‘SMITHY’S” ’PLANE
WRECKAGE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED. Received May 24, 11.5 p.m. CANBERRA, May 24. Aircraft wreckage found on the southern bank of Aye Island, near Burma, in May 1937, has been positively identified as a portion of the Lockheed Altair wherein Sir Charles Kingsford Smith disappeared on his last flight to Australia. This announcement was made to-day by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Thorby, who said that the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation of Los Angeles had positively identified the markings on the oleocylinder of the salvaged undercarriage as being those of Sir Charles' machine. Investigations of shellfish marine growth on the wreckage by the zoological department of the Rangoon University disclosed that the remainder of the wreckage would probably be found at the bottom of the sea at a depth not exceeding 15 fathoms in close proximity to the spot where the salvaged material was found. Investigations by the Burmese authorities are proceeding In the hope of locating the remaining remnants.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 121, 25 May 1938, Page 7
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