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Show . . i EYEWITNESS REPORTS: "W ft DEAT in tne On Sept XS, Flying Tiger Flight Air Force Base; N. J 92S departed from for, Frankfurt, West i Mc-Gui- re ! m Ger-man- i . i I r-- " y. It carried $8 passengers, mostly servicemen and their families, and a crew of 8. After a refueling stop at Gan- der, Newfoundland, the transatlantic journey resumed at 5:05 pm. About four hours later, still 500 miles from the nearest land, vilot John D. Murray sensed something wrong, He glanced at the maze of instruments before him. This is his own account: . "On the control lamp, I saw fire indicated on the inside naviport engine. I switched off thatmotor and asked my Wilkes-BarrPa.) to reckgator (Samuel T. Nicholson of on our position as we descended to 9,000 feet Minutes 3 e, I later, rthe profilerQof my outside starboard engine began" oturn too nquicklypswitched it off. We radioed to ask about surface conditions: winds, the height of waves. "On the intercom, I told passengers to put on their Hie iackets. I instructed the stewardesses to tell passengers ihoes, taking off about emergency procedures-runtyi- ng glasses, and things like that I Guaranteed 1, i j agaif , V burn-o- ut m K i can't buy a better pipe. The is You best briar imported. But only Yello-Bo- le improves it with a honey lining. This in I sures mildness; protects the bowLOnlsr Yello-Bol- it guar e anteed against burn-out for life. : I M IB ATLANHG" L ts n Two survivors' touch land J from rescue ,. B- - ; What are the last moments aboard a en ppled Fly ing Tiger plane about to crash into the ocean? What is Iflike to clutch for"Jife in turbulent seas while others around you die? of the recent Flying Tiger crash in the North Atlantic resulted from the collabora- tion of a two-ma- n Family Weekly team. European correspondent Jules Farber met the survivors as they landed in Antwerp, Belgium, and got their firsthand accounts of the disaster. In New York, staff editor Jack this absorbRyan used Farber's interviews to survival. ing story of re-crea- near-miraculo- us te .in X P. Clw B tH BJ tss til Hi tw knownyon " Pvt. Willie Davis sat farther to the rear. "There was this friend of mine beside me. He was praying and kind of crying. I tried to keep him from crying. As we came down, I r'. - FIX IT QUICK I The job is easy with the one and only Plastic Wood. Can be sanded and painted. ii iiviifyiMiiiiii v. i ii ii m i. eiji v-- , B We will make wtrfeltimpossibleitchinga w." & lij For swtst rteuKs alwsys use GINUI.NE four-engin- ed -- W, Si tei ex-- fury of ii: SL the North Atlantic. The next few moments could be critical, and much would depend on haiv his crew responded to emergency demands after' the crash; "I put on the landing lights and looked for the top of a wave," Murray said. "Two very high dneskwere under us, and J let them go by because the wave behind seemed better. I shouted something like 'I am ditching' over the inter-co- m and came down against the slope of the oncoming (Continued on page 8) Family Weekly, December 2, 1962 7 NO ASPIRIN I NO ACID! NQ STOMACH Z " i ijjuia'JiMr LMipMBr" t I rJvaisiSiGZ it -- jjj the control lamp showed fire on the inside right engine, but I lowered our motor capacity and the lamp went out. "After a while, the lamp flicked on again the inside right engine again. This time it didn't go out We were at 3,000 feet, and there was no question what to do. I told the passengers: "Ladies an J gentlemen, we are going 'to make 7 . a landing on the sea." , "out on the Atlantic rushing beThe passengers looked neath them. Starlight reflected on waves with troughs 10 feet deep, and gale winds lashed a misty spray off churning whitecaps. Radio signals had brought other planes into the . distress area, and rescue ships were speeding to the scene. But they were hours away from an area already recognized as a graveyard for stricken vessels much larger than this craft. The cabin was plunged into darkness, and the passengers were alone with their thoughts: "I had often wondered what it was like in a plane just -beforecitcrashedraid MrsrLois Elandeiywife of an Army major. "The moments seemed like an eternity. My husband Dick chatted softly about our life together. I could feel the plane going uown, and I leaned toward Dick and said : 'Sweetie, it was a wonderful life, and I am so glad I have was telling him, 'We .will make it.'" D n the cockpit, Capt. Murray was attempting what Editors' Note: This story ri 7,000 feet, and now ctiton $285 Send for free Illustrated folder. Shows Yello- from M.sa mo up. wnw vevu iBole P toes . is & Mi "After a half Jiour, we had slipped to "Bolt- v. ship Celerina on arrival in Antwerp." By JULES FARBER and JACK; RYAN YtHo- - 1 V ; j Ji UPSEnJ - |