NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN
LIVED FOR DAYS ON SNAILS LONG WALK IN DESERT | (United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright) ( (Received Dec. 10, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 9 < A New Zealand sergeant-observer, ! aged 20 years, of Kakahi, sustained himself on snails for six days while walking 100 miles to the base after bailing out in the Western Desert. i His plane was raiding enemy con- • centrations when a Messerschmitt at- • tacked. The observer, gunner and pilot baled out, and landed within a few yards of one another. The pilot and gunner were wounded and were unable to walk. Both were , taken prisoner. i The observer, aided by a pocket compass, walked by day and hid by night, until he was found by a South African medical officer. The observer had no food or water and suffered so severely from thirst and hunger that he ate snails. He was none the worse for tne experience and wanted to go out on another raid as soon as he had eaten and rested.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21600, 10 December 1941, Page 5
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