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Ruth Elder was next, leaving New York Oct. 11 with George Haldeman. They came down in the ocean off the Azores, and were so fortunate as to land beside the Dutch steamship Barendrecht. They were rescued as their plane caught fire and sank...
After five hours of scouring the sea for help, they sighted the Dutch tanker, S. S. Barendrecht, bound from the Azores to Rotterdam. Circling low they dropped a message on the ship's deck. "How FAR ARE WE FROM LAND AND WHICH WAY?"?Ruth Elder...
Only 520 miles from the Portugese coast the American Girl came down close to the tanker Barendrecht. Even if the oil system had functioned, the gasoline supply was too low to negotiate the distance. The pilots crawled on to the wings of the plane, bobbing precariously on a choppy, fresh-blown sea. Soon both were hauled to the deck of the tanker...
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