EXPLOSIONS ON BOMBERS
TWO AEROPLANES CRASH. TWO MEN KILLED, TWO INJURED. (The Times.) Received October 9. 5.5 p.m. LONDON, October 7. The Times’ correspondent at Besra i c-ports that a British acroplan •, carrying bombs, ascended at Nasiriyeli. A bomb exploded when -1011. up , the machine caught fire and crashed. The pilot (Ityslop) and the mechanic Plummer) were killed instantly. Three minutes later a second bomber rose from the same aerodrome. A bomb exploded when lOOfl. up and crashed. The pilot received concussion. and tile mechanic a black eye.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14771, 10 October 1921, Page 5
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