| Show gaining I Plane iane I rashes in In eat reat Salt lake wo fO Army Fliers Sighted Sitting top Craft Apparently Unhurt Set Out in Shallow Water I OGDEN AIR DEPOT Hill lull Field Davis count county Ma May 7 7 announced Thursday afternoon that the two rs TS' TS forced down on Great Salt lake lale were en route to the their find and d should arrive arrhe at about 5 p. p m. m ir I Il wo army pilots whose training plane plunged into Great l they were on a training flight Wednesday after after- af atop the wreckage of their craft Thursday and waited parties parties which were approaching from two directions I HAND tR t x i i t. t Id S d it s r I u aar IE E EARMY ARMY SHIP LANDED mED r location of craft The fliers filers Second Lieutenants Lieutenant s Irving C C. Eells and Robert E. E Fabian Fabian Fabian Fa Fa- Fa- Fa bian both of Ogden air de depot ot Hill field Davis county were marooned more than 20 hours after their theft i primary training ship shin went into int 0 the shallow waters of the lake about one and a half miles nor north of Antelope island and about four fou r or five miles west of the east cast eastshore t shore of the lake Observers who flew over th the e wrecked plane said the men were e lying on the stub of on one wing an and frequently sat up to wave to th the e planes which circled over them Both apparently were unhurt In Shallow Water The craft alighted in water esti estimated mated at less than two feet deep I and the men probably could have hav e waded ashore army officials said except that they did not want t to 0 I leave the wreckage unguarded Both wings of the ship were e crumpled and the motor wa was s i thrown several yards ahead of ot th the e rest of the craft observers said The body and tail assembly appeared appeared appeared ap ap- intact Hill field officials said the fliers fliers fliers ers probably were hungry an and thirsty but that they probably did not suffer much from cold inasmuch as Wednesday night nigh t was not particularly cold and the they ty y were dressed in warm flying clothes Found b by A Army rm Plane The craft was found Thursday morning by an army transport plane one of a number of arm army y planes which combed the area near Hill field all morning Second Lieutenants Harry E E. Haseleu and Walter C. C Pauls were pilot and copilot of the transport As soon as the wreckage was located a party of deputy sheriffs sheriffs sheriffs sher sher- iffs and several officers from the Salt Lake air airbase base set out in Salt Lake county's boat from the southern south south- ern tip of the lake near Magna Later a rescue party with food and medical supplies attempted to reach the plane from the east shore of the lake Because of shallowness of ot the water it was believed the deputy sheriffs would not be able to reach the plane Hill field officers said a horseback horseback horseback horse horse- back party was being arranged as asa asa asa a backstop in case boats were unable to get through the shallow shallow shallow low water The fliers were on a routine training flight when they Continued on Page Six Column One TRAINING RAINING PLANE SIGHTED IN LAKE Continued f from Page age One geared Wednesday about 4 p. p m. m Hill Hip field officials said An intensive intensive sive ve search utilizing every plane available at the depot was organized organized organized organ organ- W Wednesday evening and nd again Thursday morning until the pilots were located Their craft was a yellow and blue primary training plane with open co cockpits Officials declined to speculate on the cause caus of the crash until they had an opportunity to interview the pilots It was expected the pilots would be brought ashore by nightfall An observer who slew flew over the crash scene said pieces of wr wreckage wreckage wreck wreck- ck- ck age mostly bits of the wings were scattered within a yard radius of t the e plane Th There re was a haze over the lake which would have made it difficult to spot the craft craf t from any great dist distance nce they said Army officials said they believed d dire direct methods of rescue would be better than attempting to drop food and water to the stranded pair However if they could not no nobe be reached immediately such a a plan would be considered it was wa s said caid |
