AEROPLANE CRASH.
PILOT KILLED. ESCAPE Of A PASSENGER. (Rculer.l LONDON, May 2. The miraculous escape of a passenger was one of the features of a fatal flying accident which occurred at King's Lynn. An aeroplane which was making an exhibition flight in a high wind crashed into a cemetery, knocked over several tombstones, and was completely wrecked. The passenger. Barrel I. jumped out. just before the aeroplane struck the ground, and escaped practically unhurt. The pilot, Captain Biggwithor, was fatally injured. The, other occupant, George Mark Lloyd, who had been performing daring I'eals al, a height of 2000 ft, is in a serious condition.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16788, 4 May 1926, Page 5
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104AEROPLANE CRASH. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16788, 4 May 1926, Page 5
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