INQUEST ON AIRMAN’S DEATH
(P.A.) Westport, Nov. 21. The adjourned inquest was resumed on Saturday touching the death of Flying-Officer Arthur Keith Hancock, who was killed when* the training plane he was piloting crashed at Westport aerodrome on October 16. The chief witness was D. L. Wade, who was a passenger and was severely injured. The evidence showed that the engine stalled at 1000 to 1500 feet during stunting. The coroner, Mr. I Arthur Taylor, gave a verdict accordingly.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 276, 22 November 1943, Page 5
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