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Byrd Flight Ends Safe At Ver Sur Mer After Struggles
Commander Richard E. Byrd and three companions survived a perilous Atlantic crossing. The plane America landed in the sea off Ver Sur Mer after hours of loss signals and bad weather. Local fishermen aided the aviators who were later taken in by Ver Sur Mer officials. News spread to Roosevelt Field and Washington as authorities and families awaited word.
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Paris
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Atlantic
le Bourget
Brest
Compan
Issy Lex Moulineaus
Issy
Renvoise
le Bourget | Air Field
Police
Pa Ri Mer
Sheldon Whitehouse
Ambassador Herrick
Richard EB. White
H. A. Gibbons
Rodman Wanamaker
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Preneh Minis of Interior
Ver-Sur-Mer
Gibbons
Captain White
Byrd
America
Courseulles Sur Mer
France
Martin
Marius
Richard E. Byrd
M. Croiffier
Ver Sur-Mer
Croiffier
Croifier
London
Evening News
Cherbourg
Haiton
Jack
Hamburger
Ver- Sur-Mer
New York
Richard B. Byrd
Klinge
Germany
Palse
Hamburg
Winchester
Stehard Byrd
Erlea
Davis
Safe
Wilbur
Navy
Allmander
Thomas
Associat Aac Ved Press
Issy Les Moulineaux
Home Guard
America Trans-oceanic Company
Bert Acosta
George O. Neville
Boston
Coolidge
Washington
State Department
North Pole
Moffett
Navy Aeronautics
Hurd
Kellogg