MACHINE CRASHES
NEW ZEALANDER KILLED By Telegraph—Press Association INVERCARGILL, Nov mber 22. Private advict was received in Invercargill this morning that Flying Officer L. F. J. Taylor, of the Royal Air Force, was killed on Saturday when his machine crashed outside the airport at Ottawa. Taylor was the only son of Mr and Mrs W. L. Taylor, of Invercargill. He was a pupil of the Southland Boys’ High School from 1923 to 1926 and had a fine record at school both scholastically and in the sporting field. On leaving school he became an engineering student at Canterbury College with the intention of taking up civil engineering. He then became Interested in flying, and in 1927 was selected as a flying cadet for the New Zealand Air Force. Two years later he was commissioned as second lieutenant. He gained promotion, was appointed to the Royal Air Force and later saw service in England and at the Singapore base. For some time he was Instructor of a bombing squadron in England, and only recently was ordered to Canada for special duty.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20892, 23 November 1937, Page 6
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179MACHINE CRASHES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20892, 23 November 1937, Page 6
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