Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-23

| OF his Ereat feat, rescued Gen Mobile
! from the. perilouS and deSolate canp
ice, But the details Of this heroic ac-
comrlishment have no been given Now
| he Hrst time He tells Of his hazardous
fisht over the Arctic wastes his amaz-
ms landing at the. Mobile camp, the con-
ditionS he found there. his take-off, with
Noodle PASSENGER. and his subsequent
experiences The article below is the
second tnstallment of Capt. Lundoorss
By CAPT. EINAR- PAAL LUNDB0RG
ROYAL Swedish Flyins Corps,
Especial t,iSnatch By wireless end cable to
The Star and the North American
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paper Alliance throughout the world eN-
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b,sm anG by rc fSk6m All l fahfs Strict
ly rcServedD
ABOARD STEAMSHIP QUEST, at
sea of Spitzbergen, July EFT was ad-
visahle to make my landing ON the ice
foe where Gen. Mobile had pitched his
camp, with caution.
Who could know what the Italia S
men down there meant by good land
ing ground as stated by their wireless
report? And by the way, the red
T-shaped landing mark which Mobile
had erected to show the direction of
the wind and thereby the best way to
land was not lying exactly in the wind.
But the smoke from the campfire
near the tent of the refugees informed
me Of the true condition l stopped
the motor and turned toward one Of the
foes. keenly inspecting everything
Yes, without doubt 1t was not SO ter
ribly had. / had met worse. 1t was
best, though. to try the snow once.
made new swing III, let the Fokker
glide on skis some 20 meters, then
gave it full Sas and went up again.
On the return Journey ! studied the
ski tracks They told me that the snow
was all right for landing. / made the
same maneuver on my next attempt,
but this time on another part OF the
field. I then made yet another trial
10 find how far ] would slide when
the machine was well landed. made
this last trial as an ordinary landing.
I slid something like 100 meters on
the snow. and heard my companion,
shout.
This is going fine
Made Safe Landing.
Then / gave the plane gas again,
went around the field. and LANDED.
The skis knocked against some ICY
bumps. We got a tremendous shaking
up on the hard snow. This was so NO
lent that we feared the machine had
been damaged But no, there my Fokkef
stood about Is meters from the tower
ing pack ice on the far side Of the
field. without the least damage.
The chiefs Hansa plane, which our
ing my maneiIyers had circled closely
around the field, now left us and steered
westward toward Hinlopen Sound.
Scl1yberg Jumped out and by holding
one wing helped to get the Fokkef
turned as far as possible. and | drove
it slowly down to the other end OF the
field
There two men came running toward
us I Jumped out. but let the motor
remain going In order not TO be de-
layed by any trouble IN restarting IT,
/ then asked Schyberg to guard the
plane while went and saw Gen
Mobile
On the quest. since leaving Norway
we certainly had not been particular
about our toilet-shaving, washing ana
similar lixuries-bnt that these two
men had given still less thought to sucn
matters was evident.
They were both young men. One Of
one Of the navieators of sf1e IteNa. The
other was Biaga, nawv petty ofneer and
radio operator. Vielieri Is tall and
smart. Biaga is small and thick set.
The boards and mustaches Of both men
were long and untisly Their clothes
we're an indescribable combination.
uniform. polar equipment and civilian
Summer attire. Their hands and faces
we're unbelievahiy dirty.
Both Talk English.
WAS most heartily welcomed by
yiglieri. and the matter of languages
was solved when after a little expert
menting we found that English would
be the best language for us both.
Immediately asked for Gen. Mobile. and
as he was BY the tent. which was about
200 meters from that part OF the foe
where we were standing. we began
marching In that direction.
Pack Ice isn't a thing to play with,
even with the weather. as ii was on this
night. comparatively calm. 1t was very
cold. so that the small ice formation
between the blocks kept everything
sairly well together. Viglieri and
Biaga. who had had plenty OF time
10 become something like specialists in
pack ice marching, showed me the DAN
gerous places and how they should ne
passed
Finallv we arrived at the tent, and
there. just by the entrance, sat Gen.
Mobile.
recognized him from his photo
graphs. despite the long beard and
ralistache he had grown, and the
strange apparel he wore.
Mobile wore no hat. The upper part
of his body was clothed in gray knit
ted Jacket. His legs were encaseC IN
light gray sports trousers. On one loot
he wore Light Summer shoe, on the
other a stocking and reindeer SOCK.
Around his broken leg was wound
gray puttee.
I hurried up to him. He offered me
both hands and drew me down 20 him
in a strong embrace. told him who
/ was and that ! had come to take
them all away from their Involuntary
stay In the Ice.
Asked Mobile 70 Leave.
I asked Gen Mobile 10 be the f1r6t
10 come with me.
I told him couldn't take more than
one this time because my mechanic
was with me I assured Gen. Nonile
that I would return soon. alone, and
then would be able 10 take two at
time.
Ger. Mobile pointed 10 Ceccioni, a
fane. big powerful fellow Of typical
italian appearance He sat immediately
next 10 the general. making stretcher
from bits Of the crushed gondoia Of
the Italia BY means OF this ne was
10 be helped along, as both his legs
we're broken.
Il have decided on another pro-