MAIL ’PLANE CAPTURED.
A Trans-Siberian airmail Junkers machine, of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation, was forced to land in outer Mongolia and was captured by hostile Mongolian tribes. The machine left Pekin early this month, equipped with radio and piloted by two Germans. Search ’planes found the missing machine south of Manchuoli surrounded by hordes of tribesmen, who shot wildly. slightly damaging the search ’plane. The fate of the two pilots is unknown.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 197, 22 July 1931, Page 7
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72MAIL ’PLANE CAPTURED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 197, 22 July 1931, Page 7
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