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turkIsh AIr cAmpAIgns durIng the bAttles of ÇAnAkkAle mArch 1915 - JAnuAry 1916 325
Balloon Vessel Manica.
and Gaulois, Suffren and Inflexible had gotten severe damage. 7
First Lieutenant Cemal and Observer Ensign Osman Tayyar had patrolled around
strait by Ertuğrul (Bleriot) at 04.00 pm. Captain Seidler and Lieutenant Hüseyin Se-
dat conducted an aerial reconnaissance for the second time. They discovered Lemnos
80 km far in the west. During the aerial reconnaissance the enemies had been seen to
have withdrawn.
The heavy rain
and storm pre-
vented further
reconnaissance
in the follow-
ing days. One
of our artillery-
man brought a
British aircraft
down in the Sa-
ronic Gulf.
Due to in-
sufficient aerial
support a cap- Balloon Ship Hector.
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Atlas, Issue No:77, Istanbul, August, 1999, p. 22.
