PLANES WRECKED
COLLISION IN MID-AIR
AIRCRAFTSMEN KILLED. PILOTS ESCAPE BY PARAOHUTB.. (United Priu Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright.) (Received May 28, 11. S a.m.) LONDON, May 28. Two aervlce aeroplanes were wrecked In a collision In mld-alr at Alton. The pilots escaped by meano of parachutes. Two aircraftsmen were killed. KILLED WHEN STUNTING. TWO MEMBERS OF AIR FORCE. 31 ACCIDENTS DURING YEAR. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received May 29, 1 p.m.) LONDON, May 28. Two members of the Air Force were killed when stunting. The machine went into a spin and crashed at Martlesham, Suffolk. It was destroyed by fire and the bodies were charred. Royal Air Force fatal accidents in 1937 total 31, in which 45 men were killed and six injured.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20207, 29 May 1937, Page 7
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