AEROPLANE CRASH
FATALITY IN AUSTRALIA COLLAPSE OF ONE WING PARACHUTE CAUGHT UP PILOT TERRIBLY INJURED By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 12.30 a.m. Melbourne, April 16. A Royal Australian Air Force machine crashed at Werribee to-day, and the pilot, Flying-Officer Clive Egerton, aged 28 years, was killed. . .. . An eye-witness stated that one wing of the plane appeared to collapse. The pilot attempted to use a parachute, _ which, however, became entangled with the damaged wing. The machine fell from an altitude of 1500 feet and was smashed to atpms. The pilot’s body was terribly mangled. Flying-Officer Egerton was carrying out a test flight after having overhauled the machine.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1935, Page 5
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