“Now, here’s a really tall story for you—and it’s perfectly true. Colonel H. J. Orford, of the South African Medical Corps has caught two fish 10,000 feet, up in the air! This is what happened—he was flying over Egypt, when a very large bird crashed into the plane. Nothing was left of the bird but a few drifting feathers and two small fish—eight inches long—were left sticking to one of the wings. The Colonel brought down the machine with the fish still intact —and he claims the record for the tallest fishing story ever.”—Cyril Watling in a 8.8. C. broadcast.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1943, Page 4
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