AEROPLANE MISSING
GALE IN THE CHANNEL.
DISTRESS SIGNALS,
ALL-NIGHT SEARCH FAILS,
(Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, October 30
A Gorman mail and freight aeroplane carrying a pilot and mechanic loft Croydon at 8.55 p.m, yesterday in a gale. At 9.37 p.m. her crew sent out an S.O.S. call indicating a position in the Channel.
A search was conducted all night, by the Dover lifeboat and ships, but no trace was found of the machine or
its occupants,
FLIERS RESCUED
XO TRACK OP MACHTXE
(deceived 51.f.0 a.m.) LOXDOX, October HO
A Inter message states that the pilot and moehariie of the German mail aeroplane were reseller! from tho sea by a steamer. Xo trace was found of tho aircraft.
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Northern Advocate, 31 October 1932, Page 5
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