Pilot and Assistant Killed in Fall of Bombing Machine at Etham London, Mar. 18.
A Harley single-engine bombing] machine crashed today at Elham, near Folkestone.
Pilot Officer Frederick Priestman and Leading Aireraftman Wiekering were killed.
When the machine struck the ground it toppled over and burst into flames, which a fire engine was tunable to extinguish. The charred Temains of the-two airmen were recovered only after the fire had burnt itself out.
One of the airmen had been de-agitated—British Wireless Through
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