San Diego. June 4.
Mr. Lewis McCannon. mechanic and only survivor aboard the ill-fated Consolidated bomber which crashed in San Diego Bay yesterday, died last night a few hours after "G-Men" of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had questioned him regarding cause of the crash.
Wreckage of the long-range bomber. which was ona test flight prior to being flown to England. was being raised from the bay last night for examination to determine causes of the crash. "G-Men" declined to reveal what Mr. McCannon had told them during their 30-minute questioning.
Four other crew members of the giant bomber were killed.
Officials of the Consolidated Air-
When the Lech slipped through the blockade-barrier from Bordeaux to reach Rio de Janeiro with her valuable cargo of aeroplanes, Captain Brinckmann boasted in South America that blockade-breaking was easy. It may have been, although 31 days for a voyage that the 14-knot Lech could do in 11 suggests that blockade-dodging does prolong the time at sea, Captain Brinckmann also let it be known that he would be back in Europe by June, He probably is, but not at the rendezvous where he can collect his issue of the blockade-runners' order, Captain Brinckmann and the Lech testify to the strength of the chain that, to Hitler's chagrin, is all too seldom snapped by Nazis prows. And Brinckmann, if he had tried, could not have selected a better time in which to get through to a German controlled port for Britain's naval might could be excused for relaxing routine patrolling while participating in the hunt for the Bismarck, But they did not, and Lech's slow-motion voyage to Europe—she left Rio on April 25—proves that beating the blockade is not the simple abc business that Captain Brinckmann would have had the world believe.
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