Show Famed War Flier Ki Killed A as Plane Crashes CANADIAN DIES IN DROP r Of NE SHIP sHir Col W. W G. G Barker Brought Down 52 Planes of Enemy U UP P T TEN E N MINUTES Dominion Air Officials Witness Tragedy OTTAWA Ont March 12 Associated Associated Asso Asso- Press Press Colonel W. W G. G Barker who brought down fifty- fifty two enemy airplanes and was Canadas Canada's Canadas Canadas Canada's Can Can- adas ada's second ranking air ace of the great war was killed here here- today when a 8 piano he wa was putting through a demonstration crashed Colonel Barker had been In the thc theair theair air aJl only ten t-ii minutes and was flyIng fly fly- In lag Ing at a 3 low altitude when the machIne machine ma ma- chine suddenly 5 stalled as 39 li ho ap apparently ap- ap parenti tried to drive It Into a steep climb Tho Time plane remained su suspended momentarily at t. tho the top of or the upward upward upward up up- ward JoO loop and then plunged headlong headlong head head- Ion long to earth The pilots pilot's body was wal pulled from a a. mass oC Of twisted lecka wreckage e. e A large Jarge number of oC air officials of ot the department of oC national dc- dc Censo witnessed the tragedy They viewing tho demonstration of or the ship taken aloft for tOt the first time Colonel 1 a- a awing wing commander com corn mander was approached In tame fame anic Continued on page pase 2 2 CANADIAN ACE DIES IN DROP OF NEW SHIP Continued from page paS 1 by only ono one other Canadian ace his wartime comrade Colonel W. W A A. Bishop Born at Dauphin Manitoba 36 years ago ngo Bark Barker r was Wa only CO 20 year cal at cit ago age when he proc proceeded eded overseas o with tho the First Canadian Mounted rifles rides lie He served cd in iii France Franc with them until December r. r 1915 when he was transferred to the RO Royal Fl Flying corps He lie s served in tho the flying 1 corps and arid the tho royal air force continuously continuously con con- until ten days s before beCore the time armistice Barker was as twice wounded dueing during due dur ing Ins th this the war ee on October 27 7 1918 He lie was experienced rl Inmany in inmany many special forms of or aerial warfare warfare war war- fare lare including U artillery Ili lien a tion day and night bombing reconnaissance reconnaissance recon recon- photograph contact patrol pa pa- spy sN dropping and plain fight fight- ing He was officially given gl credit fo for or ortho tho tIme destruction of two fifty It two enemy planes and it has always been understood understood un un- ho lie accounted for more than thai this number II 11 He held a num iuni ber of oC foreign decorations |