THE AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN.
PRAISE FROM THE FRENCH. LONDON. Oct. 10. A Paris message states that the corrospomlent of The Matin pays a- striking tribute to Australian airmen! “Our aeroplanes,” he said, "have absolute mastery of- the air. h«ot a single euemv dared face the storm and fmbt them. ' I saw-an Australian alight. Tie had come from the north, and brought news of his French comrades, lie said, ‘They are havinggajy- fight, running over the ground as: though'they had wings. 1 if' _ y “Tlie Australian had his face and anu bandaged. The' tip of-his.nose, his chin, and his sparkling! Ayes alone yrero visible. He is o mere "vouth.. almost: a child. He fell hist .Thursday, but despite severe wounds.- was terribly ghjions to fly again. He' flew offdn-,pear;eh of information, and machine-gunned and scattered a crowd of Germans.- As soon as he made his report he set ofF again, carrying into the'flamos <if battle wings that left in their wakban air.of nride that was an omen of certain victory.” ’
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10121, 31 October 1917, Page 5
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168THE AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10121, 31 October 1917, Page 5
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