SHARING THE COST
FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA MISS BATTEN AND RJANCEE Girl Denied Herself Many Necessities Press Association. —Copyright. Reed. Today, 5.45 a.m. London, April 11—Miss Jean Batten’s fiancee, Victor Uoree, said, “I met Jean at the Loudon Aero Club in 1932. She had been scraping for nearly two years to finance her flight. She deprived herself of frocks, used cheap powder, and dispensed with luxuries. “We jointly own the machine, which was purchased through the Prince's pilot. Captain Fidlde-n, and we are sharing the cost of the flight, which is about £9OO. Seaplane Craw Drowned Press Association. —Copyright. ' Marseilles, April 11.—All five of the crew of a military seaplaae wore clrowno in the sea when in the darkness on returning from night manoeuvres the machine crashed, trapping the occupants.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 219, 12 April 1933, Page 5
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