Paris, Jan. 2.
How an airman dumbed back into the rear of his blazing plane when die bad made preparations to jump safety, and. then made a danerous landing because he realised that his passenger's. parachute had cone entangled with the machine End was preventing his escape, is Ad Touday inva Def fea com: shunieation accompanying the award ithe Legion of Honour to Adjutant Paine ght he was mako on December 21, with Captain Colle as} passenger, the petrol feed. began cal, after which the machine arse into flames.
Adjutant Detrayssinet signalled to Colle to jump, and. waa. about, to imp, himself when he toticed that Colles' "parachute had octangled' inthe fuselage, He ime mediately returned to his, cockpit thd managed to level the plane 90 cased. Ie then crashed the "pla hat Colle' parachute could be re-
iugainst a tree as an ordinary land ug would have enveloped them both I amts from the rush of air.
Colle fanded safely and, rushing the aid of the courageous pilot, a= sted to get him clear of the plane. {Lath then Tell into each other's arms Cmutual gratitude fora mirer
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