Northwest History. Alaska. Aviation Crashes & Wreckage Missing Planes.

Long Overdue On Trip From Coast Point: Same Flyer Was Lost In Alaska With Spokane Bride. LONG OVERDUE ON TR!P FROM COAST POINT Same Flyer Was Lost in Alaska With Spokane Bride. SEATTLE.— —Six airplane scoured western Washington this afternoon for Albert Almoslimo missing' on a flight from Portl...

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Language:English
Published: 1937
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Summary:Long Overdue On Trip From Coast Point: Same Flyer Was Lost In Alaska With Spokane Bride. LONG OVERDUE ON TR!P FROM COAST POINT Same Flyer Was Lost in Alaska With Spokane Bride. SEATTLE.— —Six airplane scoured western Washington this afternoon for Albert Almoslimo missing' on a flight from Portland Ore., to Seattle. William S. Moore, inspector for the bureau of air commerce here said four army planes took off or the search from Ft. Lewis just before noon. At about the same time an observation ship and a private plane left Boeing airport here. Moore said the monocoupe plane which Almoslimo was flying should have made the trip from Portland to Seattle in about one hour and 40 or 50 minutes. Almoslimo left Portland at 4:10 p. m. Friday. LOST BEFORE Almoslimo was in the news in April, 1939, when he and his bride a Spokane girl, on a flying honeymoon, were forced down in Princess bay, 40 miles south of Ketchikan, Alaska, and were marooned for a week without food or fire They were rescued and taken to Ketchikan by the coast guard cutter Cyane. While searching for them while they were lost, Pilot Charles Anderson and Mechanic Clyde Lynch of Ketchikan crashed their plans and were killed.