ALARMING ASCENT
T GUNNER GOES UP 2000 FEET WITH BALLOON. BROUGHT DOWN AGAIN SAFELY. •By Telegraph—Press Association — Cops riD-'■■ LONDON, February II | 'l'fiv inhabitants of a western town today were amazed t<> see a soldier; clinging to a barrage balloon as it in, the air The adventure was the re-; suit of Gunner John Griffiths's belief that the ball. i>n had broken from its moorings, where st was rising normal-' !v Horrified, the balloon crew saw She soldser n ake an ascent of 2000 feet le-foi-e til..-, cmhl ter the bal’d !• GidDth '. ted a !.-;.e nnu d h as t and leg ami j;r.pj > d an t!:< r !<j;r by hi ■ teeth He Was bn light ’own the und suiretmg only '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1941, Page 5
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121ALARMING ASCENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1941, Page 5
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