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8 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1952 AIR DISASTER JURY ABSOLVES PILOT FROM BIjAME FORGING THE LINKS OF AN COMMUNITY ATLANTIC Lord Ismay's Call for Crusade Against Apathy "No Warning of Machine's Failure Lord Ismay, in his first public speech in since his appointment as The view that John Deny, the pilot secretary-general of the North Atlantic 1 of the D.H.-110 jet aircraft which Treaty Organisation, said in Oxford last broke up in mid-air at the Farn- night that he was convinced that the borough air show on Saturday, had North Atlantic Treaty provided the best. no warning whatsoever ot tne if not tbe only, hope of peace. He had flown from Paris yesterday to attend a reception to mark the opening of an international conference on the Atlantic impending failure of his aircraft was expressed' by an air expert at the Herts, chief inspector's assistant at the development department of de Havillands, said he saw Mr Derry and Mr Richards climb Into the D.H.-110 on Saturday. He was satisfied that the machine had been inspected and serviced properly before 120,000 WITNESSES Before Group Captain Hughes began his eye-witness account of the aircraft's break-up the coroner pointed out that the accident was witnessed by over 120,000 people but that Group Captain Hughes was an expert on flying with experimental aircraft in the area.

Groun 'Cantan Huehes said that on by Lord Duncannon, chairman of the organising committee, who stressed that it should be made clear that the object of the North Atlantic -Treaty Organisation could not be attained without some personal effort and sacrifice in the way of taxation or military service. The conference is being attended by eighty-representatives from the fourteen member-countries of N.A.T.O. and about fifty observers, mainly from the United Kingdom. Although it is not sponsored by Governments the majority of ats members represent independent organisations which support the North Atlantic Treaty some official advisers and three members of the N.A.T.O. permanent staff are present M.

Guerrin de Beaumont who was Community, organised by tbe British 'niUR square' GoKfiete Weatherproof, AlBine Rotproor, Permanent yet UHlfHUE portable, and easily erected. Made from pre- tffeffBfe cast concrete units rein- JWi il forced with steel and inquest at Farnborough yesterday on twenty of the victims then identified. Altogether 28 people, including the pilot and observer, were killed Society for International Understanding, which is being held in Oxford this week. The United Nations, he recalled, was and 65 injured. ne a xogeiner.

rree nieu AD TCBUC plans to submit to Local Wan UK ItKMo set up in the hope that it would be a more effective instrument for peace than the League of Nations had proved. He went on The exoert. Group-Caotain Sidney Saturday he was personally supervising me aispiay nymg irom me aerodrome ny-inz control tower. At 3 23 n.m. Mr Derrv Authorities.

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MMdlnrtoh 193 from a. height usually above 40.000 feet. the iron curtain and tne world ot tree elected president of the conference to-day, is one of two parliamentary deputies among the eight French representatives. Among the British representatives are two Conservative M.P.s, depending on what conditions were like From Drevious exrerience of Mr on each canicular day. Derry's Hying demonstations here on the i heard on the radio-teiechone Mr Derrv men.

So the democracies found themselves confronted by even greater perils than those which they had surmounted in the war years. New and dark clouds were gathering. The very existence of democ Lord Munster opening tbe Colonial Civil Aviation Conference in London tour days ol tne display, irom tne mes- say he had started the high-speed dive at 3 46. We had no further message from the from him on the radio- sages received Major E. S.

T. Johnson and Mr John Tilney. Senator Bosco is one of seven and from investigation of the telephone, aircrarc witn tne exception or tne usual Italian representatives. racies was at stake. There was no knowing when the storm would break." acknowledgment rtoger (signifying wreckage I am convinced that the pilot had no warning whatsoever of the impending failure of his aircraft." Lord Duncannon said that tne understand') from Mr Derry that he had ret.

This time, however, they had SEIZED SERGEANT BY THE HAIR apparently learned their lesson. Gone Unanimous verdicts of accidental death received a message transmitted from the control tower that the sonic bang associated with this high-speed dive had been heard over the airfield. was the chance of any aggressor adopt were returned on the pilot, his test observer, A. M. (Tony) Richards, and This acknowledgment was made eighteen of the dead, with the rider that "Violent" Car Passenger ing Hitler's tactics of swallowing up ms enemies one by one.

Promise had been matched by achievement the North Atlantic Treaty was not just a scrap of shortly after the sound. I walked out on to the veranda of the control tower to see Atlantic Treaty was a fact and the object of the1 conference was to show that an Atlantic community existed to support it. For this treaty was not merely another alliance of the old style; it went much further than that. In time of peace sovereign nations now allowed foreign troops to be stationed on their soil, and accepted that their armed forces 'should come directly or indirectly under foreign command. there was "no blame attached to Mr John Derry." John Fox-Strangways (43), of the if i could catch sight of him fivine over PRATT'S for modern money-saving advertising nj MoXBavar-aiaaiaaAS-A jfr paper.

The inauest was held bv Mr Paul Farnborough aerodrome at normal circuit Nevertheless (Lord Ismav continued). Manor House. Abbotsbury. who was stated to have seized a police sergeant height of about 1,500 feet. He then came Oungay, acting deputy coroner for the district, in the conference room at the bmooolaawiacaMl Is HaaHalU Hica.

I 4m. m. xiwcrlO Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farn by the hair and pulled his head back over the seat of a police car, was fined round and made a low-ievei nign-speed pass along the runway, at a height of between fifty and a hundred feet in front of the crowd as was customary, and he had repeated a little over half of another I would not have you think that I believe everything in the garden to be lovely. I should be rendering a great disservice if I were to paint too rosy a picture. Complacency at the present time would be criminal folly.

But the same can be said borough. After sympathy had been expressed by several of the representa 5, with four guineas costs, at Dor chester, to-day. He is the younger son or apatny and neieatism. of Lord llchester. lor one.

am prepared to stand up tives present, tne coroner proceeded to hear evidence of identification. TRAGIC PROCESSION Dr Donald Radcliffe Thompson, medical adviser to the de Havilland circuit a leit-nand circuit or tne aerodrome. He was behind tbe tower for a moment and then caught sight of him again. He had just then completed his turn and I anticipated he would do his usual He was found miiltv of assaultlns Police- here now and Droclaim my faith. First.

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gass high up and a roll, but the aircraft roke ud in the air at a Dolnt which we the most A charge against' him of being drunk and disorderly was dis have now established precisely to be nearly missed, as were cross-summonses dv mm identified John Douglas uerry (30), the pilot, and also Anthony Max Richards (24). of Sutherland Avenue. London the flieht test observer. one ano a nan mues distant irom tne centre of the crowd on the north side of nope or peace, secondly, i oeueve mat although there is a very long way to go we are on the right road. And, thirdly, I am absolutely sure that if we are patient and resolute our exertions and sacrifices will not be in vain" CRUSADE AGAINST APATHY pains Serceant Rushen and Serseant Harry Moore, alleging that tney assaulted mm.

Sereeant Rushen said in evidence mat as nnrl Sprppant Moore. In a notice car. He had formed the conclusion, and Mr A. S. Orr, for de Havillands, who associated himself on behalf of the manufacturers the sympathy expressed, said he had a letter from Mrs John Derry, the widow of the pilot, who asked that her deep sympathy be were about to overtake a car in Dorchester In which Fox-Stranmvavs was a DassenKer the N.A.T.O.

Council had agreed, that one of their first tasks should be a the driver snouted and accelerated, iney crussde against ignorance and apatny. followed and stopped the car. urns talking to the driver when extended to all the relatives of those the airfield the spot where most of the people were killed. The aircraft appeared to have just straightened up when structural disintegration took place. There was so much to watch in one instant.

It is hard for one person to make a complete story. My eye travelled from the aircraft breaking up to the two engines which broke free and with a high trajectory, continued their flight, one landing unfortunately among the closely packed spectators on Observation Hill, while the other came to rest about two hundred yards farther on. crashing through the roof ot a hangar. The front of the aeroplane at the same HrriA caueht mv eve Tt tnnk Invpr Whatever governments might feel able killed the accident." Hfa ciirlriAnlv Qat7frl hv the riffht arm and une after another, a tragic pro to do or not to do. tnere was a very wide field for voluntary effort effectively organised and enthusiastically swung round oy tne passenger, saiu Rpropnnt Rnshpn He crabbed hold of MO FABRIC PRINTERS' cession oi relatives ana friends came forward to identify the victims.

pursued. my cap and pulled it off and also got hold of my tie and pulled it tight." He and casnecuirarmiMi Afterwards Mr Reginald Charles spronant ivinorp rim trie Dasseneer. wouui HAfTOf Grmter, supervising chief inspector "It can never be emphasised too strongly (he said) that the overriding obiective of the North Atlantic Treatv is ne later teamed was ox-oiranisways. lino 8IXMUV with tne ae riaviuana Aircraft uom tho noiim ear" wttn eonsiaerame aim- trajectory and actually hit the side of the peace and security peace nrst, peace lasx, culty owing to his drunken and violent neace au tne time, communists on Dotn pany at Hatfield, said the machine flown by John Derry on Saturday was a D.H.-110. which had flown a total of state.

1 was suadeniv seized dv tne nair Dy sides of the Iron Curtain' never cease to utter shrill warnings that the Atlantic runway in use and unfortunately injured some of the crowd in the vicinity This nart of the aeroplane, including the cock-Dit was the Dart of the aeronlane from 125 hours before it took off for the air alliance is an instrument of aggressive the prisoner and my head was pulled right back over the back of the seat," he said, addine that Fox-Strangways made abusive display. design by the United States and that the which the pilot and observer's bodies rne coroner: Had this plane pre cost and burden of rearmaments will were recovered." remarks sucn as, 1 nate tne ponce, ine viously Deen nown over arn borough llnrcpr nn ifft nw a int. nr bring misery' to the workers of all countries bv Dreventine social and SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Fox-Strangways, who was said oy cat irom natneia to your knowledge 7 Mr Grinter Yes. on Thursday. TOT-CLAXl nsMTTMa I CfiMNfUUl intrr-CLAxi mimia m- cancel distance -economic progress.

The Group-Captain said regarding Tudor Griffith, defending, to be badly disabled because of war service, told the riui bULQUU HUB at, tc. mVMWMUD suction or oogki When asked if Mr Derry reDorted precautions that they were based Both these untruths must be ruthlessly exnosed The military strength at which on the extensive knowledge gained at anything upon this plane," Mr Grinter said that Mr Derry had reported that Court that he was very angry because he thought the police had no Tight to stop his car. He used falrlv strong language to nrevious Societv of British Aircraft no adjustments were necessary. Constructors' displays at Farnborough and the sergeants, who manhandled me Into the Atlantic Community is aiming is the barest minimum for defence There is no margin whatsoever for aggression on our part In fact such a thing never enters our minds, much less our calculations. The Soviet High Command are perfectly Answering further Questions bv the their car coroner, Mr Grinter said the daily Referring to events after the crash GrouD-Caotain Huehes said that emer In the police car, he said, 'Sergeant Rushen nushed him over as he was lying inspection of the aircraft was carried gency faculties worked extremelv smoothlv out on Saturday before it was nown well aware of that.

down and tried to put nandcuns on mm Then "Sergeant Moore had a go with the over from Hatfield. and on behalf of all those responsible he wanted to express gratitude for the excel Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Hall, chair and I was badlv manhandled. TORQUAY Mr O'Malley (for the Society of man of the British Society for Inter Queen eflht He said he was completely sober and did British Aircraft Constructors) This lent work carried out by the police, the Military, the British Red Cross, the St not at any time provoke eitner 01 tne national Understanding, who presided, read messages of good wishes from the jo tin Amouiance Brigade, trie crash and aircraft had logged over one hundred flights on which the speed of sound had Queen and Mr Eden, the Foreign Secre medical teams on duty, the staffs at hospitals in the area, and the many been exceeded. Yes, that would be so. for thit Autumn or Winter holidiy whin pnci tr lower but a kindly cttmtta pravaiU end nteminmtnt ii in full twtni.

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BOUGHT REVOLVERS IN DUBLIN Mr O'Malley Without ill effects anonymous doctors among tne spectators. Asked by the coroner, Do you agree Lord Halifax, Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Yes, Pert Office. Wireless Services Mr Frederick William Wale, of The first plenary session of the con mat ivir uerry was one or tne most expen enced pilots In this country he replied I do. sir." THI INTERNATIONAL RESORT Handside Lane.

Welwyn Garden City, ference was opened yesterday afternoon The Coroner And that an aircraft was safe in his hands that he had good exDert Man Who Shot Glasgow P.C. It was learned yesterday that Edwin ence of -flying over this aerodrome and over a crowd of the size here on Saturday 7 John C. Bard? one more so. I Limited display Kerjlvinc to another Question about Finlay, the bank clerk, aged 18, who on Thursday night shot a Glasgow police constable dead and' seriously wounded safety precautions, he said that civilian pilots were allowed a certain amount of discretion compared with Air Force pilots. Each pilot is a competent performer in his own right." Without retiring the lurv arrived at its verdict in respect of Mr John Derrv and mr Tonv Kictiards.

The foreman announced The iurv is unanimously of tne onimon that thev died accidentally in the normal course of their dutv." xne coroner men said ne relt that Mr uerrys widow and the relatives of Mr Richards would like to know that the two men gave their lives in the cause of aviation. were it not for men Drenared to take these risks progress would not go on. and progress is ooen to men ore pared to tase risks tne conquest ol tne air. he said INHERENT RISK another and then shot himself, had spent the previous week in Dublin. While in Dublin he purchased two revolvers and ammunition and took them out of the country under an export licence.

Yesterday the Irish Government Information Bureau issued the following statement On Monday, September 1, a firearms dealer in Dublin was approached by a person who represented himself to be Lieutenant Finlay, a British officer on active service in Korea, who wanted to purchase two pistols to take with him. The dealer applied to the police for an authorisation, to consign for export, and to the Department of Industry and Commerce for a licence to export a .38 revolver and a .22 automatic pistol and some ammunition. "These documents, without which the firearms could not have been lawfully exported, were issued to the dealer following normal practice. The documents only authorised export by the dealer and did not cover tbe sale to another person in this country. Finlay was not in possession of a firearms certificate and therefore was not 'entitled to have in his possession or carry firearms" It was stated that Finlay also bought a motor-cycle for 124 from a Dublin firm.

He took the machine away from the seller's premises, but it is not known whether he took it out of the country. Welcome to the Inn When addressing the jury in relation to the verdict to be returned in respect of the spectators killed, the coroner said he felt their deaths were nothing more than an accident. I would like, be continued. perhans for the sake of the oilot. if von C1 DV UI111UCU, I.U U1UUUC kUC JJ1111UU bUtll he personally had nothing to do with this very tragic accident causing tne loss or tnese uves.

tie prooamy had no notion and it would be a ereat consolation to his widow to feel that he personally had no responsibility tor tnese deaths. I think you must agree there Is an Inherent risk of danger always in a display of this tVDe. the same as attending a motor race or any otner display with fast-moving mechanical transport" RECORD AGAIN BROKEN Again, without retiring, the lurv returned its second verdict. The foreman FOR AIR TRAVEL Expansion in North-West More and more people in the North announced The jury is unanimously agreed that the deaths were accidental." and added the rider No blame is attached to Mr John Derry." The coroner said his official verdict would be that all those persons died from multiple injuries when accidentally struck by portions of a falling aircraft. SEVEN IDENTIFIED He was never kept waiting JOHN Q.

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