AIR FORCE CRASHES
TWO PILOTS KILLED Received Nov. 24, 10.24 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 24. During night-flying exercise, two Royal Air Force fighters flying tandem, collided near Kenley aerodrome and crashed. One fell in flames, incinerating the pilot and the parachute belonging to the other pilot was found burnt. The pilot was apparently jumping to safety. He was caught in a tree and tore off a leg and was killed. Another Kenley pilot crashed earlier and was found amid the wreckage nursing a broken ankle.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 8
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