THE TURKISH INVASION
SITUATION CAUSES GRAVE ! CONCERN BRITISH AERIAL ATTACK. (nSITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTKIOHT.) (SJD.VEI SUN CABLE.) LOISTDOIJ, 26th September. It is learnt that the Government views the Irak situation with grave concern. The raiders numbered 3COO. A dozen British aeroplanes flew low, pouring out bursts of machine-gun fire, thus breaking up and demoralising the invaders. Air patrols on the frontier continue ceaselessly, and an armoured car company, based on Mosul, is available if required. One of the most remarkable episodes m the history of aviation occurred at Irak, where Flight-Lieutenant Day ' and 1 ilot Stuart mysteriously disappeared. They set out on 24th July for Shaibnh aerodrome, but never reached thgre. ;An exhaustive search has now revealed the aeroplane,, undamaged, and with a supply of petrol, abandoned in a lonely part of the desert. There was no sign of the occupants, and the absence of tracks in the neighbourhood precludes the possibility that marauding tribes have carried off the officers.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 7
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160THE TURKISH INVASION Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 7
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