The Archive · 1939

Jockey Disappears Mysteriously J. Crouch Not Seen After Leaving in Plane

London, June 21.

Mystery envelops the disappearance of J. Crouch, first jockey of the King's racing stable, Mr. Crouch had chartered a plane yesterday for Newcastle to participate in the races there today. Shortly after the start the ground. stations lost touch with the machine. Several planes of the Royal Air Force were searching for the plane yesterday evening without any result. Last night the British broadcasting stations appealed to their listeners for information, The machine used by Mr. Crouch belonged to the British-American Air Service.

—Trans-Ocean.

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

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