AIRMAN’S DRIFT AT SEA
COMPASS NEEDLE A 8 FISH HOOK Genoa, August 1. Stanislaus Hausner, the Polish airman who was forced into the sea on his trans-Atlantic flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Poland on Juno 4, tells a remarkable story of how he existed on his submerged machine while waiting to be rescued. Hausner did not sight the Celtic Shell until June 12, and during the time he was in the sea he states that he lived on fish caught on a hook which ho bent and fashioned from the needle of his compass. When the airman was picked up by the Celtic Shell, he was so exhausted that he could hoi speak for days. He has been recuperating in New Orleans to which port the ship was proceeding. His aerjplane was abandoned.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 205, 13 August 1932, Page 11
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