HAGGARD, TATTERED BUT STILL ALIVE
^ Received Friday, S.30 p.m. OTTAWA, July 25. A haggard 25-year-old airman ■vvearing a tattered unif'orm, staggered out of dense busli country near Flack Lalce. 25 miles north of Blind River, Ontario, and astonished an American tourist with the remai'k: "What date is it. I have been lost sinee June 29 and am ever so glad tO see you. " The airman was Flight Lieutenant W. McKenzie, of Winnipeg, who lived on blueberries for 26 days sinee his' jet-propelled Meteor erashed at Helenbar Lake, three miles west of Flack, while on a flight from Toronto to Edmonton. An intensive air search was fruitiess. The flier lost 47 pounds during the ordeal. '-■iiiriMMd^iiaiilll 1 JLi
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 July 1946, Page 5
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