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Show FRENCH AVIATOR 13 VICTOR IN BATTLE . Tells Thrilling Story of Bringing Down German Aeroplane rriS He 3 , u Deta la of the aerial duel In 1 oh a Oprn an aro plane was browgl t low u t the sea off the Belgian oast on o en br -8 ware ov tht Fron 1 aviator who performed the feat -UthotiRh it as er old on that imtay moniog said the a ator I set out on an aeroplane of the late t model hariot 1th me aa oWr er be and Lieutenant M juMlv recog nixed aa one of our boat u ark nen i we approachod the D xrau ie Ijrea sector my attention wat attract m to a German aeroplane of the Alba tros type. I headed for t b t the enaui nachiuB fie y tow a d the sea The two ma limes ere soon ngacet hjh aboe the sea each using mach ne (runs. Desenbii j; hia n aueu era during the duel the axiator ontinued I flew straight for a hundred vaHs and then dropped thirty yaids nder the M batrois ruamp ilatmg my mach ne so that the speed conformed to that of the enemj My observer had prepare 1 to fire on o ir adversary when b 1IM from the Albatros whizzed past our heads I made another defensive movement a little to the r ght. Just then my ob server let go- fifty tartr dges. The efteet was immediate I had just t me to move out of the way when the A.lbatrosa gave a 1 nge t th a moment we were 4200 yards p Oer nan antiarcraft gnns hich had previously pre-viously fired at us again so ght our ma thine with their fire but 1 had other things to think of than the enemy shrapnel nan ely whether the enemy n aehine was yet effective and wo H put us out of action if we flew a 1 ttle higher 'We were much relieved to see the Albatross fall yet more speedily until finally it dropped into the sea. In the clear weather through the glasses of n y observer the machine could be distinguished and oil from the motor of the enemy machine was soon spreading over the aurface of the water For five minutes we circled above our victim careless of the firing of the Germans which fa led to Teach us. AVe could see boats leannc Middelkerk making for the spot vhere the machine fell We returned to our own lines An hour later my observer with another pilot, Captain X v went back to the scene and succeeded n procuring a good photograph of the wrecked Alba tross. This is the second mach ne brought down bv a French aeroplane under th s pilot. He already has been awarded the war cross and has been proposed for the military medal. |