30 Servicemen Adrift In Disabled Plane
(11.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. An R.A.A.F. flying boat with 30 servicemen aboard is drifting out at sea about 40 miles south of Bundaberg. All attempts to reach the plane had failed up to an early hour this morning. Heavy surf running off shore has prevented rescue ships reaching the plane.
The machine was forced down by engine trouble at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. At 9 p.m. the flying boat, which was anchored in a heavy sea about half a mile off shore, broke its anchor and began to drift to sea.
A rescue boat which left Bundaberg at 6 p.m. was forced to return at nightfall because of heavy weather. Two planes left Bundaberg in an attempt to drop provisions, but failed to reach the flying boat before darkness. The planes are being held in readiness to locate the flying boat this morning.
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Northern Advocate, 20 December 1945, Page 5
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