SEARCH FOR “LOST” OASIS. Lady Clayton, widow of Sir Robert Clayton East Clayton, the explorer, left Hanworth Aerodrome recently on the first stage of a search by aeroplane for the “lost” oasis, Zerzura, in the Libyan Desert. Her reserve pilot is Lieut.-Com-mander Raundall. The late Sir Robert made an unsuccessful attempt to find the “lost” oasis last year shortly after his marriage. He made the journey by aeroplane ami motor-car, but returned without reaching his goal. He died later in the year from a form of paralysis, caused, it was believed, by a germ picked up in the desert, where he suffered great hardship ami was los*. for several days.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 184, 2 May 1933, Page 7
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