▁the ▁race ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁broken ▁oil ▁line . ▁The ▁race ▁to ▁Victoria ▁became ▁a ▁war ▁of ▁attr ition . ▁Dutch ▁pilot ▁Ge ys endorf fer ' s ▁P ander ▁S 4 ▁was ▁destroyed ▁in ▁a ▁ground ▁collision , ▁also ▁at ▁Al la hab ad . ▁Australian ▁Jimmy ▁Wood s ▁f li pped ▁his ▁Lock he ed ▁V ega ▁while ▁landing ▁at ▁Ale ppo ▁in ▁Northern ▁Sy ria . ▁A ▁b um py ▁arrival ▁in ▁Buch ar est , ▁Hung ary , ▁caused ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁f laps ▁of ▁American ▁av iat rix ▁Jac qu eline ▁C och ran ' s ▁Gran ville ▁R - 6 H . ▁British ▁entr ants ▁Gil man ▁and ▁B aines ▁were ▁both ▁killed ▁when ▁their ▁F aire y ▁Fox ▁I ▁crash ed ▁near ▁Pal azzo ▁San ▁Ger vas io ▁in ▁Italy . ▁T ension ▁mounted ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁Charles ▁Scott ▁and ▁Campbell ▁Black ▁in ▁their ▁Com et ▁and ▁Ko ene ▁Par ment ier ▁and ▁Jan ▁M oll ▁in ▁the ▁K LM ▁DC - 2 ▁fought ▁out ▁the ▁battle ▁for ▁first ▁place . ▁ ▁A ▁T IME ▁Magazine ▁article ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁October ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁described ▁the ▁course ▁that ▁covered ▁ 1 6 ▁countries ▁and ▁three ▁contin ents . ▁It ▁' required ▁night ▁and ▁day ▁flying ▁over ▁country ▁per il ous ▁with ▁j ag ged ▁mountains , ▁s nake ▁inf ested ▁j ung les , ▁desert s , ▁h urr ican es ▁and ▁ty ph o ons . ▁The ▁t ough est ▁stretch