Show P Pineapple ne ie Patch faun Crack Up Ends Joy Ride For Buck Private Who Borrowed Bomber HONOLULU T. T H. H Nov 15 UP UP-An UP An army private from Brooklyn N. N Y who apparently was ei q with uncontrollable an desire desir to o try his hand at flying faced disciplinary action today after cracking up one of the army's newest and most expensive expensive expensive sive bombing planes Ben Fleigelman 35 private first class attached as a mechanic mechanic mechanic me me- to the bombardment squadron at Luke field was the culprit in the startling theft of the bomber army officials said Although unqualified as a pilot Fleigelman suddenly and inexplicably inex inex- i hopped bopped into A silver aided sided Douglas B 18 bomber last night after watching a group of commissioned commissioned commissioned com com- fliers leave th the field fieldon on a night mission in connection with current war games Aviators at the field discounted a theory that he might have taken the plane accidentally as they said the weight of the bomber necessitated a long run at high speed to clear the field This feat Fleigelman performed before airport officials ls realized what was happening Once in the theair theair theair air he circled northwest from the field and disappeared in the night flying without lights Scarcely had army army officers time timeto to make plans for tor os the runaways runaway's capture than the planes plane's crash was reported in a pineapple field five miles away Fleigelman escaped with minor injuries |