Did You Hear This?
A local airman now on leave staged an unexpected and completely successful 'Commando' landing all on his own last Monday. Hoav did it happen? Well just incline cars and harken. The Aveather being mild and the river looking inviting, he appropriated a seA r en looter belonging to his younger brother and set sail to enjoy a spot of boating. The weather-clerk however Avas in a capricious mood and a squall soon hit the. little bark like a sledge hammer, sending it spinning and precipitating Eros into the brincy. Did he throw up his hands like Musso? No, in his make-up there coursed the blood of pioneers and the essence of many months of Air Force 'scheme, training in Canada. He struck out manfully and landed dripping and shivering, but not dismayed on an island in mid harbour Avhere lie Hew his distress signal until the local police Avith poAverful binnoculars discovered his shrunken form. The rescue effected, Eros, lost no time in changing into his immaculates again and now avc understand is bent on purchasing nothing less than a 14 footer.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 94, 30 July 1943, Page 5
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186Did You Hear This? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 94, 30 July 1943, Page 5
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