AIR FIGHTING AND THE FOKKER MACHINE.
iEVENTEEN BRITISH 'PLANES DOWNED IN A MONTHREASSURING STATiaffENT IN THE COMMONS. '' (Received 11.30 a.m.) , LONDON, January 21. A borne of the papers are featuring the exploits of the German Fokker aero- || Jane, and suggesting that our own should be made stronger and faster. It If pomtell out that seventeen of our machines have been brought down since pjpui lath of December. The Fokker carries an immovable machine-gun which fires only straight ahead, while the use of the Fokker is restricted because it as only a super-aviator who can pilot and handle such a machine. Mr. H, J. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, replying in the House of Commons to questions on the subject, said that the main duties of aeroplanes were making reconnaissance for artillery work a&d for offensive fighting. If the Germans adopted the offensive and came behind our lines we had machines equal in speed and efficiency to the Fokker machines. He added that our air service had given a gooct account of itself.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 22 January 1916, Page 6
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