AIRMAN'S EXCITING TRIP.
»— London,, November 13. A Russian airman in the service of the Bulgarians had an exciting experience in (lying over Adrianople. His orders were to plane above the city' anil to drop a dispatch from the Bulgarian Commander-in-Chief, demanding that Bulgarian'subjects in the placo should be allowed to leave • The airman successfully delivered the dispatch, but lie had ventured too close to the ground, and the Turkish infantry turned the rifles on him. The aeroplane was enveloped in a hail of bullets, and four holes were afterwards found in the planes. The man and tho machine were not struck. One of tb guns of the fort was elevated and a shrapnel shell was fired at the aeroplane. It burst just below it, and several splinters struck the pla'nos, but again the man and engine were unhurt. Fearing that he was about to fall, and dreading the prospect of coming into the hands of the Turks alive, the airman drew his revolver with the idea of committing suicide, but he was just able to recover control of the machine, and pinned out of reach of the Turkish lire, returning safety to tho Bulgarian lines,—Sydney "Sun.-"
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 23 November 1912, Page 2
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196AIRMAN'S EXCITING TRIP. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 23 November 1912, Page 2
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