FRENCH HERO OF THE AIR.
HIS LAST FIGHT FOUGHT. FIFTY-THREE FOES BEATEN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rccd. 8.35 p.m.) PARIS, Sept. 27, Lieutenant Gnynemer. the famous airman, was lulled after bringing down his fifty-third aeroplane in French territory. An eye-witness of his last fight states that ho attacked five Albatross machines over the sea near Dunkirk. He brought down two before he himself fell. He was five times rejected for the army owing to poor physique. He was in his twentysecond year. ~,_-,— .1,... ■ —.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 7
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84FRENCH HERO OF THE AIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 7
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