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"The Men and Machines of the Australian Flying Corps " has this on Haig.
" Rutherford continued to fly with No1 until the first day of May in the follwoing year when he was again brought down by ground fire. A pick up attamept by Lt F.W Haig ended in a crash which resulted ion the two pilots and their observers finishing the war as prisoners"
The official history has four entries on F.W Haig,
"F.W Haig - engineer; of Kew Melbourne, b South Melbourne 29 July 1895"
It mentions Haig and Vyner in a Bristol Fighter were escort for Potts and Hancock when they came across five Albatros machines, the Germans held the advantage but didnt press the attack and dived away.
Haig flew a Martinsyde in an attack on Kerak with Dowling in another Martinsyde. Haig dropped a bomb dead on the top of the citadel and reported Turks running out of the citadel into the square. Reconn photos afterwards showed the pagoda like towerhad entirely dissappeared. Arabs spies reported casualties were heavy.
The Official history also has more detail on Haigs ateempt to pick up Rutherford, they turied ot squeeze three passengers into a Bristol Fighter but the undercarraige collapsed. They set fire to the biff and then surrendered to Circassian Cavalry which had ridden up to them. Notes were dropped by the Germans to say they were safe and captured including letters from all four of the airmen captured.
sorry should have written that stuff out for you earlier but didnt have time. Was loking up stuff on McGinness and came across those referances ot Haig.
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