PRIESTS AS AVIATORS.
Roman Catholic priests, who, like all Frenchmen of military age, had to join the army, have distinguished themselves in the aviation service. Father Mirabail became. an observer with the "Hawk" Escadrille, and was always the first to volunteer for any perilous mis--sion. The day of the great raid on Karlsruhe, after which the enemy admitted 257 victims and damage amounting to £100,000, the machine which carried Father Mirabail and his pilot, Sergeant Seitz, did not return. The Legion of Honour was awarded to the plucky observation officer, who had already earned two citations, and the statement accompanying the award read: —"Forced to land by motor trouble, he succeeded in burning his machine and the papers on board." Seitz has since escaped* to France, and Cardinal Hartmann, Bishop of Cologne, has excommunicated Father Mirabail.
Father Bourjade, second lieutenant of aviation, is a specialist in destroying observation balloons. Ho has won the Legion of Honour.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16405, 27 December 1918, Page 8
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