“KILLED” THE PRINCE
A THEORETICAL CASUALTY IN AIR WARFARE PLANE FORCED TO EARTH LONDON, August 13. The Prince of Wales was theoretically killed by the mistake of a Redland raider at the air manoeuvres on Sunday. The Prince, piloted by SquadronLeader D. S. Don, flew toward the Blue colony, from which six fighters were sent up to meet him. Being un able to distinguish his squadron markings, the Bluelanders assumed that he was an enemy raider. The Blue airplanes dashed to the attack, and came down one by one. diving at great speed and driving the Prince’s machine lower toward tho ground. Even when the pilot was about to make his landing they continued the assault, evidently enjoying their unfamiliar success in bringing down what they took to be a lone bomber. They did not learn until long afterward that they had vanquished tho Prince of Wales, who was supposed to have accompanied their own bombers in an expedition against the Red colony. The Prince subsequently joined in a squadron raid against Cranwell, tho capital of the Red colony, in which there were many casualties.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1055, 20 August 1930, Page 9
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