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1916 - 0341.PDF
AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. General Headquarters, April wtk. " In the course of eight fights in the air yesterday our machines drove down one of the enemy's without sustaining any loss. During the day, however, one of our aeroplanes was brought down by gunfire." ' "Admiralty, April 16M. " On the evenirg of April 14th a raid on Constantinople was carried nut by three naval aeroplanes. Bombs were dropped on the Zoitunlik powder factory and the aerodrome hangars. " Another naval aeroplane visited Adrianople and dropped bombs on the railway station. " The following were the officers who took part in the operations : Squadron-Commander J. R. W. Smyth Piggott, Flight Lieutenant K. S. Savory, Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. S. W. Dickinson, and Flight Sub-Lieutenant I. H. W. Barnato. All hive returned safely. "The flight to Cons'.antinople and back measured over 300 miles, and, though fine weather prevailed at the start, adverse conditions supervened, with wind, rain, and thunde'storms." French. Paris, April nth. Afternoon. "This morning one of our pilots brought down a German aero plane, which fell in our line near Badonvillers. The two enemy airmen were killed in their fall." Paris, April I Uh. Evening. " During the night of April ioth-nth, one of our bombardment Mjuadrons on two different occasions dropped 27 and 21 shells on the stations of Nantillocs and Brieulles. The same squadron rained projectiles on the emplacement of a long range 380 mm. (15 in.) gun." Russian. Petrograd, April 141/1. " Near the station of Seslavino one of our batteries brought down an enemy aeroplane, which came to earth near the township of Gloubokoie, "An enemy aeroplane succeeded in reaching Ivants, on the Dniester, opposite Khotin, and in dropping five bombs, wounding a sentry. On hearing of this the Emperor, who at the time wa» reviewing troops six versts north of IvanU, cave orders that the wounded man should be decorated with the Fourth Class of the Order of St. George." Pttngrai, April 15/A. " Yesterday our aeroplanes dropped fifty bombs on the stations at Zucka and northern Czernowitx. All the machines returned undamaged." Italian. kemt, April ur*. " On the night of April 10th enemy seaplanes dropped 11 bomb* on Grado. There were no casualties and only unimportant material damage was caused." A'.'»M, Aprit ittk. " In addition to the part played by the Italian Navy on the occasion of the Austrian air raid on Ancona on April 4th, during which the Italian naval guns brought down three Austrian hydro planes, Italian naval machines have participated in other operations. In the Lower Adriatic two Italian hydroplanes, having bombed a point on the enemy coast, and having put to flight the men who were guarding it, alighted on the sea and reached the coast. "The four officers of the hydroplanes landed and set fire to a house, which was being used as a signal station, and two huts ; they also destroyed a number of telegraph poles. They then blew up a small munition depot, ignited several coal-stacks and destroyed the landing stage. Finally they returned to their machines and flew back to their base. " In the Upper Adriatic, one of our dirigibles dropped 500 kilo grammes (half a ton) of explosives on the sailway station at Nabresina. All the bombs exploded, and the airship returned un harmed, in spite of the lively fire of the enemy's artillery. A- CLEAN SOMERSAULT.—An aeroplane mishap near Basingstoke "— *---» a remarkable escape, but being strapped will be seen, right across the road. The pilot had unhurt. The machine landed upside down, as In was absolutely 341
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