State Library of NSW
[Page 194]
[Thursday 13 July 1916]
News has just come from Kharel Oasis of an aeroplane coming down, another plane took a mechanic & water & left againThe Pilot worked in the sun till he got sunstroke & mounting the machine with mechanic started in WRONG direction, then went mad, & the mechanic drank spirit out of Level both found dead, this happened out from Sohag, which we left ere coming here, so you see the possibilities for Flying men-7 of our Officers have volunteered to join an Aviation School to learn Now office is shortLeft at 10 pm for another Desert Raid rode all night- Same old moon that shines over you & Verdun The dawn is very beautiful on the Desert.
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