Airman Mac Laren is found safe and sound

The English squadron leader Mac Laren, who undertook the world tour by plane in the opposite direction to the Americans' march and of whom there had been no news for three days, was found.

He left Yetorofu, an island in the Kurile archipelago, northeast of Japan, in ideal weather on Tuesday morning. The same evening, his landing was not reported anywhere, Japanese torpedo boats went looking for him. They returned without seeing any trace, reporting fog and storms everywhere. They returned to sea on Thursday morning, searching the entire bay between Yego and the Kamchatka peninsula. The plane remained untraceable.

We went to interview Lieutenant Lowell Smith, the leader of the American round-the-world squadron, who also flew over this region. He replied calmly:
-We ourselves have had terrible experiences in this area. We leave in bright sunshine, and then suddenly gusts and sheets of mist fall on you, without warning. MacLaren must have been forced to come down.
“But it’s the devil if he couldn’t land on one of the hundred islets there…”

As for Mrs. MacLaren, who was assailed from all parts of England with telephone calls and telegrams of comfort, she never ceased to express her confidence:
- My husband has a removable boat on his device. He certainly could have saved himself. “And then, a feeling, an instinct tells me that he is alive! Don't ask me more!

Mrs MacLaren's presentiment had not deceived her. A Japanese torpedo boat found the airmen safe and sound on the southwest coast of Suroup Island, some 60 miles from Yetorofu.

Surprised by a squall, the three British had the chance to land in a small bay, then reach dry land. But then they found themselves unable to provide any news.