Show UI U. 5 SI AVIATORS fORGED FORCED DOWN DON I LIEUTENANT WADE AND OGDEN RESCUED IN NORTH SEA BY I TRAWLER Motor Trouble Causes Airmen to Take to Water While on Jump to Iceland R Repairs pairs Are Made Orkney Islands Islands Lieutenants Leigh Wade Wad and Hank Ogden were rescued from the North sea Sunday last ast b bythe by bythe the thc British trawler Rugby riding the waters in a crippled plane for many hours thus adding a ne new nev adventure to the thc world the avia flight of the American army tors They were forced to alight by motor mo motor tor trouble about miles miles- from Brought Head after hopping off last Sunday morning from rom Scapa Flo v for Iceland in company with the thc the 4 plane carrying Lieutenants and Arnold Smith hovered neal Wades Wade's plane long enough to of his difficulties then flew onward and dropped a note on the destroyer Billingsley Smith then proceeded on his way to arriving safely safely safe safe- ly and joining Nelson and Harding In the meantime the Billingsley radioed the Richmond of V Wades Wade's des de's plight and presently two of the thc fastest fastest fastest fast- fast est war of in the American navy were burning huge quantities of oil oilin oilI oilin in a wild WilI rush through the North sea sea I coward toward the point indicated by Smith in the note Before either arrived I the trawler had the big come across yellow plane piane the ocean like a discarded trout fly The trawler took the plane in tow and with the aid of the two fliers still in the wandered around until it was sighted by the flying Billingsley which relieved the trawler trawler ler of his charge Smiths Smith's message to the Richmond telling of Wades Wade's trouble read in part Wade Vade forced down motor moto gone Needs immediate help Sea grow grow- ing The trawler which hailed from waited until the Billingsley Billings Billings- ley came up Then the Richmond arrived arrived ar ar- rived and the two war of sent out lines to each other The operation operation opera opera- tion took up much time during which the plane bobbed up and down dizzily on the heavy sea Hank Ogden watched the operation standing on the wing while Wade Vade reclined in his seat scat They had now been eight hours in that unsteady water watercraft raft A space was vas cleared on th the afterdecks afterdecks- of the tho Richmond and the plane was hauled up As the plane was lifted tho the fliers sprang onto the Richmonds Richmond's deck No sooner hod they landed safely than the boom gave away and the plane dropped back into the sea Finally it was taken in tow |