ANSWERING THE DEAD HAND.
STORY OF AIR-FIGHTING
LONDON, April 27. The British airmen continue their great work. One with a patrol at Estaires shot down six in a single day. He was 4iot hurt, though his machine was riddled. The accompanying patrollors each downed a German.
A British two-seater, alone, on another occasion, attacked eight, and drove down three. The British pilot was three times wounded, and his machine caught fire, but he and his observer went on fighting till they reached No Man's Land, where our infantry brought in both.
Recently a British two-seater, after shooting down the enemy, disappeared behind onr lines. It fell two hours later, 20 miles distant. The occupants were found to have been shot dead with the same bullet.
Experts aro of the opinion that they flow unguided in a great circle, tijl their petrol was exhausted, as boats are known to hare sailed with the sheet fastened, with a dead man's hand on the tiller.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16213, 16 May 1918, Page 4
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