U.S. BOMBER’S ESCAPE
WATERSPOUT DODGED MISTAKEN FOR CLOUD (11 a.m.) SYDNEY. July 21. After lighting a gale for four hours, a Flying Fortress, engaged in a raid on Rabaul, narrowly escaped disaster from a waterspout that shot up 2000 feet. In the darkness the .pilot mistook the immense black column for a storm cloud until he heard the tremendous roar of water which drowned the noise of the motors. Just in time lie swung the bomber almost vertically and missed the waterspout by inches. During the flight through the storm to the target, two of the Fortress' motors gave trouble. The crew jettisoned everything that could be spared. Finally, the plane reached the eastern New Guinea coast where temporary repairs were made and the Fortress returned to its base.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21152, 21 July 1943, Page 4
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