AN AEROPLANE SHOT DOWN
POLISH PILOT LOSES HIS BEARINGS
SOVIET FRONTIER GUARDS OPEN FIRE
(TOTTED PUSS AHOCUTIO* —COPTEIGHT.)
(Received June 18, 5.5 p.m.) WARSAW, June 17.
The pilot of a Polish aeroplane taking part in a competition lost his bearings and flew over Soviet territory, where frontier guards opened fire with machine-guns, forcing the pilot down. He was arrested. The aeroplane was badly damaged by bullets.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21813, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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