CAPTURED HUN AEROPLANE
FOE NATIONS W-AE MUSEUM.
A German Attratross C.I. aeroplane, which is being forwarded to New Zealand from Egypt has an interesting hisr tory. r It was chased down by Captain Green, 'on a 8.E.12 machine, rieai Lake Doiran, Salonika. .The pilot was a Hun n.c.0., and. the passenger a, Prinoe, supposed to be the nephew of the Kaiser. Out-manoeuvred in .the air, the Prince surrendered, and ordered the, pilot to' land., Both .were taken'prisoners, and Captain Green flew the machine-direct to Salonika and handed it over. It was shipped to Alexandria, and sent to Abukir, where it was rebuilt, ,and flown by. Major Millar and Major Peck. On one of the machine's flights the engine stopped/and it was not flown again. The -place was exhibited at Cairo, and at the Alexandrian War Museum. This interesting'trophy will come to the National War Museum. *
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1919, Page 8
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