Craft Was Practising For World Distance Record London, Feb. 25.
An aeroplane of the Royal Air Force, which left Upper Heyford for a flight round Great Britain, is missing. The plane was practising for a world long distance flight record Airmen from seven R.A.F. stations are taking part in the search.
"With three members of the Royal Air Force on board, the plane was last heard from at 6 a.m. yesterday off Rothbury, Northumberland.
The machine was a Vikers Wellesley and the occupants were Flight Lieutenant F. S. Gardner, Flying Offücer G. A. D. Thomson, who had been chosen by the Ministry of Air to attempt the record flight, and Sergeant George Hicks,—Reuter.
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