DAKOTA CRASH ENQUIRY OPENS. —A public enquiry into the loss of the Spencer Airways Dakota which crashed and burst into flames at Croydon Airport on .January 25, killing twelve people, was opened at Church House, Westminster, on February 24. AirCommodore Vernon Brown, Chief Inspector of Accidents, conducted the enquiry. Hurricane lamps were used to light the room in which the enquiry took place at Church House. At left, Mr. E. Ingrams, a survivor of the crash, is giving evidence. Right of him is Air-Commodore Vernon Brown, Chief Inspector of Accidents.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19470320.2.52
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 20 March 1947, Page 5
Word Count
90DAKOTA CRASH ENQUIRY OPENS.—A public enquiry into the loss of the Spencer Airways Dakota which crashed and burst into flames at Croydon Airport on .January 25, killing twelve people, was opened at Church House, Westminster, on February 24. Air-Commodore Vernon Brown, Chief Inspector of Accidents, conducted the enquiry. Hurricane lamps were used to light the room in which the enquiry took place at Church House. At left, Mr. E. Ingrams, a survivor of the crash, is giving evidence. Right of him is Air-Commodore Vernon Brown, Chief Inspector of Accidents. Wanganui Chronicle, 20 March 1947, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in