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Show TtLLSHIS STQfiY Sergeant-Pilot Relates Experiences Ex-periences in Escaping Hun Prison. Graphic Description Made Public for First Time in Paris. By FARMER MUKPHT. I'A'l'yrisiU. l:Kv by New York Tin.es-Olma Tin.es-Olma a-o Tri aune. Cuo'e.i r.R;?, S-'pi. vj:c-av.i Pilot Korett T. 1'iakley of Chacaao. tir?t ' A r. rriirui : :aar 1.1 cca pe ":orr. a Ger-n.r.n Ger-n.r.n prison i-itriin ami tla; uii;.. Aireriann airman in Nanscasors fiarioa;; cna.-a-' l;.:,n)!:i. l ' ' : ' ! (,.- for X'r.r- iirsi i.r.ia ' H' irocrar:'.! sti.r. of '.lis c p.v :t. :rom j -. li.u -rat .o w .is t-hor iiov"r v.-:- Pan' . h Mi nso. Soite:r.bPr tc m sr tar, tu ; t-e of cranio into wis trrl- t-' reai' 1-linaen, on July . tais year. , ' since iiis return to France and safety i Baeklev has been vit'i his esaa.Srille at i tLe fmnt. lie uniformly refused to tell 0!" tiirillinsr experiences. Not oven nearest relatives and friends in Cni- J ca .i know i he details. Soon 1'iey will .t j r.ov ever, lla-.t ror hit work as a fl cv and for his ki sa oat ea Ge: aa.r.y t!1- young aviator received lie French rr.liurv mecaii, li.e F:e:u-h service mean;, ar.d the Croiv rie tiueire wiih p-.ilnis. hiit is irore. they will shortly see tiie j hero ! i:r.?e! :'. f r as soun a i a oaten an i J Gr; mr-iti a. ai-o one of Xungesser's siv.ind- i t . p;-j i'!s frcm iiis wounds ::i :i Paris' :iosoii;i!. where lie is bents; treated, the1 ;o will sail for .Vneri-.a wall ll.eir rad ' e'-haniis and wail show the Ameai an j i--tpie i iu1 hur-st in enasse and eoir.ba i sin-1 larjL.v I'lyins;-. Joins Foreign Legion. i ; as on Ja :iaa ry 2. f1 1 : '-:- t Pack - ! "c . f:-s:i from i;ic I" r; i ei si -y cf t ! .;:r:o:s. j-dne.i t 7 0ia!an !e-ia n of Fi,m.e xi li e intention uf 'Ui;iiifyiar as a flyer. After a tlior'maai i-onrse in : a French aviatiun s.-hoo h.e was assigned j to NunL-esser's traveling: sqnadron, known j as esi-adrille Snad. which corresponded to ;Le German traveling ein-i;s heaiied by :he late Karon Rii-'ni'nofen. He and l is: F;en--h comrades, while attached to the, Erffayette t) Iv.g corps, had a rnvirp com-j Tiission '"nich tok them alone- tiie tester test-er i: r' ont. but it was in the Verdun ' I -. .ion :h:U th.e Arv.v: vol'MMev wr.s : !.i !i..-.u the 'd--s: e;ier:.-n;-e of his I hfe. '); -,v.is the d.w c.'-c 1 a s Vi-.-.-ke.l iwii.i our sr:a.:r:i t 1oa:;- i-ii1: !a : M.-csr.-' i:i:ck..-v said. -Aftei .c; c. .tins ; afieumn I foim l rv-c-,f sc;:ra'd from : mv p.tr ard mahm--' ;:-o-'lie ir.ad" me i hM)d around Mene:o-.;"o. My comrades j of thf cscadnhe and A!ner:.-.in J.oys of : the 1 a fa ,-lt;e f'ir.e .orns had ocuan to. I fit ;h.,' airdroipe h'le thai :;h:h;. V,-, 11. .he;, wrro so :..u 1 was safe t hey pr."nni!' made m- om "r't- of t'" ; re t ' i-- i dm k and vine di'aiois 1 e-e'- at it mptcd. "At 1 1 o'cloi i: t lie i.-'xi na-ndnL'. with : the tasie of these juicy cbjrks still !in-. !in-. e:im; in n,y natnii. 1 wont over huii la M f .ise wit !i a p-" rn' '--mipsed of i '..mma nda nt Fe-iuant. G:'piam 1 .amy. . l.i.Mitfinui! G.:n-ih;!i and t wo others. Loses His Patrol. i "We we:e inu' a! a height of '- I meters in the midst o- a heavy streteh ; ot clouds. Fe. riant and 1" suddenlv iot : car rUfel. 'c ha d been t eny -1 w o iii'om ,ers hohind thp German lin-'S. l-'e-! fore lone 1 lost siht of Feo.uant. For fif'.eer, minutes 1 few alone, trying t -is j way and ti.at to emeiize fiom tl:e c'.or.d ' "I iiad nearly .cien cp hope of e er pet tins: out or 'th.e elouds and re-rainina-I :i:v bearings when 1 caught sight of Foumart. Three Albatross s. out pianos j were just ov him. but he didn't see ' tio:n. 1 fie w in between him a ml the b.a-hes. Then turned un and ai'.a.ked ' then-. P- this thro Fe. mart's ma--'- ine ; as da mAged and he sapped d'wn into , V'f clouds henea'.h n;e. I saw ro more 1 of him. 1 mut eit her have ki hod or i damaged the iir-T hocae 1 attacked, hv : wiiidn what seemed like th.e twinkle of lap e e lie wen', cra.m; t the ground, j ' f-'.i : nod !a "o! '. e w a s dead. ' ' ' lti n ':h : he other two Geraui n -; fo .a i; a:." for a'l ih.e- pio "onu. T'"c-j T'"c-j put :a. v n:ai liine fidi ef hoirs One of ; the bu 'iets hat me in th.e stcniac'a. At Ithe same nioment anottier niaiiine gun I" uJ lot it was explosive smashed my gasoline tanks so the gasoline flew o er j nay fai e. Sick from the wound in my ' stomaeh. th.e gnsokne splasian- over me i b'audod and ehoked me. t "ost eon'.rol nf my Snad and fe't rn-se'.f whrnhr::' -iown tiirouch space. I claimed back and saw nrc fusilage abht:;e. "Th.en a t hing ha pi encd .r wl.i-h T never sh.all forgive tae verp'ai;s. T' ey : saw me pome down voMh al! v. m" ma-jhip.e ma-jhip.e oat of lOnt-nl. the tail a'iro. In - spite of tia'.t the v onr '--'d a h.e.iv j" bar-i bar-i rage file frons tie aro,.nd. Lingered by Hun. I '-This arceid me and 1 made , la-t I effort to g,. : the nuu hdue :o work. - it I w as too late." I realize ) I was little 1 more than twenty met.e s fr-n'i ;!m ground. ! laicw it to be lapele" to make a lauding, for the ground w.iv iov- ere.': v. ilk s.'f '1 hnies. So at t ' e insiant T h t my . om hhuit ion button a r d :nv belts tlew o: f. , know cf w" at happened wnen 1 idt I're Lruiund va; that my machar.e. made sev-Ta i so;r.e: - a j t s. th.rowing" me clear out of my seat. When I came to after my spell of vmmoiis. mus-! mus-! r.ess I saw many Germans .-mnding 1 around me. one of thorn with a sword in his band bending oer me. i "They took rue to Mo?:t Me.hr and put i me in a dark cell of Mom Hedy 'ou re.--. ; wheie 1 lay for fah,teen das on ht-a i ! a ud w.irT. No modi' n 1 treatment wa s ; a A on me in all tin's time. Had it not l :-.een foi' a Ihenoli medical officer in the j -:p,t fortress. 1 might ha'o died there. ' Froi a l he furl ress 1 was sen t to the of floors' eamp a i Karlsruhe, wher - 1 j ia ed for a month and a half. Fonu-' Fonu-' r.at. A the Freta-h officer was transferred J to K.ir sruh.e nt the same tim--, so I didn't have to worry about my stomach ! won ml. Put already I had made up my j mind to ue; out of Germany. Kroni Karlsruhe 1 was sent to Mannheim, then to Stmtaai i. then to Cologne, and later .to ;hs.ut and Donuiiigam i "From the last phme ! was transferred j to a eamp near Ikuberg. I realize'! my opportunity was at hand, and I made my I prepai'atmi-.s. I "Mat ali my ohms went to smash when 1 T was sent to Pimsia.n Poland, ru-ar War-j War-j sa w. wish a work me- party-. For several ve.-d.s 1 had to forsake the idea of es-j es-j r:;i'... Then, b.owu ver, we went back to j H.-ub. rg. (soe.s Through Forest. j "My wound was he.alimr to such ;,n ! torn I felt I t ouid undertalic a long iuke through the )-lack toresi. My three first attempts to eross over into Switzerland faMod. Tw ice 1 cot away from Hen berg and got as far a- the ,viss frontier, but each t.me the Ceimar. guards caught me just as 1 was about to reach I reedum. Tim t !ii : d attempt didn't even take me t hat i a r. for 1 had to turn Lack bf fore I n -ached i hp front ier. For a while 1 was disg usted and discouraged, but the food and treatment 1 got a? an American Ameri-can volunteer with the French soon made me w'.sh for liberie harder than ev.-r be-fo.o. be-fo.o. K this time the Germans were 1 au.iohs to make sure 1 did not get away. 1 : probacy v, os with t iiis intention ttan t"N- s, ,' me to Yoriipgeustadi, about FJo kilona tias I'rxun the Swis frontier. "It w..s ow or la-ver, 1 iliouglit. i-ito at nlht on July 1 started out. Al' ! had on me was a n.an and letters from :ah.r and fra-nds at homo, and a ln;e, '-'; r- i.-ki ; kmf winch I got from, a Germ.rp in ooo .f the camps and which 1 wlsh' d io koej) as a souvenir. ! " For six days I kept on my way through the Kkiek forest, walking by day and In-line- by nicht, with raw pot;; toes picked o;i tiie fields as my only food. Hy ; tiie evonuic of July 6 my map shnwed mo ! I wa? w ahiu a few iiotirs' walk from 1 Switzerland and sa.foty. ! "! start 'd on the last lap as soon as it i was dark enough to venture from my hid- 1 lag p'aeo. i a: tie by lit . as e. nit ion sly i as i ossibio. I approached my goal. Just us I was about to rush over iho frontier, j at a -en which s:- mod uumiaidod. a' main's ana- from t lie darkness c om - m.-t ram d me o halt. Tae voice seeim d ! io f-oi ,e iroin tin'- left. ; "I wait straiaht Mliead, but sudd-nly ; oujnped cp' agamst a man in umroina; arned with a n fie. 1 ' was a la ml v. - hr 1 , entry. j L"es Pocket -knife. i "1 -ark as ,t was. h.- must have reeog- i ' ri;- d me as ,m escapiitg prisoner, ior ; ! w'thout an instant's hesitation 1 c pointed j ' his bayonet a.i m ehest. With a swi't j j movement nf my lett arm I forced the w.-.M'on aside and !eap-ci on him w it h : hands and f- e t , but 1 was exhausted af- I I-r s.x !xxll-s :a"s of trampinir. ami Ti eould see the sentry was gtitir.g 'rej n.-s; of me a we gnippled with each a; h. r on iho iroui,d. "iv Merman r-y. ketknife was niv onlv , i hope, so i tiFod it. "I Ky il o'eloek in tlm moruine- nn .Inly 7 Sergea nt Kuckley was on Swiss soil. The next day be changed into civilian .-ioihos. At P-mme, where he went next, he was v el coined and ta kmi are of by i "apt a in Shelling, well-ktiuwn America n musician, who was attached to the Annr-ican Annr-ican embassy tin re. On his ai i ival in Paris i lie yaung aviator reported to Major Ma-jor Kd'mnd tiros, head nt the liaison section sec-tion at American aviation headquarters. "The first real dinner since 1 was brought down." Ruckl-.-;. said, "was at the house of Major and Mrs. t'ros. W'hat-pyer W'hat-pyer had to be done hero .Major tiros did j for me, as he has been doing for American Amer-ican airmen sin-a? the war started." With Lieutenant Gam plan, one of the laces of the esoadrilh-. Spud Puekley wiil I spend about two months on his tour of J the I n i ted States. Fxhibit ion flights to be given by the 1 vn a i i men a re being jarrang-ed hy the Frem-h aviation autkori-j autkori-j ties. After his tour of the pi nu ipai A merieau eit its, Sergea n t Buck "ley v. id return to France to resume lichimg with Nungrsser's squadron. Serai-a u; Bin k-ley, k-ley, w'no is 2a years old. was h.om at Kil-Imrii, Kil-Imrii, ill., where his parents st ill h ve. Vor many years, however, Buekiey lived in Chicago. |