FATAL CRASH.
TWO PERSONS KILLED. AIR CIRCUS TRAGEDY. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 18, 11 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Feb. 17. Captain Lawson, a pilot in Sir Alan Cobham’s air circus, and E. Ross, a radio expert, were killed in a crash over the airport. The pilot started the "falling-leaf” trick at a height 3000 feet, and the machine failed to come out of a loop. The machine was crumpled up and the bodies were terribly disfigured.
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18874, 18 February 1933, Page 5
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77FATAL CRASH. Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18874, 18 February 1933, Page 5
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