PEGOUD'S DEATH

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2557, 3 September 1915, Page 5

PEGOUD'S DEATH

FAMOUS AIRMAN'S WAR EXPLOITS MARKED DOWN BY THE GERMANS . By Telezra-sli—Pices Acsociatioh—OtipyrisM l _ Paris, September 1; . iu. Pegoud (the famous aviator 'who first looped the loop) was shot dead at a. height of GOOOft. while flighting a duel !! ? Aviatik oil the Eastern-front, t the Germans had. long awaited an opportunity. Peijoud shortly before his - death said: "The Germans have sworii .to have my blood, 'but it will cost them f dear." s Pegoud at the outbreak of war acted as an aerial guard to General Joffio. Later, he 'was a constant source of terror to the. Crown Prince's army in the Argonne and Alsace, where he shot dov/n many aeroplanes, .his looping and .anglegliding baffling his opponents. . He.was also the hero of innumerable daring bombing.feats. c Pegoud brought down his sixth 'Aviatik on July 11. B■. . . J THE FINAL SCENE. a, A GLORIOUS DEATH. (itec. September 2, 9.50 p.m.)' . Paris, September 2. Official—"Pegoud died a glorious death during a fight- orer Petit Croix. Alone, he darihgly attacked; a German machine, emptying several belts of machine-gun ammunition, till a bullet . killed him. Death was instantaneous, j His machine fell iii our lines." \ . . Unofficial.—"The soldiers watched the j fight-with growing anxiety, while oeca- [ sionally, when the positions of tho aerb- . planes allowed, it, the German and s French guns joined in the duel, arid sent . shrapnel bursting around the com- . bat-ants.-"Suddenly a shout of rage rose from the French,trenches. Pegoud's machine . dipped, and then fell headlong.' The aviator's body was extricated from tho debris." . ' HEROES OF THE CLOUDS. I BLINDED PILOT REACHES HIS 3 .. LINES. 1 . Paris, September 1. A party of Frenchmen were watching . -the-Germans-shelling 'a British monoplane which fell in the German lines. Suddenly it rose up and came, down in the French lines. The Frenchmen rushed up and found two seemingly dead bodies under > v tie shapeless mass. . ".. .V ~ _As the pilot was picked up' he showed signs of life, and whispered, "I am blind. Bring the major; I can give him , the results of.-tile'reconnaissance." The pilot narrated that after accom- '• plishing his mission shells began to burst at a height of 1500 metres,. ap--5 parently killing tho look-out and blincl- . mg the pilot. The latter let go the levers, but heard " the look-out feebly cry, "Rise, .quickly I" The pilot replied, "I am blind." The 1 /look-out in a still feebler, voice/cried, " '"Rise to the right; we are over the " German-lines." ' Following the dying man's directions, • tho pilot reached the French lines , with 1 his comrade dead., 1 MONSTER WARPLANES. . Ceneva, September 1. Tlie Germans are. testing monster war- ' planes, capable of carrying twenty men, on Lake Constance. _ The machines are J' noisier than Zeppelins.