"We hung over Holland for about two hours, and we could see the lights on the motorcars on the reads between Rotterdam and Amsterdam, where motorists were following us. During our fight we received many offers of assistance from Norway, Denmark, Holland end Berlin. Although we did not accept them, they showed a fine spirit of international good will. We had plenty of fuel" Lieut. Booth went on, "bu if we had been unable to get back owing to igh winds before it was exhausted we could have come down in Holland. In that coze the Godetia (the Fisheries cruiser) could have rowe! us home to Lowestoft. Airships ave been towed in this way before, and she had all the necessary tackle Lieitt. Booth added that all the he was on the R. 33 he had no sleep. "But," he added, still par ith such a fins crew as still, and the ship {is flown for him. "When we got Unck someone asked me immediately, we gor out fanted to send any telegrams, I said, What for?" I could nor understand what the fuss was about. It was simply a normal Aight in bad weather.
The most pathetic figure in the acrodrome on the airship's return was Flight-It. Irwin, the real skipper of the R33. Ho left the ship aly for a few minutes in order to have breakfast: after being on duty for 30 hours. In his absence the breakaway occurred,
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