Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky

From THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940.

PRINCE OBOLENSKY'S DEATH

Inquest Held in Secret.

LONDON, April 1.--The inquest into the death of Pilot-Officer Prince Alec Obolensky, widely known as the "Flying Prince." who was killed in a crash last Friday, was held in secret at the request of the Air Ministry. The Coroner's verdict was that the death was accidentally caused when a single-seater plane, piloted by deceased, overturned when landing. [Prince Obolensky, a Russian by irth, was aturalized in 1936. He was a noted Rugby international and was a member of the English team which defeated Wales on March 9. He had been selected for the return match on April 13. Prince Obolensky was the first foreigner to gain a British Rugby cap.]

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