WHEEL FROM KINGSFORD SMITH’S ’PLANE FOUND—Positive identification of a tyre, wheel and broken landing gear recently found floating in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Burma, by an Akron rubber company, clears up somewhat the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the Australian aviator, while on a flight from London to Australia in November, 1935. The tyre, floating for nearly two years, was still fully inflated. Observers say the condition of the parts indicates Sir Charles may have landed in the jungles instead of in the Bay of Bengal between Allahabad and Singapore as some contend.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 4
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100WHEEL FROM KINGSFORD SMITH’S ’PLANE FOUND—Positive identification of a tyre, wheel and broken landing gear recently found floating in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Burma, by an Akron rubber company, clears up somewhat the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the Australian aviator, while on a flight from London to Australia in November, 1935. The tyre, floating for nearly two years, was still fully inflated. Observers say the condition of the parts indicates Sir Charles may have landed in the jungles instead of in the Bay of Bengal between Allahabad and Singapore as some contend. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 4
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