Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Peg free Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc. Winnipeg monday september 27, 1948 by Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per thank cod and the . Tike crash Landing nation s to an end when an . Crew looked Down Over this Northern Saskatchewan Lake to see the target of their the missing Beechraft lying below them. Note Muskeg apparently made by the plane As it was brought in for a perfect Emer Gen by. Landing by chief naval air Pilot Jack Kastner. It was just to the right of the plane which appears undamaged that Muskeg Sta first Camp of the survivors was the sign wearing the clothes All the equipment which they used in their hike through Northern wastelands the five survivors of the . Naval Beechraft Are pictured Here minutes after they stepped out of the Canso aircraft which brought them to the Pas 12 Days after they were scheduled to arrive there. They Are from left to right chief naval air Pilot Jack Kastner the . Naval attache s office at Ottawa capt. Sir Robert Stirling Hamilton British naval attache at Ottawa capt. Ben. S. . Naval attache at Jug Charles Wilcox attached to the . Naval attaches and master sergeant Jerome Scalise of a . Army construction battalion. The shelter they built Here is Muskeg station where the five marooned men spent nine of their 13 Days in the wilds of Northern Saskatchewan. Built Only a Short distance from the crashed plane the Shel Ter provided a Home for the men where they could eat sleep . . Largely responsible for the building of the shelter was master sergeant Jerome Scalise. He used his half shelter added parachutes and Brush and tied them up with strings from the parachutes. The men who spotted them performance of . S commended two american . A main Springs of the organization set up by the five military men when they crashed Are to be recommended to the Secretary of the Navy for letters of commendation capt. Ben Custer .n. Revealed saturday. Chief naval aviation Pilot Jack Kastner of the Navy will be recommended for his magnificent As a woodsman and guide. He went without food on the pretext his Teeth were. Bad we could have capt. Custer declared. Master sgt. Jerome Scalise who the american naval attache said is one of the finest men i be Ever will also be recommended. Without his assistance we could t have come through in this he said. Chief Kastner 34, is from Denver col. His wife and six week old baby Are in Ottawa. Sgt. Scalise and due for retirement after 30 years service has a wife and four daughters at fort Belvoir. A son is attending College. His Home is in Cambridge mass. Free press show to offer giant Jackpot of there will giant Jackpot at stake when the free press double dollars radio show takes to the air Waves again tuesday at 7 . From the Odeon theatre. All free press subscribers and want and buyers will have another Chance to make their Fortune when stage ants step up to answer . Dene Porky Charbonneau s brain twisters. M you should be one of the Lucky few to have announcer Bill guest draw your name from the free press Carrier boy s bag you stand to m you Are a subscriber or double that if you Are a want and buyer. The boys who gave you a Good tune last week Gene Charbonneau Bill guest and Harold i Green at the Organ will make a return visit tuesday and this week will be accompanied by another representative of the 827 free press carriers. Arrow in the above picture made out of a Parachute panel and pointing South. From a Clearing close to the site on which the . Naval Beechraft was crash landed was the first clue to the whereabouts of the missing m in. It was Laid out by capt. Robert Stirling Hamilton when the survivors left Muskeg station on their weary trek southward. Each Day after that another Arrow was left As a Trail for search aircraft to follow. The country they crossed Here is the Crew of sighted the missing Beechraft and brought to an end the 12-Day search for the five men aboard. The Crew from no. 123 air search and Rescue Squadron based at Vancouver Are Back Row left to right of Ken Wil Liams co Pilot of Len Douglas Langley Prairie , navigator sgt. Bob Turret Vancouver front left to right Al Rene Lemieux Pilot and Captain of Vancouver and of Harry Baxter of Vancouver wireless operator. This is the Type of. Terrain the survivors trekked through for four Days in an attempt to reach civilization after they had All but Given up Hope of Rescue from the air. For As much As 20 minutes at a time the men were forced to walk on top of shoulder High timbers As they could not reach the ground. Rescue plane Home bound Salvage from freighter seen Halifax sept. 27 two Hali fax tugs foundation Lillian and foundation Josephine found Worth of Salvage. 900 Miles South East of Here monday and began towing the abandoned British freighter Leicester to Ber Muda. Seven men were lost overboard and 39 men saved by Rescue ships when the Leicester was caught in the sept. 1g Hurricane. The ship is Worth in Salvage. Greater Winnipeg column will be found of Page 6. The . Canso aircraft which rescued the five survivors of operation attache is Pic tured Here saturday morning winging its Way Back to the Pas with the men after spending the night on Daly Lake where the five were fed and slept in those Fine . Sleeping the terrain pictured is the Type the men plodded through after leaving their crashed air Craft rescued reach Ottawa by Gordon Sinclair the Pas Man., sept. 11 special thanks o god and the Royal Canadian air Force we rive people Are Safe with those words capt. Ben s. Ouster .n., explained the Miracle Rescue of his four Corn Anions and himself from. I fantasia of Desola Ion in a Chewan. The irrepressible . Naval attache was an obviously Happy Man saturday As he stepped from the Rescue Canso at the Pas into the civilization he just about Des paired of Ever seeing again. But for a moment he grew Seri Ous. In Between posing for photo Raphers be took a minute out to make a Brief straight from the Icart speech. Said the 43-year-om Navy Mari from Brainbridge Georgia i d like to say right now be tween god and the Koyal Canadian air Force to five people Are Safe. We re damned glad and we arc very grateful to god and the . For getting us out of that cheering from the crowd of Over 100 drowned out anything else capt. Custer had to say at that moment. Four of the live survivors were flown direct to Ottawa saturday night. The filth Man chief naval aviation Pilot Jack Kastner remained behind at the Pas to Fly Back to the crash landed Beech Craft and assist in Salvage operations. The Saga of the Northern search Drew to a close at 11.04 . Sat urday when three Canups and a Dakota winged in formation across the Field. They were the Rescue visors on Daly Lake thursday plane which picked up the sur night and an escort from the ., the u. S. Navy and the u. S. Coast guard. After a Quick circuit of the water Lake Airport the Canso carrying the. Survivors touched Down three minutes 11.07 . Before the plane s door had opened and the first of the group step Ped out the crowd which had been gathering since 8.30 Anil surged Forward and formed a Semi Circle around the aircraft. Am engr greeted the flies were air Commodore m. Costello commanding officer of no. 11 group . Group Captain z. In. Leigh search Masier mayor h. F. Bickle of the Pas commander Iff. Kauffman . Of the naval air station at Olalla a. Walmsley no. 11 group ., Winnipeg Jack hone and j. Panabaker . As capt. Custer led the Little band deeply tanned heavily bearded survivors from the Canso movie cameras began grinding photo Raphers Flash bulbs popped and a Elcome Roar went up irom Tho a pay crowd. The men wearing tattered and dirty clothes looked unbelievably healthy they were Happy. Each married the Quarter stave he had sed during Tho. 30 mile trek from Cir plane to the spot where they located by the .a.f. Art 05 . Friday. The american attache touched is Cap grinned broadly and then ook off his Cap to acknowledge in cheers. He wore a Blue shirt Rab Green overalls and a red Lief around his neck. Capt. Sir Robert Stirling Hamilton the 45-year-old Royal Navy attache at Ottawa Fol Lowed capt. Custer from the plane. A slim almost frail appearing figure the English Man too was smiling heartily. Staff sergeant Jerome Scalise 0-year-old and 30 years with is. Jarmy was the third Man his Swarthy face lit up when he saw the welcoming crowd. Chief Waval air Pilot Lack Kasfir. Or ., 34, walked off the aircraft Vith a wave of his hand to a lockers. He carried the survive es1 Lone Rifle. Last Man out was the Young est of the party u. Jug Charles Wilcox 21 years old and a naval Pilot he wore a Black windbreaker and Over alls., i after the first greetings Over and photographers had their first of the men ined up on the Steps the Canso where. Capt. Custer called on the remainder of the survivors coma on jets give them that one two together the group chorused the greeting they had been waiting 13 Days to speak one two three boy am i glad to see cheering and laughter from the crowd prompted a repeat perform Ance. Capt. Custer then took a rapid glance around crowd before drawling with All these pretty girls around i d hoped to see my a cry from the crowd you re glad to be brought a flashing reply from the Navy Pilot of Are we glad. If there s any other pose you photographers want i la do St. Would you like me to stand on my photographers found themselves bested As they attempted to Trade quips with capt Custer. I ;