5 SEPTEMBER 1941, Page 4

As for the loss of the ferry-aeroplane itself, the third

viittd a month, it is obviously profoundly disquieting. The otlid two machines crashed in taking off from British soil, di sabotage might very reasonably be suspected. But this lis the aeroplane crashed into a Scottish hillside after crossl the Atlantic safely. It is not so easy to assume foul play bed though the theory of false landing-lights no doubt is possidd If the succession of accidents is simply coincidence it is remarkable as well as a very distressing coincidence. * * * *