in motion, apparently by the action of the air. The aeroplane lost equilibrium, caught fire, and plunged to earth in flames. The pilot was burned to death, but the bomber, with his clothes ablaze, leapt from the aeroplane before it crashed. He was severely burned, but it is honed that his desperate leap saved his life.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1923, Page 5
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