HC Deb 22 October 1918 vol 110 c616W
Mr. MARRIOTT

asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether his attention has been called to the number of fatal accidents which have recently occurred in the Royal Air Force at Oxford; and whether, in view of the danger to the civil population likely to arise from such accidents, he will give orders that the instructional flights shall be directed over the open country and not over the city?

Major BAIRD

There have been three fatal flying accidents at Oxford in the past three months. Ordinary flying instruction is given over the meadows, and strict orders prevail against low flying over the city.

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