Show e YANK AIR MR PILOT STIRS STRIFE IN BRITISH FORCES w Weird el cirI rd Exploits of Captain Chamberlain Under f r c Investigation L 4 Oll g 1 London March In 9 In the tho court- court martial 1 Ual r-Ual proceedings proceeding today of or Capt Ed Edmund G. G Chamberlain of or San sU sUAn Antonio An An- tonio Texas Texan In fn connection with his claim claims of noted l performances In company with British h air forces last I summer tho defenses defense's cross examina ton tion of ot tho famous mou British airman MaJ f 1 R ji S. S Maxwell commanding squadron 64 at at nt tho tl time o of or ChamberlaIns ChamberlaIn's Chamberlains Chamberlain's Cham Cham- visit I tt Indicated that an nn attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt would bo be mado made to show that Chamberlain had mado nn an unofficial flight with tho connivance of ot some somo British pilot friend him himself self solf In tho latter latter's flying clothes Visitor leaching Major r Maxwell who testified yesterday yester yeater- d day y that Chamb flow low no machine ma- ma chino chine of ot his B squadron and that lie ho did not know any of ot tho the British officers named In tho the reports of ot Chamberlains Chamberlain's exploits admitted today that It was as possible for a n. visitor to Ret get et away awny on such a flight but said he had such confidence In his clots allots that t ho he was certain ho he would bo be o advised of ot any such luch Incident and antl furthermore would bo be able to check up any ny falsification in ina ina a n. pilots pilot's report I a Tho defense brought out that the witness had said to Captain Chamberlain Chamber Chamber- ll- ll lain at Lille where he ho had met him himat himat at tho the officers officers' mess mesa in January last Loel Loe of Chevrons Chevron F hear Fear r Arent you OU the follow fellow that stole a aJ I J Camel the namo name of machine from us t l ut nt and also that ho had hadI I told Com Corn F. F B B. B Allan U U. U S. S N. N t f who had Investigated tho Chamberlain case that no no- squadron commander would admit having let a sailor fly ly unofficially unofficially un un- un- un I officially as that would mean the tho loss of t his majority and reduction to tho thor r ranks I Major Maxwell could not nol remember whether he ho had told Commander AU Allan AllanI n nI I I that ho would like to help Chamberlain Chamber- Chamber I lain but could not He lIe knew of ot cases where I-where had claimed results that could not be verified officially t Major Maxwell promptly answered the volley of questions which were f fired from flom both sides regarding tho minute details of his airi air air- I drome his lighting fighting machines and their x Equipment flight operations tho topo tot to- to t It 1 po of or the tho fr front nt the signalling used In flights and the work of ot the i i 1 squadron on tho the various days of Cham- Cham Chamberlains Chamberlain's b reputed visit to Memory 1 Training Course Coarse Tho The court has bas been greatly fm- fm Impressed Im im- pressed b by the knowledge o of this work dork and nd the tho ho exact information possessed by bythe bythe bythe the royal air all forces witnesses and att at atthe t the tho conclusion of Major Maxwells Maxwell's testimony testimony tes tes- tes- tes the prosecution gravely asked the witness if it ho had ever taken a course In memory training training- Ho He wished to chow thaw In the record to the tho reviewing authorities he said what a 8 remarkable remarkable remark- remark f able witness the court had before it Capte G G. H. H and V. V S. S Bennett e of t the royal air forces testified tosti- tosti fied flod that certain parts of or the report of Chamberlains Chamberlain's flight were highly Improbable Im Im- probable |