English Jockey Killed, Daily Racing Form, 1939-06-22

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ENGLISH JOCKEY KILLED LONDON, England, June 21.— Death in an airplane accident of Jackie Crouch, 24, jockey who wore the royal colors of King George VI.s racing stable, was revealed today when the burned wreckage of a plane was found in a forest near Middleton-In-Tcsdale, Yorkshire. The pilot and radio operator of the plane were also killed. Crouch was to have ridden King Georges Makina in the Durham Stakes today. He was to be married on July 1. The three men left Heston Airport en route to New Castle yesterday morning and nothing had been heard from them until discovery of the wreckage today.


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Library of Congress Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/unk82075800