Mercy Mission
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Hercules In NG Mercy Mission
Dn March 2 a giant RAAF Lock id Hercules thundered onto haul’s Lakunai strip, its only ■go a seriously ill patient for manula Hospital.
Hie Hercules had been diverted im its Wewak-Manus cargo run bring Leading Radio Elecrical ichanic I. G. Phillips to Rabaul • urgent medical attention.
A cot case, Phillips was expe iously offloaded and soon was mfortable and recovering in hos ;al.
The mercy mission had taken the ircules 300 miles off course —a atter of 72 minutes air time.