Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-23
PERILS OF RESCUING MOBILE
RELATED BY SWEDISH AVIATOR
Flyer Tells of Making Three Trials of
Shows Hardness at Landing Field
Before Coming Down.

meat supply having succeeded, the
whole camp had been removed to where
| the bears body lay, some so meters
away.
On the other side of the tent radio
aerial had been erected. This was
made of small pieces of an aluminium
rod from the Italia tied together with
rope, and supported by eight posts. At
the top waved small ensign bearing
the emblem of an Alpine regiment To
posts a number of flags and colored
rags had been fastened. These had not
been dropped during one Of the visits
overhead of the Maddalena plane They
were used now 10 make the camp more
easily visible from the air.
BY the mainmaSt stood the sending
apparatus with its accumulators COW
cred by the French flag, On a great
Sictn III the snow was a quantity of
biscuits and tobacco laid out for dry-
ing They had been dropped bv the
Maddalena plane but had fallen into
salt water, They had to be dried be-
fore they could be used.
.Viglieri came to me with a bottle of
WHISKY and a package of cigarettes.
Dropped from Plane.
Both articles had been dropped by
the Swedish Hansa plane the previous
DAY. 1t was pathetic to see how Vigil
err wanted to share with me their few
!u&uries But of course couldn't ar-
cept anything. For a moment T
thought | ought to accept the offered
CUTS to show that the refugees were no
ionger IN desperate need of maxine
tileir supplies last, because they would
all soon be in safety. But | stood bT
my refusal for other reasons.
Neccloni was much upset at not get
T.llg on nus way as he had expectcri
but Gen Mobile was injured also. and
march "''i"lieSp
=, H.. decided Q that had acted rightly in
alIanglng to take the general nrst
everything considered. - A'' 81
Mobile came crawling mt 40 a..
tent. stu without a CAP hut w,,,, !.
par of sunglasses drawn I'M ovs, he
Iofehead. In his hand he held n nacrs
age OF books. presumably tho Iocs a,,d
oiary from the Italia. "'A''
MOBILES dog, Titina. which S;nro ,,,.,
arrival III camp had successfullv At
euinp.ed TO make friends with me
oiuh appear to question whether n
WAS 20 go along or not. 1t was first IN
oe Iaken up into the machine,
lhe leave which Gen. Mobile nou,
euok OF MS comrades was more than
palnetc. he embraced and kissed
eaeh one and appeared TO give en-
couragilg words 10 them all
!, IN now of tears he was helped on
MS way by Vigiieri and Biaga.
Garry Mobiles Phone.
was worried about my motor. par-
ScuiaIly nov because saw that srbv.
oerg had been walking across the nack
ICE toward us. I therefore went ahead
ano asked him II he could possibly hell,
me carry Gen. Mobile to the plane. on
ne Jew level stretches which We met
une general endeavored to crawl for
ware himself, 10 give his helpers rest
put tney, nevertheless. had a trenen-
ooaS task during the three quarters of
an nour needed to cover those 200
meters through the ice.
rms was noticeable far too plainly
N Senyberg when, tired TO death and
covered with perspiration, he reached
me plane, ] got up and we began
turning the Fokker against the wind
Us lar down the field as possible IN
oaaer % get the longest obtainable
Gen, Mobile was lifted into the ma
chine and put into the rear seat with
great difficulty. ate little Chocolate
winch good friend had given me he
loTe my departure from Sweden II
lasted deubly good and / felt In good
form Tor those exciting seconds which
the foe. ''i
II was precisely II o'clock at night
everything was ready for the take-ofT
Inc last good-by had been exchanged
Gen. Mobile and Schyberg were in
their places in the rear, where the dou
IItina. taking everything as a matter
OF course. had made itself very COM
Portable.
Was to succeed in getting I'D with
Two passengers from this uneven field9
me motor purred and the Fokker
glided with increasing speed over the
deeply snow-covered Ice foe. We sped
nearer and nearer 10 the pack ice walls.
lhe excitement was intense
Mobile Wanted 10 Look.
But Is meters from this threatening
ICE noe my dear Fokker lifted The
powerful motors saw TO Ii that we GOT
higher and higher.
! FIRST made q circle gaining height
over the ice and those Ave remaining
men. Then steered westward toward
safer fields.
Gen. Mobile wanted TO have a look
around. But he had no airn1an's
helmet and neither Schybere nor /
could lend him ours. So we finally col
nm 70 settle back into his seat, II
wouldn't have done him any good to
sM there with bare head Ia freezing
temperature and strong air pressure
To give Mobile something far nro.
lection against the cold. schvberc
wound his scarf into a t,irban around
the generals head,
we drew quickly nearer to Foyn Is
land aud the coast. Now the Arm ire
hTonnu tnese many capes was already
neneath US; Finally we passed firm
land, and looking down We saw orr
Hansa macnines In Rys5fjord They
were tied ~ the edge Of the Ice. There
was a landing mark for me ON the
snow field Of RySs Island
When ! landed, Chief Christell
Jacobson and Rosensyaerd came run
ning up. NOT many words we're said
but the handShakes of my comrades
were sufficient proof that All were f1iled
by the same feeling that had.
Gen, Mobile yes carried down 10 the
beach. The laying out of a camp there
was already under way. Above II the
Swedish navy flag was waving in the
wind
Lnndborg's next article will tell of
resclting the other mem
DR.. EDWARD q. WILLlST0N