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CONQUEST OF THE AIR.

Perils of Collisions.

ACCIDENTS in ENGLAND. Bv Cable —Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, June 5. Two Air Forco machines, manoeuvrino- over the Grantham aerodrome, collided in mid-air. Both caught fire and crashed from a thousand feet up. The pilot and observers in both machines were instantly killed. Another flight-lieutenant crashed and was killed at Northolt- while manoeuvring with a fighting squadron.

ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT. AMERICANS AT SHANGHAIBy Cable—Press Association— Copyright. PEKIN, June 3. Lieutenant Smith, acting-leader of the American airmen, has arrived at Shanghai. Sergeant Ogden, mechanic of one of the American ’planes, found his commission awaiting him at Shanghai, and w.os sworn in as a Lieutenant in the United States Army.

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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 7 June 1924, Page 9

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CONQUEST OF THE AIR. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 7 June 1924, Page 9

CONQUEST OF THE AIR. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 7 June 1924, Page 9