CRASHED ON THE ICE
RESCUE BELOW ZERO, by lan Mackersey; Robert Hale, Ltd., English price 15/-. HE central drama of this thrilling story occurred in September, 1952, when a Royal Air Force Hastings aircraft crashed on the ice in Greenland. In 1950 Commander C. J. W. Simpson, D.S.C., R.N., had finally persuaded the British Government to sponsor an expedition to explore part of North Greenland for two years. It was planned that the expedition should be set up by means of an airlift and that provisions and other stores should be dropped later on. To avoid the use of parachutes it was decided to drop the crates into the snow, and this technique required flying at an extremely low altitude. After a period of training and practice the R.A.F. crews took off for Greenland, and during one of the actual dropping runs one of the Hastings pilocs, blinded by snow glare, misjudged the height and the aircraft flew on to the ice. Fortunately, there were no really serious injuries, and the fuselage of the aircraft was intact. This enabled members of the crew to exist until rescued, despite being ill-equipped for the Arctic climate. This story and the details of the gallant and skilful rescue flights by the are well told by Ian Mackersey, who was born in Wellington. Now an aviation journalist in Britain, the author has used his experience as a pilot and as an Official observer in R.A.F. aircraft, including a flight over Greenland, in writing this account, of human endur-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 14
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260CRASHED ON THE ICE New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 14
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