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KOC 1 b jrpaieraatforDll dii thi a IsSan Diego, Califs Feb. 25.—Navy Jliej 3 Kearcliing for two dive bombers missing since last nigh I reporter today tliay had sighted plane [^b wreckage five miles east ot La | bIic Jolla, The navy said a search still was uuder way at sea.The navy announcement dLd not identity tlie plane wreckage as one of the missing bombers, each ot which carried a pilot and radioman. Sighting of the plane east of La Jolla added foundation to the first report of the accident last night Lhat one bomber had crashed on camp Kearny Mesa, and another Into the sea near Encinitas.A large searching party loft Norlli island after filers rep or Led sighting the plane. Members ot the party could get within three miles of the wreckage by automobile, ami left from that point on foul. Tliey had not reported hack to camp Elliott, a murine camp in that area.The navy said destroyers and a cuast guard cutter and plains were engaged in the sea search. The announcement made no mention ot reports a large oil slick Lad been found on tlie ocean six miles eouth y[ Carlsbad and about 1,500 yards orf shore.The planes, on a routine training Uiht, had been missing 12 hours at $ a. m. (PST) today, but. Lhe navy had not enlarged on a brief statement last night that the bombers were “unaccounted far/'The navy said names of the four fHera were not available,your employes ot the Schuyler ranch, four miles south of Carls-bad, apparently were the only spec-tator3 to last night's accident, The men, Bob HieUs, aiid three broth' ers, Stanley, Frey and Kills tto-blrds, said they were hunting In the hills near the ocean.Mrs. E. M. Dignian, also a ranch resident, said the four men told her they heard the plane or planes 1n u “terrific, screaming power dive, but that suddenly (he noise ceased as If cut by a pair of scissors.The men rushed over I he hill for a view of the ocean, and sairi they saw flares on the sea, but lhat they did not knew whether they were dropped while the planes were coming down or after they reached the waier. »* ----—--- li
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Tue, Feb 25, 1941
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