AEROPLANE MISSING IN BRITAIN
__—« INTENDED FOR LONG-DISTAXCE RECORD TO AUSTRALIA
LONDON, February 24. The Vickers-Wellesley aeroplane which has been practising for a long-distance record flight to Australia is missing. The personnel comprises an Australian, ££&**■ Lieutenant Gardner, Flying Officer G J. Thomson, and Sergeant HickSL The aeroplane was last seen off Rothbury, Northumberland. Aeroplanes from seven Royal Asx . Force stations took up the search. for the missing machine at aj^" 3 . concentrating on the area from Northumberland to Aberdeenshire, and along the coast.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22337, 26 February 1938, Page 17
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