Show I t r rC rCa 1 C Herial By Ca Capt p t. t Gu Guy y yc D. D Smith of the c British Royal Air Ai Forces f Copyright b by Capt Gu Guy D D. Smith b l r lo o I L l l t laL n. n xi I IThe n Mr Chree U n-U-Chr e The Inking 51 of the Continued From Yesterday ri kIt was Mooing blon a sale gale 10 when wo we and when named out of or Port Said to the Island of or be t e got up point of or if t thel extreme southwestern In Turkey In Asia the storm ng s worse than ever 4 pre We lied fled up securely In the CasUl- CasUl rho harbor about fifty scot feet from the thore hore A big bier submarine net was yawn rawn up In front of or us a n special l protection and we made the tho decks docks dy f for Instant defense in case of ot an d attack j During ng my months In to the tho service service- l ad d picked picket up a fair knowledge e of or and so 50 I was waa put In charge chargo chargot t two twelve guns ung The Tho first I did was waa to take the o of or he be Turkish mainland which h I found o be about yards ards Wo c kne kneW v only onto that we pre hostile hos- hos tile country but were not at all eosin eo- eo sin ln that we w. were even e near any point f enemy activities I remember scanning scanning scan- scan ning ling the shore line lino Intently through the field fled glasses and antI wondering whether t er erny ny o of the enemy were ero there or not 1 Bl was on watch until 2 0 o'clock In Int t afternoon without t d discovering Iso a any any- n- n j tip thing to get et excited about and had n to f feel el grateful that the Den Den- 1311 was safely h anchored In the harbor aLb r Instead d of being out In the I z sea a bucking that tremendous bale It Then I 1 turned my over o overto to to o another flight light lieutenant and after I going below to change my clothes cothes Started started ashore J. J f c Ii Co COMI ms Is MI It IRK ING PROS US II 11 was 18 Just walking walkin away from t the UtI q quay ar when the whistle of or a a ashell shell camo came I shrieking through the air all My I I first Impression was that tho the enemy had d started an air raid mill and that It would b be over o after about six shells had exploded JIO ntH first shell burst just JURt astern of oC th ship HIP sending up ua a great greaL column Of water ater The second one hit lilt the hangar o of the ship in ill which the sea soa- af a- a f In were kept flen sent t debris Cl flying in inIn In D. D thousand and l directions and set the theon hangar i ar on flee fire Then Theil came carne shot hot after hot 0 screaming at the Mv tv nen f and demonstrating that the Turk had the range and was waa aM trying to mako make good his threat The little town ran craz crazy with terror ter ter- The Tho civilian population composed composed composed com com- posed mostly of oC Greeks rushed screaming scream scream- s screaming reamIng ream ream- ing from their homes men homes men women and anti children their children their arms filled tilled with witha I a a. a few Cew belongings s hastily gathered up Behind the town was a n steep mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain and ancI up Its side sido like frightened sheep they clambered from rock to rock seeking seek a refuge refugo of ot safety The enemy gunners on the mainland saw them and with vicious perversity that from tho the beginning has characterIzed characterized character character- Ize-d Ize tho the methods of or Hun liun and Turk Turc alike aliko dropped s several several shells on tho mountainside killing and nd maiming helpless and Inoffensive o ants These Those civilians could do them no damage desired damage desired In fact on only to get cl an as far a l' l out of oC harms harm's reach roach as ag swiftly as aR possible sible But Huns and Turks alike no matter where the they have O fought and have havo apparently gloried in the wall wanton ton slaying not only of or Inoffensive men men but of ot women and children By this time the aC of oC tho the Hen My was burning furiously The whistle began to blow and supposing supposing supposing sup sup- posing It was tho the recall signal all of or ofus us UM on shore ran down to the tho quay ready to go o aboard Vo We 0 found however how how- ever that the cr crew w was waA abandoning I tho the ship and tho the whistle whistle- had boon boen tied down to let tho the steam escape so t-o that the tho boilers would not explode when tho the water got Into them 1 IX TO ro MI l g Mill WAS AS l The ship had been hit all over o by tho the shell fire tire It Jt was plain she was doomed My 1 own sensation was of or deep sorrow orrow Somehow there Is a a. sort I of ot personality about a n ship ship she she seems seem to be bc alive to have t a a. consciousness conscious conscious- ness of her own to think to feel eel It I seemed to mo me that I was watch watching hiS hiS' the tho passing of oC a loved dearly-loved friend Smoke was pouring in a thick black I cloud from the hangar and the machine machino ma- ma chino chine gun ammunition and the vorys 81 signal nal I lights II In the tho seaplanes exploding like a firecracker fusillade A Above ovo nU all the other rose tho ho mournful no note to of oC tho the steam whistle I like the good ships ship's dying wail wall The rho shells sheila kept coming over Just as fast as ever and wo so on the qua quay were vero I in danS' danS dangerous rous territory There Thero must havo have been a dozen six-inch six guns buns on the mainland all nil with surprisingly accurate ac ac- curate curato ran range e. e Another fellow and I got bot on tho the roof of oC a 3 house where wo we could Ho lie down and watch tho the bombardment Our view was perfect and wo we could seo see the flash flah of the enemy guns and the burning burn burn- ing in- ship ai nt well tell The TIte excitement got particularly part Intense when two French d de destroyers made a a. mad dash out of oC tho the harbor Shells Sheik fell Cell all about them but thc they carried right rl on on and a great great cheer chel rose roso from the tho shore when the they I c eventually got bot out of or range U s Aim ln I Fl D O ON Ox 1111 I Having HavinS' made sure huro that the Ben My Chree was ryas doomed the enem enemy began shelling the tho town Houses were knocked down right and loft We could hear har I Ithe the shells racing over O and hear and see ice the explosions One would hit a there thero would be bo a terrific roar a 3 Et great il cloud of oC dust and flying lyinG frag frug- lug ments monts and ancI then a 3 great rattle and clatter as the roof fell feU In and tho the tile the went tumbling to the ground We saw tho site My Uen burn and I listened to her screeching and her groans roans I watched the tho flames llames reach m my own cabin and said Eald good by to tomy tomy tomy my clothes and keepsakes At last Jast shu she began to list Clouds of ot steam came camo pouring from her he as aM tho the sea water flooded Into her blazing hold Sh She settled settled set Jet Jetted ted rapidly turned on her side sido and with one last gasp g sank sanc beneath the thew w lers of tho the ba bay My Iy companion and I stuck to our ob I point on the tho roof of tho rho house until tho the shells hells began to got get un comfortably close Then wo sought a 51 safer spot up the tho hillside and watched tho the spectacle from behind a hu huge huu u boulder When hen a n shell came whistling IJ by we ducked down behind the boulder bouder St Several tJ 11 1 other othel fellows joined us Toward dark a pouring rain started and wo we were soaked through to the skin I might ml ha have kept lIt dry enough had I J been heen alone none ln ha having m my oilskin or slicker with inc me but I tried to share It t with some of oC the others and andone ono one oilskin doesn't t offer oCter much tion to four grown rown men Wo 0 of or the tho IO lost l ships ship's complement gathered In town later lator r on and took stock Good fortune had attended us our casualties being but five wounded But many civilians had been en killed d or wounded and tind everywhere o wo turn turned d we wc encountered grist griff and desolation Wo We u In a hut hint that slept ni night that night th t that Is Ip Is wr we snatched such sli- sli slip fp p as we one could w which le n was little Inde Indeed d. d Molt Moat of or ourI our our I timo was spent In helping the wounded among the tho cl civilians larl Early Karly In lit the tho Ito morning I found a young oun girl who had been struck b by n shell shelt and 1 took tool her down to the thc French French dressing statIon sta sta- tion One of or her breasts had been shot away and there was WI a na nasty t hole holo In cr 1 loft left chec check The Tho surgeon said Raid she sho would woud probably recover reeo I have ha never heard All 11 that next da day tho the men of or tho the My Chree tolled unremittingly I to tu help the tho poor civilians cl doing our best est to restore somo some sort of or order lUlY C. lIl IH n AWAY Y l IX 11 Tim 1711 DARK n. That night III it tt 10 o'clock wo we fell ell In lino Uno outside a u convent and marched out of or the tho town in absolute carrying our wounded ahead of or us Wo 10 marched clear across tho the Island nd whore where we were taken aboard a a. French trawler for our return trip to tho the base basl Weary ear wo we wore were Indeed but hut the tho Frenchmen of oC tho the trawler did liver everything everything every every- thing thin In their power to make tho the trip pleasant for tor us That was difficult because there were man many of or us and we were wore crow crowded ed like sardines Into tho rho little boat hoat The Tho sailors actually gave avo up their bunks bunka to us and dl did 1 It with such 6 politeness that lint ono one might ml ha have thou thought ht thc they really enjoyed n It Durin During this return trip which took five J days das I t ne nev neVer pr r heard one word of oC complaint from rom anybody 1 The men were splendid rh They Kail liac como come singing off tho thin Ben My I Chree and tho they went singIng singing sing sing- ing InS back to the tho base hase enduring cold cod wind rain and allet cramped quart quarters rR with witha a n che cheerful grin A dirty dirt bedraggled lot wo twe were wh when n wo we went ash oro at Port fort Said hut but this was ono one time limo when whon I Port Tort said really looked like heaven I Our stay at nt tho the base this time limo was wasI longer Jon than I usual ual Hun Butt planes had been making frequent raids and there thero I I were wore rumors that subs were operatIng operating operating ing in ht the vicinity I 1 was put on sub patrol and spent several sc days clays skimming up and anel down tho the coast It was during d this work that 1 I had m my first real petrol Jag My Iy observer and I had been out on a rather long lung flight through h a bumpy atmosphere and the lie constant Jar and vibration put too great a u strain on onono one ono of oC the copper pipes carrying the petrol t snapping It in two Immediately Im Int- mediately tho the gas oae fumes began to en envelop envelop en- en elop us I en-I the floor noor of or tho the Open fuselage I shouted to the tho observer cr This would have 0 let tho the air all through h and the fumes I II I would have h been currIed carried off ote off Instead of oC accumulating in iii tho the fuselage e. e I hut But the tho floor ordinarily operated I I easily b by tho the mere turning of ot the the hand stuck tight and could riot not be budged BITI A JAG J. WITHOUT A t 1 Petrol fumes Inhaled have havo just about tho same effect a u as alcohol taken In- In I hail hall turned the plane piano t to toward t.- t. ward home home- and was tas putting on all speed through h th the choppy chopp air nil Then there ther came a slight Men sensation atlon of oC lI light ht after which I was as Just JUit I plainly drunk and happily drunk at that It Will was a 11 dangerous po position lUon to tobe tobo be bo In but to mo me there was something uproariously tinny funny about It It i was I laughing and giggling and singing like u drunken fool and cutting all nIl sorts aorta of ot dir air ir cap capers rs And tho rho observer was haIne ha hav- Inc Ine lust R-OI R much fun out of ot it as aa I Iv v W. s. as But Hut the finish sobered tJ us up quickly enough Wo had thirty five miles t togo to togO go and when We wo were still two miles machine failed us ua from Port Said Sall tho the completely and we were down In 1110 l at a point where whore the water was waR about eighteen Inches deep above O three feet of ot the tho stickiest mud that a aman aman aman man ever put a 1 foot in There was no non n Way a of or getting ashore except to wade so wo We abandoned tho the machine and struck l out The farther t we c went the tho stickler the mud got ot Our shoes sank lank into Inches It with 0 over every e 1 step and ancl once lie tho mud had a grip on our feet reet It determined not nol to let et loose We lle 0 hadn't got sot cr very far tar be before before be- be fore foro our heads had cleared of ot the lie petrol fumes and after a consultation wo we decided do- do to get back to the machine and make ono one more effort to start Uart It an anti i the machine machine machine ma ma- work woric farther inshore But Hut chine would not budge hud and as ns nobody had set out to give ghe us un an any help lp wo we had bad to wade In onto once more This time limo we struggled on in sheer er desperation The Tho observer took one spill as ns we got ot Into shallow wat water 1 and ana came up literally a mass of or mud Wo f were wro getting Betting close to exhaustion when whon two Sene ales soldiers l French when two Senegalese soldiers off and rushed rushell out to help hep us V f leaned on them over or the last ast hundred yards ards It took tool us UN about two days to I get et nil all that mud off GOI JOKS S s l IP Lr I- I volt VOH A C SI Y I Y 1101 N I Iii In tho the meantime tho the plane lIt vas WJ re repaIred repaired repaired re- re paired and was waiting for tor or me wh wh-w wh I than was Il n next ordered out Mohammed I one of oC our Arab foremen foremon of or the tho hangar crow had been chall challenged to take a a ai number of occasions an and flight ht on a i had apparently been accused by some somo of his men then of or being afraid Mohammed had to maintain a reputation for COr fearlessness fearlessness fear tear of or hl his or lose loso the respect underlings So when I Invited In him to toa toa toa a trip one da day when I was going oln up upI without an nn observer cr he hesitated tilt I ho saw tho thu covert grins of oC his aids and andI I then accepted 1 flew but he saw nothing I I looked around at at him several times Umes I He lIe flat at like the looking straight ahead terror in his eyes oes Ills His mind mindI I was probably bU busy y with unuttered prayers to Allah I flow flew down close to the town and pointed out tho place where ho lived JIved But ut Mohammed would not look down clown Look no now I said and reeled back tho thu floor foor of ot the fuselage leaving lea him seated stated securely enough h but with Just Justa justn a n yawning gap g In front of or him opening down to the tho housetops Ho He gave ono one glance then turned his eyes straights straight I I Ilie up anti and refused to lower ower his head again lie Ho was proud enough h. however or when he got back on earth and his associates fI regarded him with admiration mixed mixer with a certain amount of or awe awe- Recover Recovering tog ill his hlf power of speech p In iii a few lew moment moments mo- mo ntH ment ho he burst Into voluble Arable Arabic lie Ho sa says sa-s explained an Interpreter that flint the was like being out In a a. small boat during n a rough ruu sea roll Tell him tt wen well a RO go up again tomorrow tomorrow tomor- tomor row I said The Interpreter spoke and Mohammed Mohammed med listener listened to only part of the speech pe ch Then rhen he h burst title Into a n veritable torrent of oC |