Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — BRITISH FELL 79 AIRPLANES [ARTICLE]

BRITISH FELL 79 AIRPLANES

Despite Stormy Weather the English Aviators Make Great Record— Lose 15 Machines. British Front in France and Belgium, March 15. —The British airmen have been doing marvelous work recently. The first ten days of March, as a whole, have been among the best yet recorded for the service. During that period, In addition to a vast amount of reeonnoitering and photographing, the Britishers destroyed 39 German airplanes and brought down 40 others out of control, despite the fact that the first two or three days of the month were so stormy that aerial activity was virtually impossible. Against this great total 15 British machines are reported missing.