AVIATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 94, 28 April 1913, Page 7

AVIATION.

THE AEROPLANE IN WAR. Details which have reached Paris show that the Russian aviator, M. Sakoff, played a not unimportant part in the taking of Yanina. He left Nicopolis on a biplane on February 8, carrying six bombs. At a height of 4Goft. bo steered for tlie forts surrounding the town. His machine was assailed by artillery and riflefire,and two bullets struck the biplane, but the parts hit were not vital, and the pilot was -able to continue his flight. Over Fort Bezhani, which was the key to the situation, M. Sakoff dropped his six bombs, which did considerable damage and caused a panic. In the course of his return flight to Nicopolis the aviator suddenly discovered that his petrol was exhausted, as one of the enemy’s bullets had pierced his reservoir. M. Sakoff was consequently obliged to descend near Previsa for petrol and repairs. He regained Nicopolis without further troubles. The information that he was able to give to the military authorities justified an immediate attack, with the result that Yanina fell afew days later.