ATTACKS FROM AIR
EMBASSY STAFF IN DANGER GALLANT POLISH AIRMAN RAMMED GERMAN MACHINE (United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 16 A broadcast from Lwow states that a car containing members of the Birtish Embassy staff was caught in machine-gun lire from a German aeroplane flying at a height of 150 feet near Krzemieniec. There were no casualties. The car contained a woman and some children. The Polish Telegraph Agency states that Lieutenant Pilusinski attacked 12 German bombers single-handed. When his ammunition gave out he deliberately rammed a German machine. Sergeant Barcinowsky, after shooting down a bomber near Modlin, was wounded. He too rammed a machine and was killed In the crash.
Another Polish pilot who followed suit landed safety by parachute.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20912, 18 September 1939, Page 8
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122ATTACKS FROM AIR Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20912, 18 September 1939, Page 8
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