THE MISSING METEOR
PILOT DESCRIBED AS OF DARE-DEVIL TYPE
Recd. 8.30 p.m. London, Nov. 22. The missing R.A.F. pilot who is believed to have “disappeared” with the Meteor is a fighter pilot, Flight-Lieu-tenant John Adam, says the “Daily Mail’s' 1 aviation correspondent. He adds that Adam, described as a daredevil type, visited a small inn near the airfield on Monday night, accompanied by three other R.A.F. officers, had a couple of beers and left at closing time. A mechanic at Molesworth aerodrome stated that Adam started up the Meteor and took off before the alarm sounded. It was too late to srop him.
It is understood a court of inquiry into Adam’s disappearance will be held in the near future.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 277, 23 November 1945, Page 5
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120THE MISSING METEOR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 277, 23 November 1945, Page 5
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