WRECK OF U.S. PLANE FOUND IN PERSIA
LONDON. Feb 10. An American aircraft has sighted the United States Embassy plane, which has been missing since February 6 with United States military attache, Colonel Charles Christ and five of his staff aboard, says Reuter’s correspondent in Teheran. It was believed the aircraft hit a 9000 ft. mountain peak. There were no signs of life in the vicinity of the wreckage. Persian gendarmerie and troops, accompanied by American ground rescue crews, are making for the wreckage.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22869, 12 February 1949, Page 5
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