81 Hours In Dinghy
LONDON, March 7,
An Agency correction that the crew of a Wellington of which FlyingOfficer T. E. Smith, of Wellington, was captain, spent 81, not 18, hours in a dinghy. It is revealed that they were forced down after an attack on Gabes. ’ Flying-Officer Smith said: “We drifted for 11 hours hoping for rescue, then started paddling southwards in order to make sure we had not landed on German territory. “We rowed for- 70 hours until we finally reached the coast. We were drenched to the skin every night and got no sleep. When we walked ashore we staggered like drunks.” The bomber made a forced landing after engine failure 20 miles off the Tunisian coast. The crew took turns of an hour rowing and two hours resting; until they reached shore.
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Northern Advocate, 8 March 1943, Page 3
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