BOY’S GALLANTRY
SIGNALLED TO PLANE. ATLANTIC PRAMA, (United Press Association —Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 27. How an exhausted child who spent days in an open boat in the rough Atlaiitic signalled the name ot' the torpedoed liner City of Benares to tho Sunderland flving-boat which came down to 1000 ft and circled over the drifting boat was told by the captain of the°flying-boat. could sec people on her quite clearly,” he said. ‘.‘They were prostrate and pretty well exhausted. Yet, as L watched, a little chap in what looked like a Scout’s uniform, sitting down amidships, suddenly spotted us. He stood up at once and began waving “Then he picked up something white —probably a handkerchief —and began waving. L’ didn’t get his meaning for a second. Then it dawned on 111 c what he was up to —‘City of Benares.’.
“Weak as lie was, that kid signalled the ship’s name, which told us the whole story, That was enough j Yv’e were off right away to got help!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 258, 28 September 1940, Page 8
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