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LOST BOMBER IS
FOUND BY R.A.A.F.
Darwin, Sot: Air scorchers todoy located
the missing RAAF Mosquito bomber iii
rugged country 130 miles SE of Daly Woters.
Crew of a Lincoln flew low over the
crashed aircraft, on dsow pilot an dnavigator
'?: 2..." ? "'. : .'--«'isiañailina. .
A larg« sign set ont 01
the ground read "All OK.
Lincoln dropped stor
torpedoes containing food
water and emergency
equipment.
. Mosquito ie it Darwn
yesterday, to fly to Towns
ville.
: At 12,30 p.m, one of thi
5 Lincolns searching locat
èd the Mosquito and con
tacted RAAF Hq, Darwin
A ... land party set of
from ., paly. Waters thi
afternoon and hopes., ti
reach the stranded mei
by Monday.
Hotel man Tom Humph
riè6 said the biggest worr;
to the rescue party wa
the threat of rain.
: "Bain could strand th
rescue party for days an
We are taking large quán
titles of food," he sajd.
RAAF ordered 2 Lin
poins to circle the crashe
plane this afternoon.
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