Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 15 | British Supreme in Air over Germans

British Supreme in Air Over Germans New Ne' ew York Aug 31 BritIsh H British h air all su supremacy su- su on the r front during the past month when 32 German machines machines machines ma ma- chines were de d or driven r cn down out of oi control and only I 16 British flyers flyers fly th ers 1118 reported missing was emphasized here today In a statement b by the tue British lint Brit 1 lab ish h lau bur of Information Two features tea tea- tures of th the recent fighting It Il was pointed oil out t Were elc the consistent t an and remarkably high hl number of enemy machines ma run- chines destroyed wc week l. l b by week veel and the singular spasmodic and anil nervous wa way Germany German seeks to counteract the threefold I three three- fold rold aerial offensive against her lien The bags b by the British on the I western front alone for COl tho w ek ending end I ending end end- In ing August 27 wore cre seventy enemy machines cia ma- chines destroyed and eleven driven down own to earth a as compared with ty seven n British machines reported missing during the same period a period a ratio of oC more than two to one results b by the lie British aIrmen airmen airmen air aIr- men were reported also on the Italian Balkan and Palestine fronts where eighteen enemy nem machines were smashed during the w week k ending Au August 7 7 and I only twelve o British aviators were re reported reported re- re ported missing on all of the European Mediterranean n battlefields In the month I In question The British It was stat stated accounted for approximately ly i 10 0 enem enemy j aircraft against a net not lo 10 lomo 8 of ot nine of ot th their lr own machines British airmen during the time week re re- re erred to male made thirty six raids Into Germany German bombing Incursion lii In ad addition to Innumerable on vital ital enem enemy po po- po- po behind the German lines and IntenSe In In- In tense local engagements