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Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1949, Page 4

With the sombre recovery of the bodies of the psssgngers and crew gi Ihe ? crashed Kereru, completed, the police today will turn their activities tt-'-g, search for the remains of the foia fl.N,Z.A.F. airmen. who are belfevgd .tp have lost their lives on the' morning oi February 28, 1946, when their Ventun aii\craft went missing on a . routina meteorological fj.iglit from Ohakea. rf n, Wreckage'qf a plape, believed to be th.ai of the Ventura, was sighted by search ing aircraft on Saturday in, the hil. eonnty inland from the mouth of the Otaki Biver. A party of Palmerston North police, headed by Constable J. G. Ghinn, wil. penetrate the dense bush early thb •niorning and make their way to the posi tidn where the wreckage was "reported With him will be Constables J. D. Ap derson, W. Sleeth, J. W. Winnard ann Hobbs (Otaki). An nttempt was m.ade to find the wreckage yesterday but th-„ party returned to base after beating their way into the dense undergrowtli. Yesterday 's party was led by Sergeaiu Hughes, of Otaki, Constables Grunn, Andexson and Winnard have had some experienee of tlu type of work involved. All three weri engaged at Mt. Ruap'ehu in bringmg oiu the bodies of the Kaka passengers anir crew, Constables Gunn and Andersou led a party inco the Ruahines. to brinj, out the bodies of the three airmen who were lcilled when an R.N.Z.A.P. Aii speed Oxford crashed when on a routine flight between Hastings and Ohakea late last year.