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Aug. 29, 1972 - Prince William of Gloucester Killed in Air Crash Race. Prince William of Gloucester was killed yesterday when the Piper Cherokee plane he was flying in the Goodyear air race, crashed and exploded into flames just after taking off from Halfpenny Green airfield near Wolverhampton. His co-pilot, Mr. Vyrell Mitchell, was also killed. The Prince, who was 30, was ninth in succession to the throne. Photo shows This picture, taken twenty minutes before yesterday's crash, shows Prince William of Gloucester, polishing the wing of his Piper Cherokee Arrow 200. while members of the R.A.F.'s Red Arrow aerobatic team fly over Halfpenny Green airfield, at the end of their display

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