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Show ;' KILLED II MCE ' Kiffin Rockwell of Atlanta Fights His Last Battle on Alsace Front. Sporlsl ra'nlo ArtannmeTt wlih Lor.-lin Daily , Telegraph a::d I:ilei .-.aiiOTia I New Sorlce.) PA HIS, Srpt. -li. Kiflin Rockwell, the Atlanta aviator attached to the American squailrilla, was shut dead this morning at lu o'clock in the course of ' an air battle on the Alsace front. Rockwell rose at 8:30 o'clock alone in an armored machine and fearlessly attacked a Herman Taube. He succeeded suc-ceeded in eniiitylng the magazine ol bis rapid firer with accurate aim, but while turning to encircle his opponent he received a bullet in the head and .j dropped like a stone. Death was instantaneous. in-stantaneous. The body was taken with all honors to a military hospital. Rockwell's death is a great lofs to French militarv aviation. It. was stated at the war othce tonight that he was one of the most brilliant aviators in ' action since Ihe outbreak o the war. -,','ockwell was twice mentioned in the Jirmv dispatches and had been awarded -rfthft '.war cross and a military nyedal. 1 He -was about to be promoted 18 the ";' rank of lieutenant. ' Four months ago Rockwell was wounded in the face. 7 returned to 1 the front immediately upon his recov-.'J recov-.'J erv. lie was credited with having " brought down four Herman warplanes. By International News Service. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 22. Kiflin Pockwell, formerly of Ashevillc, N. C, and Atlanta, who was killed today in France, was well known here. Rockwell ami his brother Paul were Atlanta newspapermen until the outbreak out-break of the war, when they joined the French Foreign legion. Both have had o a distinguished career. Kiffin became one of the most fearless aviators of the corps. In his first, real flight he brought down a German aeroplane after aft-er chasing the German for miles, manipulating ma-nipulating his flyer with one hand and machine gun with the other. He escaped es-caped unhurt. . He was about 25 years old and unmarried. |