AIRMEN'S REMARKABLE EXPLOIT.
A story of a remarkable exploit on the liiack Sea by two Russian airmen is told in the Russian official report. It says:— During a raid by our seaplanes on Derkas, one of them was hit by the enemy. The petrol tank being punctured, the machine was compelled to descend. The aviators, Lieutenant S6rgeer and Sub-Lieutenant Tur, seeing a Turkish schooner, attacked it, opening machine gun fire. The crew thereupon loft the schooner. Our aviators, having sunk their machine, after taking from it the compass, machine gun, and valuable belongings, boarded the schooner and set sail to our shores. They encountered a heavy storm during their adventure; but arrived with the schooner at the Djarligatch Peninsula (west of Perekop) after a voyage of five days, Prom this place our aviators returned to Sebastopol on a torpedo boat. The only provisions available on tho schooner consisted of a few pieces of bread and a little fresh water.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 43, 5 June 1917, Page 4
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159AIRMEN'S REMARKABLE EXPLOIT. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 43, 5 June 1917, Page 4
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