AIR FORCE FLIERS KILLED
HENDON PAGEANT MARRED CRASH IN ROYAL ENCLOSURE PLANE'S FATAL NOSEDIVE By. Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian Press Association. United Service. London, Oct. 12. Crashing into the Royal enclosure, from which the King watches the annual air pageant at Hendon, an Air Force aeroplane buried itself deep in the ground.. The two occupants, PilotLieutenant Somervell and MechanicCorporal Loud, were killed. The crash occurred a few yards from the Sultan of Muscat, in whose honour the force was giving a display. Five types of bombers were flying, past at 100 miles an hour at a height of 200 feet. The tall of Somervell’s machine detached itself and the machine nosedived. Loud jumped from the machine at a height of 115 feet. The Sultan, who was robed in red and gold and wearing a green turban, jumped up, stretched out his arms and cried out in horror. Likewise horrorstricken tiie bandmaster started a gay tune and drowned the cries, while ambulances removed the bodies and the crowd departed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1928, Page 13
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