CAPTURED GOTHA.
HUN OFFICER'S MISTAKE. London, Feb. 2G. A Gotha, with a crew of four, descended injured near a group of Australians just behind the line- The men rushed forward to secure the prize. A haughty German officer emerged from the machine and. being under the impression that he was in German territory, asked if they were Australian prisoners, and the whereabouts of their guard. The men soon convinced the aeroplane's crew that they must "Kamcrad!" The machine was secured intact, despite the crew's efforts to set it on fire. The Gotha, or Fokker, recently downed by the Australian scouts, together villi the big guns captured in the recent raid, will be sent to Australia.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1918, Page 6
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115CAPTURED GOTHA. Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1918, Page 6
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