When Bertram piloted a Junkers W 33 seaplane on an around-the world flight during 1932 , he became lost over a sparsely-populated part of the Kimberley region of Western Australia and made a forced landing . Bertram and mechanic Adolf Klausmann were rescued and hospitalised in Perth . Klausmann suffered significant long-term psychological effects from their ordeal . Books by Bertram regarding his adventures became best-sellers in Germany during 1933
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1932 Kimberley rescue
Hans Bertram