Northwest History. Aviation 8. Rescue & Searching Parties, United States.

Search For Pilot Futile. SEARCH FOR PILOT FUTILE. NOME, Alaska, July 5. (/P)—Searching parties returning here tonight said they had found no trace of Ben Easley, commercial airplane pilot, whose ship was found floating, partly submerged in the arctic ocean off Kotzebue bay Tuesday. Pilot Frank Whale...

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Language:English
Published: 1935
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Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/85420
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Summary:Search For Pilot Futile. SEARCH FOR PILOT FUTILE. NOME, Alaska, July 5. (/P)—Searching parties returning here tonight said they had found no trace of Ben Easley, commercial airplane pilot, whose ship was found floating, partly submerged in the arctic ocean off Kotzebue bay Tuesday. Pilot Frank Whaley and his mechanic, Harry Nelson, both formerly of Seattle, winged over a wide area today in the vicinity of where Easley's ship had come down.