Show U uI u. S SI S. FLIERS AuDi AID MALTA f J I By HAROLD D. D EY j VALETTA Malta May 9 I IX IN INS American th pilots ar are ta taking turn with their British cornn in the out all-out battle of Malta Malt The Americans who joined warfare of their own accord ceu from every part of th the United States There are not many manyi them comparatively but they make up in quality what they l lack lackin lackin ck in quantity 1 f Two American fliers fliers MacCloud of Norwich Conn a aJames aid nd James Peck of Berkeley Ca Ca- Ca recently gave a demonstration j what happens on the rare occasion when the R RAF A F meets the enemy on equal terms 11 On patrol together Peck and d MacCloud spotted two Messer Mess r schmitt several thousand fee fed below them They swooped down Peck took the one on the right nigh using cannon and machine guns guM Closing in to yards he s say sR black smoke spurt from the fuselage fuse fust fuselage lage age as the dived plump into Ink the sea with a vivid flash I II MacCloud meantime dove on the te second He fire fir fired I from close astern saw sm smI bursting from the enemy engi engine engie I and then watched the plane plummet plum I met into the sea 1 I All the airport controller heard over the radio telephone wails I. I I laconic O 0 K lets let's go home J I 9 |