The Archive · 1931

Famous (Airman Killed

Rome, Aug. 2.

The Itatlian airman Captain Monti, who was the hero of the: 1929 Schneider Trophy Reece, way Killed to-day when the high-speed plane in which ko was flying fell into Lake Garda. His body has Ht been recovered.

Captain Monti gallantly kept rol of his plane who a broken water-pire spurted rc: l ug ste; over his arms and. face. His bravery saved the machine and avoided disaster to the packet crow. of spectators on the Ryde: pier.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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