SPEEDING PLANE CRASHES
MOCK WARFARE TRAGEDY
TWO AUSTRALIANS KILLED
HUNDREDS SEE DISASTER
MACHINE FALLS IN FLAMES
By Telegraph—Press A|»n.— Copyright. Rec. 9 p.m. Melbourne, Fefi. 26. Two Air Force airmbn were burned to death when a Wapiti aeroplane cooperating with military forces in mock Warfare struck a . 'tree at the Seymour military camp and crashed in flapiesThe victims were Pilot-Officer H. G. Scoullar and Aircraftsman J. F. Yourn. The disaster occurred within full view of hundreds of volunteer training troops. The aeroplane was in the act of diving in order to bomb a Lewis gun anti-air-craft brigade. Its speed was 180 miles an hour. It swooped down from 500 feet, failed to rise and struck three gum trees with terrible force. The machine literally flew io pieces and the fuselage containing the men fell m flames. It was impossible to rescue the victims.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1931, Page 7
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