JUNKERS ’PLANE FOUND
A NOTE FROM THE CREW. THEIR SURVIVAL DOUBTFUL. Perth, June 14. A message from Wyndham states that Bertram’s Junkers seaplane was discovered near the Drysdale aboriginal mission station in an isolated district in the north west. Attached to the machine was a message stating that the aviators had gone into the bush. The search for them continues, but their survival is doubtful. Moreover, the natives in that area are described as treacherous.
The Civil Aviation Department ai Melbourne states that the latest reports from North West Australia indicate that Bertram landed safely and then abandoned the seaplane to seek assistance. The German Consul points out that there were originally four in Bertram’s party, consisting of Bertram, a co-pilot, a meobanic and a photographer, but the latter stayed behind at Batavia.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 154, 15 June 1932, Page 8
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