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MYSTERY LEAP

AIR TRAINEE’S DEATH JUMPED WITH PARACHUTE (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday An airman pilot under training was killed instantly near Blenheim this afternoon when he attempted to leave the trainer aircraft, of which he was the sole occupant, by parachute. He was: — Leading-Aircraftman Morris Desmond Jurgens, son of Mr H. W. P. Jurgens, 46 Crofton Road, Marton. Leading-Aircraftman Jurgens took off on a flight from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Woodbourne to carry out training exercises, and in the course of the flight he apparently attempted to leave the aircraft by parachute. Evidence indicates that the parachute fouled the aircraft, as the body was found with the parachute badly torn. The accident occurred near the Omaka River, where the body was recovered in the river-bed, approximately six miles west of Woodbourne. The aircraft was completely wrecked, but did not catch fire. The cause of the airman leaving the aircraft is not known. A court of inquiry will be held.

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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21486, 30 July 1941, Page 4

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MYSTERY LEAP Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21486, 30 July 1941, Page 4

MYSTERY LEAP Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21486, 30 July 1941, Page 4