RESCUED IN GREENLAND.—An R.A.F. Ferry Command crew engaged in flying United States bombers to Britain had a forced landing and was marooned for 45 days in a Greenland Eskimo hamlet. Eskimos came, to the rescue. The photograph shows a team of husky dogs helping the airmen to salvage equipment from the rapidly sinking Hudson. There were no other human beings within 500 miles of this spot.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23811, 3 December 1942, Page 6
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66RESCUED IN GREENLAND.—An R.A.F. Ferry Command crew engaged in flying United States bombers to Britain had a forced landing and was marooned for 45 days in a Greenland Eskimo hamlet. Eskimos came, to the rescue. The photograph shows a team of husky dogs helping the airmen to salvage equipment from the rapidly sinking Hudson. There were no other human beings within 500 miles of this spot. Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23811, 3 December 1942, Page 6
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