FOUR AIRMEN KILLED
PLANE CRASHES SOUTH OF CHRISTCHURCH STRI < K HILLSIDE DI RING HEAVY RAIN (Press Assn ' Wellington. De. 16. Four members of (he Royal Nexx’ Zealand Air Force were killed early this afternoon when an .tinraft tetuininxr from a training flight to \\i;ram .station crashed into a hillside at Motukarara. xvhich is a little south of Christchurch. It is believed that the pilot, who was flying in heavy rain and lowclouds. lost his heatings. The crew and their next-of-kin ar" as follows: Pilot-Officer Alan la-slie MarshallMrs. Edna Sophie Marshall. Birkenhead. Auckland (m.) Leading-Aircraftman William lan Lindsay. Mrs. Jessie Lindsay Pet one (m.) Ix-ading-Aircraftniaii Rntald Stephen Brooker. Mr. S. C Brooker Rotorua (f Leading-Aircraftman Brian Patrick Fitzgerald. Mrs. Nora Eileen Fitzgerald. Riecarton im.)
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 297, 17 December 1941, Page 5
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