CHILD SIGNALS TO FLYINGBOAT
BOY ON BOAT FROM CITY OF BENARES
(British Official Wireless)
RUGBY, September 27
How an exhausted child who spent days in an open boat in the rough Atlantic signalled the name of the torpedoed liner City of Benares to a Short Sunderland flying-boat which came down to 1000 feet and circled over the drifting boat was told by the captain of the flying-boat. “I could see the people on her quite clearly,” he said. “They were prostrate and pretty well exhausted. Yet, as I 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 signalling. I didn’t get the meaning for a second and then it dawned on me what he was up to—‘City Benares.’ Weak as he was that kid signalled the ship’s name, which told us the whole story. That was enough. We were off right away to get help.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24244, 30 September 1940, Page 6
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172CHILD SIGNALS TO FLYINGBOAT Southland Times, Issue 24244, 30 September 1940, Page 6
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