In the Air
RAID ON KENT. LITTLE DAMACE DONE. ONE RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN. I (TJnitkd Press Association.] ■£ London t May '•'.), | Official: Three seaplanes raided :ho 1 East Coast of Kent at two o'clock this jj morning. .* One dropped a dozen bombs ou the k Isle of Thanet, but the only damage | Was the breaking of" windows. There | were no casualties. The others drop- | ped twenty-five bombs on south-eastern * Kent. A soldier was killed and a wo- | man and a seaman were injured. A j public-house was wrecked and several | houses were damaged. The raiders went off immediately. | One was brought down on the Belgian I boast by naval patrols.
NEW GERMAN BATTLEPLANE. APPEARANCE AT RICA. ___ i ' Paris, May 10. A mysterious large German battleplane has appeared at Riga. It is en- I tirely black and has remarkable stabil- \ ity. It flies in all winds at a great I altitude, and it is believed its speed is about 120 miles per hour. FAMOUS FRENCH AIRMAN MISSING. BOILLOITT'S FATE UNKNOWN. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Paris, May 21. Anxiety is feltas to the fate of Boilleitt, ihe famous motorist. He engaged five German aeroplanes and soon downed one, when Boiltoitt was lost to sight and did not return. ARRIVAL OF "THE SPAD." NEW BLERIOT AEROPLANE. (Received 9.5 a.m:) . -London, .May 21. A new Bleriot aeroplane for the French Army is described as being graceful and frail-looking. It is named 4 'The Spad." Bleriot says it climbs rapidly and is capable of a speed of 125 miles an hour. -.Only expert aviators can use it, but these abound. The Spad's deadly work has already been in evidence in recent communiques,' and is said to be able to make ■rings round the Fokkers. .
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19160522.2.21.9
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 40, 22 May 1916, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
287In the Air Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 40, 22 May 1916, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.