Aircraft Wreckage Brings Tragedy Fears
.V i sReQeived Sunday, 7 p.m. . - - PARIS, August 5, A French.1 X'avy' communique sa iliat floating wreckage, believed to !» frdn the missing 1' rencli Hydraviou ■vas been sigbted by the crevv of r Fnited States Huperfortress aliout 7. miles from the last reported position > the aircraft. The communique c n irmed a report that a United StaU. 'oast Guard cutter had picked up tw lircraft seats. A French frigate is now prpceeding to investigate the wreckage i h • i Tthe missing aircraft is a giant flying boat with six engines. It was flving from Murtiniqu.e to Dakar, with 52 people on board, and sent out a distr-is signal on July 29, from a position £011 miles east of Dakar. Other sigimis were received later, but an, extensi w search failed to flnd the aircraft.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1948, Page 5
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