Lady Southern Cross crash
An article on this page on Saturday, recounting the exploits of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his disappearance over the Bay of Bengal 50 years ago, concluded by saying that no trace of the pioneer aviator or his aircraft had been found. In fact, two years after the single-engined Lockheed Altair disappeared, the Burmese authorities released for identification part of an aircraft under-carriage that had been found on Ale Island, a small island about three kilometres off the coast of Burma. From serial numbers stamped in the metal, the wreckage was identified positively as coming from a missing aircraft, the Lady Southern Cross. •? T
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Press, 12 November 1985, Page 16
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107Lady Southern Cross crash Press, 12 November 1985, Page 16
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