FIGHTING IN IRAQ.
AEROPLANE SHOT DOWN. PILOT AND MECHANIC KILLED. ACTION AGAINST NATIVE CHIEF. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received April 21. 1.45 p.m. LONDON, April 20. The. Colonial Office announces that a British, aeroplane was shot down byrifle "fire at Iraq during the action against Yezidi, the chief who thrice refused to attend the Government’s conference to discuss rival claims for supremacy. There has been prolonged fighting with another local cliteTtain. The bodies of the pilot and mechanic were recovered. —Sydney’ Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 21 April 1925, Page 7
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