Food Mission Plane Has Narrow Escape
V _ Koroi voil Wediiosdny, 1 0..)0 p.ni. BK fSBAN E, l'Vb. 11. .Membors oi' ihe Britisli Food .Mission lo Australia osrapod lnjurv when the plano uhoroin they wero travelling r rasii-landed and was wreeked at ( on daiiiine today. Tho. ])lano landod wihi its wliools up and plouglied tli rough lOt) vards of [>addork before smashing into a group of tiei'S which ripped of] tho i wings, niotors and tai] plane.- Tho passongors wero saved froni sorious bunis bv tho oronipt action of tho second julot. Ross Crabbo. who leapt frotn tlio I rock])it before tho ])lane canio to a stop. j ( )no engine was already ablaze but Frabbe quirklv extinguished tho lire and tliou forrcd opou tho door aud reloasod tho dazod passengers.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 February 1948, Page 7
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129Food Mission Plane Has Narrow Escape Chronicle (Levin), 12 February 1948, Page 7
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