Show SE SEAPLANE PlANE FOUND WITH ITH All ABOARD CREW OF 1 9 ARE PICKED UP AT T SEA A ArP T R T TM N flAYS nAV 0 OF DRIFTING Submarine Out To Meet Fleet Sights Lost Craft Ship Is Found Fifteen Fifteen teen Miles East Of Island Of Kauai Honolulu The Honolulu The navy seaplane 9 No 1 since September 1 was found September tenth by a submarine ine inc and her crew of five for whom hope had been abandoned rescued The seaplane was found floating in inthe inthe inthe the Pacific ocean fifteen miles ea east t of the Island of the most northerly northerly northerly north north- erly of the group sixty-four sixty miles west vest by north of the Island of Oahu on which this city is located Lieutenant D D. R. R Osborn Jr commander commander com corn mander of the submarine R 4 reported reported reported re re- re- re ported the finding of the seaplane briefly giving no de details A late message from the 4 R intercepted intercepted inter inter- intercepted here said The liThe submarine R 4 is towing trans trans-P trans Pacific plane to Is Island Island Island Is- Is land of and expects to arrive arrive ar ar- ar- ar art rive nyc about 8 Please have small boat meet as at The U. U S. S S. S Tanager mine sweeper which has taken an especially active part in the search for the seaplane started for Nawiliwili Island of immediately expecting to arrive ar ar- ar- ar rive nyc there about 8 p. p m. m island time Aviation officers here estimated that the seaplane had fallen from to miles from Island of Maui the first objective of the flight The position of the seaplane when picked up was the point where navigators navigators navigators navi navi- I gators estimating from their knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of the winds and currents around the islands had figured the seaplane to be last Saturday at 8 a. a m. m As soon as word of the finding of of- the 1 1 A 1 n n W I 0 o. o 0 o. o Robison in commander-in-chief of the battle fleet ordered all ships engaged in the search t to return to Pearl harbor harbor harbor har har- har- har bor at once Navy officers gave the highest praise and credit for the fin finding ing of the 9 No 1 to Commander Frank C. C Martin commanding the the submarine base here who stationed his submarines submarines i ines nes in the positions which enabled them to pick up the seaplane hours after it had dropped into the s sea ea The destroyer MacDonough left for Kauai to pick up the five aviators and bring them to Honolulu In Honolulu the city went wild over the news Downtown streets filled with shrieking yelling mobs their joy and enthusiasm exceeding all conventional conventional conven conven- bounds White clad sailors from the thc recently arrived fleet were were conspicuous in the crowds Di Distribution Distribution tribu- tribu tion of newspapers with stories on the finding of the aviators almost caused several panics The aircraft tender Pelican also W va vas t ordered jc the north to as assist in into to- to to ing ins the seaplane back to Pearl Harbor It was off the coast of Kauai that the minesweeper whippoorwill reported report report- ed seeing flares a day or two after the search for the missing plane had started A white flare tIare and two ret red flares or rockets were we're believed to have been seen Immediately after aCter I a check of calculations the searchIng searching search search- Ing operations were transferred to this thin region which was considerably I outside of or the zone previously search ed |