BROUGHT DOWN A ZEP.
14-kIUT. ROBINSON'S FEAT. A FEARLESS ATTACK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. . Lieut. William Robinson, who brought down a Zep. in the last'air raid, belongs to the Worcesters ami ti" . Flying Corps. With most conspicuous bravery, he tacked the aireiuv under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it to the ground a flaming wreck. Robinson had been in the air two hours, during which time lie had previously attacked another airship. The War Office announces that the airship passed through heavy and accurate gunfire, but it was established beyond doubt that the aeroplane was the main factor in its destruction. An important part of another airship has been picked up in the Eastern counties, proving thnt the gun-fire caused severe damage.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 213, 6 September 1916, Page 6
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