AEROPLANE AS DECOY
« ,— CAUSE]) GEIiMANS TO TURN THEIR HACKS TO A BHITiSII FORCE. Roiv an aeroplane aclcd as a decoy and oiiabled n successful local raid lo )k made with hardly a single disunity to tha attacking British forces is (old in an authenticated story. The Germans were expecting an httnclc. Early in thu morning a British aeroplane passed very low over the "front Irem-hcs ami purposely Hew slowly parallel lo the f.ieruiun line,, lull ahi'iuf .jI)U or IiWI yards behind it. The (.(ernmns thought this a target nut | (o l>o misseil, s aml fell into the trap set for them for turning llicir hacks to the British trenches in order to lire on the machine. While I hey wort thus engaging Urn aeroplane the 'British infantry, leaped from tliejr trenches and .cnp"tured in a few minutes an important position and a number of prisoners. The aeroplane returned lo its aerodrome. Both tho pilot and observer were unscathed.'
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 7
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158AEROPLANE AS DECOY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 7
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