Two Royal Air Force fighters ca-gaged two German reconnaissance planes and shot down one of them.
The plane which was brought down crashed n'a French village and. all the crew was killed. One British fighter returned to its air field safely. The other British fighter chased second German plane which escaped because of bad weather.
"The alr Aight occurred at an altitude of five' reiles—higher than man has ever fought before.
The German plane which was shot down was a Dornier 17, one of the fastest reconnaissance planes in the World, It dived straight to earth after a slow spiral dive, miraculously crashing on the cross-roads of the village. One engine of the plane was buried eight fect in the ground—United Press.
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