London, Feb. 27. earch was abandoned to-day for the Royal Air Force Vickers Wel-lesly long-range bomber which had been missing since Thursday somewhere in North Scotland.
The relatives have been notified that the crew of three are now presumed to be dead, They were Flight Lieutenant F. S, Gardner, Flying Officer G.A.D. Thomson, who had been chosen by the Ministry of Air to attempt a flight to lower the record of a long-dista dash to Australia, and Serge:
Hicks, The plane was last heard from when it was off Rothbury, North-cumberland, Officials decided to-day that the only possible explanation was that the machine had descended into the sea The bomber disappeared in the course of a flight around Great Britain preparatory to making the long-distance hop to Australia, Subsequently 100 Royal Air Force planes participated in the search, over the hills of Scottish counties.' for the missing bomber.—Reuter
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