London, Feb. 23.
One of the R.A.F. squadrons which is been active on the western front for the last seven or eight months already has established a most impressive record. Victories in the comparatively quiet period between the middle of June and December 8, states the Air Ministry News Service, totalled 21 confirmed and nine unconfirmed. From December 9 to the end of the month, when air activity became intense and the Italians were chased from the sky, the squadron shot down 29 planes and had in addi-on eight unconfirmed victories.
Against this the unit lost two of its eight-gun fighters and five machines of older types. Thus the squadron destroyed at least 51 plan airist the loss of seven. The most remarkable feature that six machines were shot down by one pilot in less than a quarter of an hour while flying between Bardia and Sollum. The hero of this feat born in India—Reuter, French Prevented From
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