KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 64, 17 March 1942, Page 5

KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

HEAD OF BRITISH MISSION TO CHINA I ‘Rec. 8.25 p.m.) Chungking, March 15. I Major-General Lancelot Dennys, head of the British military mission, was killed in a plane crash. The plane in which Major-General Dennys was killed crashed near Kunming. Thirteen others also lost their lives. Thev included Mr. P. J. Russell, of the British Embassy, Mr. Fenn-Lynch. American financial adviser to the Chinese Government, and I American members of General I Magruder's mission. Mr. Philip Fogarty, former British High Comi missioner in Burma, was injured. i The American pilot Scott, who was killed, and the wrecked plane took part in daring exploits in the evacuation of civilians from Hongkong during the siege. TRAGEDY AT CAPETOWN i (Recd. 6.30 p.m.) Capetown. March 15. Seven members of the South ' African Air Fori , three members of ■' the R.A.F. and two civilians were I killed when two military planes coli lided over a suburb of Capetown. One plane crashed on a roof, setting fire Ito buildings on both sides of the i street. The second plane struck the i wall of a school building. Eleven I civilians wore admitted to hospital. TOLL OF THE U-BOAT SINKINGS IN ATLANTIC New York, March 13. The Navy Department announced i to-day that seven survivors of lhe I Norwegian tanker Pannorway, which . was sunk off Bermuda on January 26. ' arrived here to-day. Thirty-three other survivors were taken to Lisbon. 'lre Pammrway was attacked by two submarines, one on each side, two I miles distant. Washington, March 13. ! The Navy Department announced ! that a United States merchantman 'was torpedoed in the Caribbean area, 'an unspecified number of survivors ! being landed at Puerto Rico. I A Norwegian merchantman was ■torpedoed off the Atlantic Coast. ' Fourteen survivors were landed at I Delaware. The captain was killed and five other members of the crew are ' missing. Havana, March 13. I It is authoritatively reported that the United States merchantman i'i'.Kan toi;;;) was torpedoed off . I the north Cuban coast. Nine of 47 'members of the crew are missing. i ' Santiago newspapers report that . | lifeboats bearing the name of the L , 2500-ton United States collier Olga [ arrived at a nearby port. Progreso < Mexico), March 14. Twelve survivors of the 5000-ton i Norwegian freighter Gunny ■ were . ( landed here. Fourteen other mem- • bers of the crew are missing. The ■ I ship was sunk on March 9, while en - route’from New York to Africa. The ’ i survivors were picked up by a i Swedish ship near Martinique. • | Havana, March 15. . I The 5000-ton American freighter • ■ Ccdabee was torpedoed and sunk off I ' Cuba.