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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: fire, and the other to pre-occupy the airmen. Two German aerial
scouts observed a French machine flying at a somewhat venturesome
height over their masked artillery. Divining the reason for the
hostile intrepidity they gave chase. Circling round the French
machine they assailed it with machine-gun fire. The enemy
appeared to take no notice but continued his gradual descent in a
steady line.
Presently the German airmen, having drawn sufficiently near,
observed that the French aviator was inert. Had he been killed?
Everything pointed to such a conclusion, especially as they had
raked the aeroplane fore and aft with bullets. But still
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