FRENCH AIRMEN.
SERVICE IN ALLIED CAUSE
LONDON, Oct.- 7. General de Gaulle’s headquarters has issued t'he following communique: “Despite heavy odds, a large number Oif French pilots reached Gibraltar from North Africa to join us. Eight were shot down en route.
“In Egypt and Abyssinia the roll of Frenchmen who have' died fighting for French independence daily lengthens. Five pilots have already givpn their lives, and to-day one of our planes was shot down with the loss of four or five members of the crew. “A number of fighter pilots are already with the R.A.F. and participating in the defence of Britain. Important formations of bombers and fighters have gone overseas and a great training effort justifies the hope that our squadrons will soon take a still more active part in the Allied cause.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7
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134FRENCH AIRMEN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7
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