New Guinea
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Fatal Air-Crash in New Guinea
PILOT J. A. W. Gray, owner of Territory Airlines, and a passenger, J. Smith, lost their lives when a Tiger Moth plane crashed in heavily wooded foothills at the foot of Arona Gap, Eastern Highlands, New Guinea, on June 1.
The plane was on a flight from Goroka to Lae. When it was over due, five planes were sent out to search for it. They could not locate it, but late on June 2 native runners brought news of the crash to Gusap, from which a ground party immedi ately set out. The bodies of the two men were taken to Goroka.
Mr. Gray was well-known in the Territory. He was a pilot with Mandated Airlines before taking over Territory Airlines. t Mr. Dwight Long, who made one of the memorable post-war round the-world smallships voyages in his yacht Idle Hour, is now living in Culver City, California, USA.