TWO AIRMEN KILLED.
ONE FROM ALFORD FOREST.
ACCIDENT IN SOUTH ISLAND.
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 7. Two members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force lost their lives in an aircraft accident near a South Island air station this morning during an instructional flight. They were:
Pilot Officer Edward George Russell Morley, whose wife is Mrs N. Morley, Masterton.
Leading Aircraftman Eldred Charles. Hart, whose father is Mr A. Hart, Alford Forest.
AIRCRAFTMAN E. C. HART.
Leading Aircraftman Hart commenced his education at the Alford Forest Primary School, and later spent a year at the Ashburton High School, and a further year at the Methven District High School. Upon leaving school he worked on his father’s farm and was still engaged in farming when he joined the forces. Prior to joining the forces- he was, for. six months a member of a South Island air defence unit.
Leading Aircraftman Hart was a member of the Stavely Miniature and Defence Rifle Clubs, the Methven Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and the Methven Football Club. -Ashburton Guardian, 8/1/1943.
FUNERAL NOTICES.
THE Funeral of the late Leading Aircraftman Eldred Charles Hart, will leave the residence of his parents, Mr, and Mrs A. M. Hart, Alford Forest, To-morrow (Saturday), January 9, at 3 p.m., for the Methven Cemetery. BAKER BROS.. SHAW & KING, Ltd.
METHVEN LODGE), NO. 51. BRETHREN are requested to attend the Funeral of the late Brother Eldred Charles Hart, To-morrow (Saturday), January 9, assembling at Cemetery gates at 3.15 p.m. G. CURRIE, W.M. -Ashburton Guardian, 8/1/1943.
The "rafcommands" database records that Eldred Hart and his instructor were in a Tiger Moth biplane, upside-down, practising engine failure recovery techniques when the fatal crash occurred.
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