FORCED DOWN IN THE WILDS through lack of petrol, the Southern Cross and her crew were found, after an 11 days search, by Captain Les Holden in the air-liner Canberra. The photograph shows the four airmen immediately after the rescue plane had landed on the mud-flat beside them with food and petrol supplies. disguise of grime and whiskers, the four airmen are: Mr. T. H. McWilliam (wireless operate?) left, Flight-Lieut C. T. P. Ulm, Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith, and Mr. H. A. Litchfield (navigator).
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 652, 2 May 1929, Page 1
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83FORCED DOWN IN THE WILDS through lack of petrol, the Southern Cross and her crew were found, after an 11 days search, by Captain Les Holden in the air-liner Canberra. The photograph shows the four airmen immediately after the rescue plane had landed on the mud-flat beside them with food and petrol supplies. disguise of grime and whiskers, the four airmen are: Mr. T. H. McWilliam (wireless operate?) left, Flight-Lieut C. T. P. Ulm, Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith, and Mr. H. A. Litchfield (navigator). Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 652, 2 May 1929, Page 1
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