Air Warfare in August.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 November 1916, Page 3

Air Warfare in August.

! 189 MACIHIN'ES REIPO'RTED B'RQU- {. Gx.i' D'CiW N'. i Judged by either the number of com- ! bats tuiight or, ihe number of machines : b. ought to caith the air war on the | Western liront d.uring August was far more intense and disastrous than in any one month since -liosti litits .began. | The total number of machines actually recoraul in the British, French and German communique as having been shot or driven down, destroyed or put , out of action, or forced to land i.s 189. But this do.s not c mp'ete the tale of I 1 ; ses. in asmiieh as Lr tisli ■Headquar- ; t; i's twice reported that "several" enc liiaclii 1 H's had been driven down and je: oo that ' nianv other'' had shared . this fate ill addition to the four specij ficallv given. Even the most modest | construction cf the general expresson j ".several" or "many" would bring the | grand total of the month's losses to over 200. Taking the actually recorded figures. 189 n August compares wijh l(io iii -July and 77 in June. Tho German flying service has suffered the most heavily. During the month 121 of its machines have been destroyed or driven down. As by far the, largest number of aerial fights take place ever the German lines, it is i;mpoWible to say h~w many of those driven down are destroyed and how many are merely damaged and put out of action for a greater or less period. lOf the 121, British airmen claim 33 and French airmen the 'remaining 88.