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R.A.F. Pilot Picks Up Message (Eeceived 19, 8.45 a.m.) RHARTOUM, Oct. 17. Clever trick flying enabled a pilot. of the Eoyal Air Force to pick up a message- from Mrs Lewin, who, with her husband, Brigadier-General Corrie Lewin, made a forced landing ncar Maiakai, in the Sudan. She attached a message to a line suspended between two poles, and the pilot, flying low, caught it. The message stated: "We do so apprcciate all the efforts being made for us. We are deeply gricved and- upset at what has occurred." It added that the stranded fliers had dfiough food and water i'or three days. Mrs Lewin thinks they cannot tackle the joumey across the swamps, and asks for ham* mocks and stretchers. Members of the Air Force to-day were unable to trace the land party of natives, which is reported to be a few miles from Brigadier-General and Mrs Lewin. When the rescuers reach the seene the Lewins' difficulty will not be over, as the nearest point at which they can pick up a river steamer is 100 miles to the south. Later : A rescue party of natives hau reached the Lewins. They are taking the Lewins to Kongor, where a Royal Air Force plane made a forced landing safely with the District Commissioner. It is hoped that the Lewins can be evacuated by air. :
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 22, 19 October 1937, Page 5
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