AVIATOR FIGHTS ARABS
RAXZAL’S THRILL,[XG ADVENTURES. MACHINE STOLEN AND RECAPTURED. United Press Association—Oonyrigfii DELHI April 22. Captain Banzai. an Italian airman, lias arrived at Karachi. He said that he was captured, by Arabs fifty kilometres from Alleppo, when landing, and fought them with a nistol till the cartridges were used. Then lie surrendered. Tile machine was riddled with bullets. After five hours the Arabs were attacked bv a patrol of cavalry and fled. The aviators were rescued and taken to 'n neighboring village. During the night Arabs and Turks stole the aeroplane, which was later recaptured by n detachment of troopers. The machine was repaired and the flight continued. Captain Rnnzal is the last Italian on the Rome-Tokio eight.—A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LII, Issue 5462, 24 April 1920, Page 6
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