GREAT AIRMEN.
BRITISH AND ALLIED CHAM-
PIONS.
Received May 7, 8_ p.m
LONDON, May 6
The Air Ministry, having examined the war records of British airmen, has awarded the championship to the late Major Mannock, who downed seventy-three enemy machines. Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop, a Canadian, accounted for seventy-two. Foncy holds the Allied record with seventy-eight.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7565, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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