India, April 28 -- The worst flying disaster witnessed at Dum Dum occurred this morning when four persons were killed as a result of a collision of two aeroplanes over the aerodrome.

The victims were Mr. B. K. Das, who was flying his own machine, Mr. D. K. Roy, who was piloting a Bengal Flying Club machine and two joyriders Miss Ferguson and Mr. P. Gupta who was from Sylhet.

The 'planes fell into a garden near the aerodrome and were completely wrecked.

Mr. Das was one of the senior pilots of the Bengal Flying Club and Mr. Roy had recently obtained "B" flying license from England. -A.P.I.

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It transpires that Mr. Das's passenger was Miss Muriel Ferguson (22) from Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England. Mr. Das and Ferguson w...