AIRMAN AND BABOONS.
While on a long reconnaissance Ilight in East Africa, a British Air Force pilot who made a forced landing began to walk towards his lines at nightfall, no assistance having arrived. He got wet through, and hung lus clothes on a tree to dry while he slept. He was awakened by the chattering of a number of baboons, which, carrying his clothes and springing from branch to branch, were soon out of range of his revolver. When he arrived to report the loss of his machine to his commanding officer he was wearing nothing but top-boots and an undervest.
When the armistice was signed, the R.A.F. had a squadron of about 12 machines operating in Persia, including a number of two-seater reconnaisance bi-planes, which made flights of 350 miles or more over the desert. During one Ilight a wild pig was chased, and was shot by the observer’s Lewis gun. The aeroplane alighted and the quarry was retrieved, and carried home to the mess.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1955, 22 March 1919, Page 1
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167AIRMAN AND BABOONS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1955, 22 March 1919, Page 1
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