A FLYING OFFICER'S EXPLOIT
One morning in June lir-t n squadron officer of tho Koyal Air I'oicc in Prance, who was duo to leave for Liigland before lunch, wanted to striko one more blow at the enemy. At SAO bis machine left the aerodrome. At 9.5S lie met five enemy scouts and one enemy two-seater, six machines in all, just east of Ploegfiteert. Ho promptly shot down two of tho scouts (crashed), and so resolutely chased two others that their pilots lost their heads, the machines collided, and both smashed in mid-air. Ue then atfricked the German two-sealer and shot it down in flames, thus completing the destruction of five out of the six enemy machines. Much to his annoyance, the sixth machine escaped whilst he was dealing with tho other five, lie then returned to his aerodrome. teak an early luncheon, and started for England just before noon.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 286, 22 August 1918, Page 7
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149A FLYING OFFICER'S EXPLOIT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 286, 22 August 1918, Page 7
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