Flying Boat Lost Near Fiji

IT has been disclosed that the RNZAF flying boat, reported missing in June from New Zealand, actually was lost near Fiji. The aircraft was on a flight to the Dominion, and wreckage found on Dravuni Island, about 50 miles south of Suva, and identified, establishes TiHe fact that the disaster occurred in or around that area. No trace of crew or passengers has been found, and they have been officially reported “missing, believed killed.”

Mr. J. A. Wilkinson, formerly of Kavieng, TNG, is now a warrant-officer with ANGAU. He served a couple of years with the AIF in the Middle East.