AIRMEN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
PILOT STRUCK BY LEHMAN SHRAPNEL. i MACHINE TERNS COMPLETELY \ OVER. : (Received Atm. 10, 12.10 LONDON. Ang.'O. Wiiile a British aeroplane Mas making a reconnaissance behind the Herman lines in Belgium shrapnel almost .severed the pilot’s leg. Tie lost consciousness and the machine dived head foremost and turned over, li righted as the pilot regained consciousness, 'and lie obtained control.
Both the pilot and observin' 'were saved from falling out through getting jammed in the mechanism. They flew for 35 minutes hack to the aeroplane around and landed safely. The pilot had _ fifty wounds in his leg, but is recovering. The ‘‘Chronicle’s’’ correspondent in Northern Frame says it is estimated that the Gormans have -10(10 machineguns from the .sea to the Swiss fconi' tier. This equals one to every 25 | yards.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 5
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133AIRMEN'S NARROW ESCAPE. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 5
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