TWO AIRMEN KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES AT PENNFIELD RIDGE
Twin Engined Machine Cracks Up When About To Land on Station Property After Routine Flight
Transcribed by G. Christian Larsen

HALIFAX, July 12 - (C.P.) Two Canadian airmen were killed Saturday when their twin-engined aircraft crashed as they were about to land at the R.C.A.F. station at Pennfield Ridge, N.B. Eastern Air Command Headquarters here announced today.

The victims were the pilot, PO. M.W. Hanson, whose father, N.W. Hanson lives at Lethbridge, Alta., and PO. Herbert E. Jasmin, whose wife is at Humberstone, Ont.

The accident occurred on station property as the plane was returning after a routine flight, stated the announcement. The two airmen were the only occupants.

(Notification of PO. Jasmin's death was received yesterday at Port Colborne, Ont., where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jasmin live. He was a former senior hockey player with Port Colborne Sailors and North Bay Trappers.

SOURCE: The Saint John Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, NB) - July 19, 1943.

TWO AIRMEN KILLED IN CRASH AT PENNFIELD
Transcribed by G. Christian Larsen

    Two Canadian airmen were killed Saturday when their twin-engined aircraft crashed as they were about to land at the R.A.F. station at Pennfield Ridge. They were the pilot, P.O. M.W. Hanson of Lethbridge, Alta., and P.O. Herbert E. Jasmin, of Humberstone, Ont. The accident occurred on the station as the plane was returning from a routine flight.

SOURCE: The Saint John Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, NB) - July 15, 1943.

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