Item 05: M.C. Evans war diary, 16 June-8 November 1917 - Page 81

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4 mins the Turk fled outmatched with ours rising & diving at him. Then he slowly keelled over & came straight down nose first slowly twisting for all the world like a piece of weighted paper. Halfway down several clouds of smoke burst from him, & then finally, nose down & tail up he disappeared below the farthest ridge. He must have smacked down close to Abu Sitta No sooner was he fairly down than, apparently from nowhere, the place was

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