FRENCH AIR ACE
RATION MOURNING DEATH Ftco i*wiatioi>—By Telegraph— l Copyright PARIS, August 9. “How I wanted to fly the Atlantic!” These, the last words of Drouchin, the famous ace, reveal the extent to which his life’s ambition possessed him. ' M. Couzinet, the financier of the flight, sat sobbing beside the dying aviator, who was conscious throughout. He recounted the accident, and said that he had a presentiment that something would happen. The vibrating wings made a terrific noise; then the machine went into, a nose dive. Lebrix was to have accompanied him. but he was held up. When the motor car arrived at the aerodrome he found that the machine was in the air, France to-day is mourning the loss of one of her foremost aviators.—Australian Press Association
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Evening Star, Issue 19942, 11 August 1928, Page 4
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