Show 1 CAPT Y d l by special arrangement the fight resorted uC In Great t Br McClare rc Newspaper S 1919 Canada and All rights r reserved forby for tor torby by the Ire A. A Stokes company Copy I France R I om Holland ItAly Spain 11 Russia ass I a tight right 1919 by Edward 1 V. V All An Ird cd lh the countries Ono of or the biplane machines saw aw me mo coming cominS' and cravenly turned back without notifying his companion I surprised the latter and after a very err bri brief bit of or maneuvering mancu shot him down completely out of oC control contro Knowing it would bo be extremely difficult dif dlf- to gain ain a confirmation of oC this victory so 80 far behind the thc German lines I 1 waited about for a a. few moments moments moments mo mo- ments until I saw gaw him crash violently violently vio vio- into tho the ground round I was satisfied satis- satis led fled I had destroyed him whether anybody else ever knew it or noL not In fact this victory victor of ot mine mino never ne was confirmed Big Biff 1 Ends Many Ian twisting combats were In tn progress as I gained arned again the part of or the heavens above Doulcon Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral machines had fallen but whether friend or foe Coe I 1 could not distin distinguish ul h from the distance c. c The sc scattered all over oYer the sk sky and our formation was hopelessly hopeless destroyed I determined to call them to together ether and take them back to our lines lines- lIne Our balloon was in flames names our ml mission ended and wo we were taking unwise risks fighting ten miles within th the German lines where a mishap would drop some luckless pilots as prisoners prison prison- ers into Hun territory The Tho enemy pi pilots pl- pl lots were only too willing to let us g As I collected ted rn my pilots about me and headed for home the Boches lost no time limo In widening the Iho distance be between between between be- be tween us I dropped back and sa saw that the last of oC tho the Shafts had crossed the lines and were ero well on their way Then noticing something going on cast east of or me near r tho ell city of oC V Verdun I made a detour to 10 Investigate it It was a a. combat between two machines machines machines ma ma- chines that was wn going on just south of our front Hastening ahead ahta with all possible spee speed I arrived there a aa at ata a most fortunate moment to find that Tc-d Tc Curtiss of oC 95 had Just justeen been een forced to abandon an attack on a German Germin L L. L V V. G. G by reason of or a Jam gun The Hun pilot was endeavoring to make his escape ns as I reached him from ono one side and a P d that I later recognized zed as I belon belonging to Ham Imam Coolidge came in on ont t the h o nt they h Diving down dOn with terrific speed ed I began besan firing at leO 10 yards s. s With my first burst I noticed d the gas tank of or orI the enemy machine catch on fire tire Ham I began be firing as h he approached on the theother theother other side hut hot already the two un unfortunate un- un fortunate te occupants of ot tho the observing ln machine Jm knew w their coming doom The Tile 1 L. L V. V G G. G descended rapidly the wind fanning tho the flames Into a n. fiery fur tur- nace German Flier Hum Burn to lo Death The Tho two unfortunate aviators must have ha been burned to a crisp long be fore tore the ground was reached When hen the crash did dill come orne there was a great o explosions an and all that remained of oC the aeroplane was a a. black cloud of or smoke and and dust that ascended a few tew i iyar yar yards s and wa wad wap scattered to tho the Cour four winds Adjusting matters that nr night ht I found round that Ham was wan the hero of or tho the da day with with the the balloon and of m Folcker Foller to his hs credit besides one half the vanquishing of or the L L. L V V. G G. Thorn Taylor Will Palmer and Crafty Sparks had each brought ht down a Fokker I making makin a total of or five lye besides tho the two seater that I had crashed back of Dun Our lead was now dare safely be beyond beyond beyond be- be yond that of oC our next rival 27 i squad squad- ron And from Crom that da day it and has hag never been lessened Avery as well wen as ns Eugene EUbene Scroggie tI tIone one ono of oC m my pilots from rom DeS Moines olnes Iowa were missing I had seen one ono Spid fall but could not tell which of oC these pilots was in it But despite this uncertainty I felt Celt so confident that both pilots were not dead but merely prisoners that I put off ocr writing to their parents tor for weeks ecks At the thc cessation cessation cessation cessa cessa- tion of or hostilities both of these boys bos 1 were turned back bacle to us b by German Germany Scroggie had been shot through the foot but was able to come como back to his hi'S squadron Poor Aver Avery had received cd a disfiguring facial wound which had been neglected b by the German sur sur- geons eons But he hc was immediately put under the best of oC our medical care after aCter he was aB released from Germany German and will doubtless soon return to the tho States In as ns perfect condition aa as he ho left I CHAPTER Seeing the WarT War aI T WAS VAS not U until the morning mornin- of or October Ocr October Oc Oc- I r tober 5 S that I learned that lime er r. r Reed d Cham Lers and and andI I had shot down on OCO October fT 2 was still till bIr lying under mul of oC our doughboys only a l mile or rc north of oC Montfaucon J Jt It t seemed to be he In n good Sod condition and the officers there had telephoned to us to send out and brin bring It In to our hangars I ml might ht sa say In passing passins- that it Is ts extremely rare to find Ind nn an enem enemy machine within our lines that has not been cut cul to pieces for tor souvenirs b by the thousand and one passersby before it has been on tho the round ground a single le hour It is marvelous how quickly a 3 crowd gathers at the thu site of ot a n. crashed machine l dryers drivers ers leave their their- trucks their trucks on the road roud and dash across fields to examine the curiosity and to see if Ie they cannot find finda a a. suitable souvenir str straight ht from fromn Germany Gorman Gormany Gor- Gor man many to carr carry at a away away- with them From every direction soldiers and French peasants come running to tho wreck By Dy tho the time the pilot gets safely landed landed landed land land- ed and makes his wa way to the tho scene there is little of the enemy machino remaining Up to this time lime tho the American n air all force Corce had never captured Oll one of oC these seater ro s Hanover 0 were all nil of oC us anxious to fI fly different types of oC German aero aeroplanes to compare them with our own to examine what new devices they employed t tb test their engines en engines en- en gines and to see towards what Improvements improvements improvements improve Improve- ments their designers were tending So as soon as we heard that our victim victim vic vic- tim of oC October 2 had landed without crashing and was being cared for near we lost lust no time limo in getting into an art automobile and making our Wll way way way-to to the front lines It was raining the morning We vve e set setoff setoff setoff off and no flying was lIkel likely to be pas pas- sible until after midday at nt best We ran west and north until we struck the tho eastern edge of oC the tho Argonne r onne forest at Varennes and there we tse began heran to get bel graphic pictures of or the results rel of or the tho gigantic artillery duel that had been going on for tor the thc last Jast fortnight between the American forces and the Germans I Continued tomorrow |