BRITISH AIRMEN'S ESCAPE
RESCUED BY CHEERING TURKS. (UNITUD PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NIW ZEALAHB CABLI ASSOCIATION.) (Received 23rd February, 10 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, 22nd Feb. Three British airmen had a remarkable escape in the Black Sea. Their seaplane, dropping to avoid a squall, encountered worse weather and was forced down in a nose dive. The machine capsized, and left the airmen clinging to the floats for over an hour in huge seas. A rowing boat, containing ten Turks, appeared and asked repeatedly if the officers were English or French before rescuing them. Continuous squalls brought the boat into difficulties, the airmen bailing feverishly. Meanwhile, a destroyer searching for them picked up all, the Turks cheering the British.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 46, 23 February 1923, Page 7
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114BRITISH AIRMEN'S ESCAPE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 46, 23 February 1923, Page 7
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