Item 08: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 January-28 April 1917 - Page 127

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[Page 127]

20-4-17
by ,& the Drs. had a busy time & a burial party told off;
The Taubes were hardly out of sight when 6 of our planes came over loaded with bombs & retaliated with a Taube flying above them, we heard later that the Taube came down & brought one of our planes down the bombs she was carrying exploded as she hit the ground; another one of our planes getting above the Taube dropped a bomb on her breaking off one wing & the Taube also crashed to earth; Johnny Heegan (Lt) of our Regt was wounded in the leg today by a bomb & Turner of A Sqdn killed; We remained where we received our issue of bombs till 3.30 & then moved down to the Wadi & watered our horses & the 1st

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