SIGHTED FROM PLANE
SOLITARY SAILOR NORTH SEA RESCUE (Reed. Dec. 23, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 22. Following the account given yesterday of the rescue in the North Sea of six survivors of the Swedish steamer Lister by the co-operation of British aircraft and a destroyer, >t is also reported that about 200 miles away another coastal plane sighted a solitary seaman on another raft. The pilot deviated 60 miles to find a merchantman, which rescued the seaman
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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77SIGHTED FROM PLANE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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