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MISSING GERMAN FLYERS IN WILDS OF AUSTRALIA. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) PERTH, June 14. (Received June 14, at & p.m.) A message from Wyndham states that Hans Bertram’s Junkers seaplane was discovered near the Drysdale aborgirial mission station, in an isolated district In the North-west. Attached to the machine was a message stating that the aviators had gone into the bush. The search for them continues, but their survival is doubtful. Moreover, the natives in that area are described as treacherous. , THREE IN THE PARTY. MELBOURNE, June 14. (Received June 14, at 9 p.m.) The Civil Aviation Department states that the latest reports from North-west Australia indicate that Bertram landed safely, and then abandoned the seaplane to seek assistance. The German Consul points out that there were originally four people in Bertram’s party, consisting of Bertram, the pilot, the mechanic, and the photographer, but the last-named stayed be» hind at Batavia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21671, 15 June 1932, Page 7
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