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ARANDORA STAR SIGHTED BY FLYING=BOAT FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES DROPPED. DESTROYER BROUGHT TO RESCUE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 4. It is revealed that the Arandora Star was found in a sinking condition by a Sunderland flying-boat o£ r ;the Coastal Command of the R'A.E. a'-con-siderable distance from the west coast of Scotland and to the north-west' of Ireland. The captain of the aircraft saw scattered about the water 13 lifeboats full of survivors, as well as survivors on rafts and others clinging to floating debris. The Sunderland circled low and dropped first-aid outfits, all the food on board, including the emergency rations, and also the crew's cigarettes and tobacco, which were put in waterproof bags and attached to their lifejackets to act as buoys. Having seen the survivors pick these up, the Sunderland went in search of assistance and guided a destroyer to the scene. It was 11 a.m. when the Arandora Star was first sighted, and three hours later when the destroyer arrived and began to pick up the survivors.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1940, Page 5
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