WAR IN THE AIR.
LONDON, June 14. “ Eye-witness” with the British troops writes: “ One day our naval airmen scored a success. Two comrades of the Flying Corps made an adventurous flight, reconnoitring for 20 miles from our lines. Several German aviators attacked them, and our pilot was shot through the Jaw and neck. It was a dangerous wound, and he collapsed and lost control of the aeroplane. Then he recovered sufficiently to steady the machine and continue his flight, fired at by a succession of hostile airmen. He gradually grew weaker from loss of blood, and was hardly conscious. The observer helped to bandage his wound while he kept the machine going. They completed their reconnaisance and landed safely. The pilot is progressing.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3197, 23 June 1915, Page 17
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