LANDED IN CEMETERY
AN AEROPLANE CRASHES PILOT MOBTALLY INJURED. PASSENGER JUMPS OUT AND IS UNHURT. By Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 3, 5.5 p.m. (Reuter) LONDON, May 2. A miraculous escape of a passenger in a flying accident occurred at King’s Lynn. The aeroplane was making an exhibition flight in a high wind when it crashed into a cemetery, knocking over several tombstones and completely wrecking itself. A passenger, Barrett, jumped out just before the machine crashed and escaped practically unhurt. The pilot. Captain Biggwithcr, was mortally injured. The other occupant, George Mark Lloyd, who had been performing daring feats at a height of 2000 feet, is in a serious condition.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19562, 4 May 1926, Page 7
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