IN THE AIR.
AIR BOARD'S FIRST REPORT. Hffit'-JC FEATS. RectTvea ,Tnne ?.. 8.35 p.m. Tondon, June 1. The new Air Board lias published its first pe. iodic Mme. It c'.enls with so'ected incidents, find a l«D}»thV list of a'.r figl'.tr. in May shows that the British airmen did not hesitate to attack superior erfemy forces. Names are rijt mentioned, but it is shown that during the laid on Dunkirk on May 24th, an officer attacked four cnoinj- aeroplan?.-,, downing one, and fighting the otln-.fs in turn until his am-mun-I'Mi was oyjended. Oil the same occasion another officer attacked an aeroplane, and was suddenly attacked behind Ly three Fokkers. He instai'tfv attached them. They fled and escaped, while in a third instance a office.- engaged throe Fokkers, downing two.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1916, Page 5
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127IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1916, Page 5
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