KILLED WHILE SERVING AS FERRY PILOT
VETERAN OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
Received Jan. 12, 8.30 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 11. A founder of Imperial Airways, Pilot Staff-Captain H. J. Horsley, who had flown 1,690,00 miles without a serious mishap and without injuring a single passenger, was killed while serving as a ferry pilot for the Air Transport Auxiliary. His ,18-year-old son Michael, is the youngest pilot officer in the Royal Air Force. They were the only father and son flying in this war.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 10, 13 January 1941, Page 5
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