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Ist'1 hr It (hr 1 City mid-p.m ,d t heteureraftcr-rward to 15i p.mstorm south-ssippicd byver aGales ; casttidard d the miles Mls-iwardr.werefromorth-I tm-icanc adlo-enterAgainormFrenchGoverU. S. SUPERFORTS OVERHOLLAND IN BATTLEOF BRITAIN “CRASHESBy ERNEST AGNEWFIGHTER COMMAND HEAD-QUART ERS. Middlesex, England Sept. 3—(/P) — The crew of an American Superfortress was forced to bail out over Holland today, adding prim reality to the start of a four-day mock air “Battle of Britain. The B-29, abandoned over the , Sheldt estuary due to engine trouble, crashed off the Dutch coastReports here said 10 of the crew'membrrs were accounted for with oneol the men seriously Injured. It was not known here whether 10 or 11 were In the crew.Dispatches from Vlisiiingen (Flushing!, The Netherlands, said however, there were 11 crew members andall were rescued.One of the crew members was quoted as saying fire broke out in one of the wings after engine trouble. When It seemed impossible to reach England after a 30-mtnute battle with the flames, he said, the crewmen took to their parachutes and the plane fell Into the estuary.The last two crew members rescued bv fishing boat, the dispatches said, were Capt. C. J. Durocher, navigator, and Capt. James Farmer.Names of NineThe dispatches said the names of the nine were Lt. Col. Harold Wilson of Oklahoma. Sgt. Walter Doyle Roquet, Frank Palzel, Franklin Dixon, (Continued on PAGE TWO)West S hore i NY TruckersPremUppectioiNetis.TuXT(BPARIS cla list.French may be appearelt; candidal chosen Premilt;gave upmenfc tolhat Frtnational cut of t That Is and his People i1 monthsI return tAfter Auriol, 2
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Somerset Daily American
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Sep 04, 1948
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