Item 05: Archie Barwick diary, 3 September-3 October 1916 - Page 122
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[Page 122]
of lightning, we saw the flash of his bomb as it broke into pieces, & we watched him come up under the balloon, but he made no mistake this time for we all saw the tell tale white smoke rising from the gas bags envelope & the next instant she was all aflame & fell in one huge ball of fire leaving only a mass of dark smoke behind her, which remained in the sky for hours after, the gallant airman now his work was done had a perilous passage back for he was in close range of Fritzs antiaircraft & machine guns & they tried their damndest to smash him up battery after battery was turned on him but in spite of it all he managed by skilful manouvering to get away from them
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