Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1917 — DESCENDS IN BURNING PLANE [ARTICLE]

DESCENDS IN BURNING PLANE

British Airman Recovers From Injuries Received After 1,000- *• Feet Drop. London. —After one of the most miraculous escapes of the war. Major Bannatyne, D. S. 0., is today recovering from his injuries in the Circencester hospital. While flying alone at a height of more than 1,000 feet his engine caught fire. He headed the machine toward the ground. Soon the flames reached his feet. He climbed out of the seat and crawled along the body of the plane toward the tail while the blazing plane plunged toward the earth. The flames reached him again. He swung himself off the frame and hung by his hands under the machine —now a mass of flames. He fell into a plowed field and was picked up suffering from a broken arm, scores of cuts and with all his half scorched to a crisp.