The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-30

day night, were believed to have been sighted less than 800 yards from the crash scene, A driver and dog team will attempt to locate them today.
 An intensive search also will be continued for the pilot of the Superfortress. It. Vern H Arnett, Santa Ana Calf, and navigator, Ut Frederick L Sheetz Keyser, w. Va.
 Neither has been seen since they set out together Christmas night, 48 hours after their big ship had plowed into the side of low hill. They told fellow crewmen they would seek aid at the Eskimo village of Shishmaref, 50 miles to the north.
 Daring Rescue
 The daring rescue was performed by Frank H. Whaley of the Wien Alaska Airline and William Munz of the Mlinz Airline, both of Nome.
 Flying in 40-below zero weather they set their small. single-engine planes down in a hazardous land ing on the crest of hill close to the crumpled bomber, the Clob- bered Turkey.
 They quickly loaded the six weak but happy airmen into their ski-equinped craft. made q danger ous takeoff from the snow-covered slope and returned to Nome with out mishap
 Air Forces after military rescue operations Saturday night and Sunday met with misfortune.
 New Search Started
 The driver of the dog team, Charles O'Leary, flown into the crash scene yesterday in a Norse- man plane pilotcd by Col. R. R. Steward was ordered to remain at the disaster site and search for bodies of the medical aid trio. Their names have not been re- leased
 Nome Air Base authorities said all six of the survivors were in good spirits and fair health de- spite spending nearly six days and nights ill the sub-Arctic where temperatures lowered between 30 and 40 degrees below zero. One of the men suffered q broken leg, and another is being treated for frozen face.
 It. Donald E. Duesler, San Fer nando. Calf, the co-pilot, said the accident occurred as the big bomb CT winged southward toward Nome from the Eskimo village of Kotze- bue, near the Bering Sea.
 Terrific Crash
 T asked the pilot tArnett, If he was getting sleepy Duesler said. He said no and said he did not need me to spell him. Just then one of the crewmen yelled that the ground was coming up.
 T grabbed the wheel and pulled it back The nose came up and the tail hit, breaking off. Then the rest of the plane smacked into the hill with terrific crash and turned over
 The men had been given few seconds warning and were braced for the impact. so fortunately none of us was badly hurt. After ev- eryone got out. the front of the plane began to burn and was des- troyed, along with the bulk of our emergency supplies.
 Fortunately we had some food and medical equipment in the back end and got by all right until we were rescued We threw a canvas tarpaulin over the tail end of the plane and managed to build fire which was kept going intermittent ly."
 Rescued Men The missing pilot. Arnett, has been at the controls of three of the four B-29s from Ladd Field, Fairbanks. which have met disaster. One of his planes crashed and burned at the field Dec l2, l946, and a second. the "Kee Bird" crash landed in northern Green land Feb 2l Each time the crewmen came through unharmed.
 In addition to It. Duesler. the rescued men include It Francis Schaack. radar operator of Okla homa City. Okla It. Lyle B. Lar son. flight engineer. Colfax. Wis; T-Sgt Wilbur E. Decker, electrical mechanic, Plainfield. N. J.; S-Sgt. Leslie R. Warren, photographer, whose mother lives at Waco, Ga, and Sgt Olan R. Stamford. radio