TRIBAL CHIVALRY.
HELP GIVEN TO R.A.F. MEN.
AEROPLANE CRASH IX INDIA. 1 DELHI. Waziristan has of late had a bad name for the hostility that some of it* tribes have shown towards British India, but a little story from Miranshah, 40 miles west of Bannu, illustrates another side of frontier life—the tribal code of kindliness towards strangers in distress. An old Wazir tribeswoman saw an aeroplane belonging to No. 2S (Army Cooperation) Squadron, Miranshah, crash a mile west of Miranshah Fort, while she was grazing her cattle in the locality. She ran to the aeroplane, and without waiting for any assistance, endeavoured to do what eh© could pilot officer bv rendering first aid. she felt that * site had done *he could and that he comfortable, jshe turned her '°° ate him from gunner * una ble to do so, she | the aeroplane. Be; in attracting ran to a hill an Waziristan Tochi ' he r/TractSng on a range some disScouts, pr » tQ thg re6cne . 'T the accident the officer was jenouSy injured and the air gunner, A. C. L Baxter, of Canada, was killed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 5
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181TRIBAL CHIVALRY. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 5
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