Show AGim A imper o rIs s a Guy ay i Who Who'll Stick Slick 7 t Says C ay X 7 4 Rl i n l o 1 eri I f Copyright 1918 by the United Press Press I I WITH THE AMERICAN AIRMEN IN FRANCE RANCE July 1 10 By l Mail Mail So 50 So you want some gi gimper talk said Lieutenant Eddie all Am American alI ace and former spee speed king in ill the auto racing world today I 7 1 Well call a bunch of the in in and nd there will soon be bee I plenty of gimper tal talk But you'll have to tra translate slate it or the people back home will never neve r understand this aviation 1 dialect v e have developed de de- developed I over here I t I who dO downed d his five Germans in less than two months and became becam the second American all trained ace is a I tall taU strapping chap with a fine sense I of humor and a winning smile In his escadrille they call him Head gimper gimper gim gim- per er Just because he i is n naturally a al aleader aleader l leader der and the life of tl the unit The escadrille Is known as the gimper squadron and was the first group of American trained rs to take thee the th field or the air rather awa away from the German airmen JUST A REGULAR GUY GUYA GUYA GUY A gimper is a bird who would stick tick 1 1 by you through anything explained If rt If you were up up in theair theair the theair air and ran Int into a doz dozen n boches and were g getting tUng t the le forst forst of it perhaps perhaps and the fellow with you stuck with you and gave It to th them m. m until the went back into Holland you'd know he was a gimper If he didn't have motorp w r and his gun didn't Jam or he didn't accept accept ac accept ac- ac I any ny one of a dozen good excuses for coming off h home me and n leaving you ou I to todo do the same same If you OU could get away j I hed he'd be a gimper all right A gimper is a scout who does ev everything Jut Just a little be better ter than he has to I BEGINNER IS AN EGG jEGG We Ve call this the gimper squadron I because every every man nian man has to prove himself a a v gimper by his actions When a a chap arrives hes he's an oan egg I. I All good eggs soon become vultures and then they're prompted promoted d to standing Then is when they have to prove themselves and they'll be he Just as long Iong as I they make good A man man who isn't a gimper cant can't stay Atay with the squadron squad squad- ron ron its its it's zoom for him back to the j woods i Gimper means a lot lo io 10 us as It It 1 I I 1 I I j I I I I. I I j 1 I h means eans more or ythan than good scout or pal or comrade I 1 I got the word from a mechanic I had when 1 i was in the racing game He was vas a gimper and andI I knew when he finished with a motor she would run In that mans man's life there were two l rinds of ot people people- gimpel's and bums There were mighty few rs in the worlds and lots lots of of bums as this mechanic put it and it too took a a a good man to be a gimper FAITH FAITH AND FAITH AND NERVE r This fighting part part of aviation requires a L. L type of aviator who will stick especially especially the way we fly in gr groups groups ups To To do your best work you must have hav have a mutual feel ng of confidence In Jn the gimper flying beside be- be besidE beside be be- side you that Js is unequaled anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where else If you It-you you have a gimper with you you know Jo v he wont won't make a mistake in Judgment or lose his nerve at the critical t time m A gimper couldn't do that that that-if if he lost his nerve Just once hed he'd never b be be a gimper again We WeI all know mow th that t and no gimper ever ver verI hoses loses hs h's nerve HE HES HE'S NOT FOOLHARDY I dont don't mea n mean a gimper will always into a crowd of Huns no matt matter matter mat mat- t ter r what wh t their their number A good gimper r know knows when to fight tight and when not to fight tight If he he hasn't a chance he he draws off oft flies files around until he gets altitude and then dropson drops I Ion on the I A good gimper doesn't ne need d to be foolhardy He watch his ch chances nci s but I never gives gales up when another nother gimper is beIng strafed NEVER DODGES i I When youre you're flying around up upi I there over J Germany and being fog fog- j fol-j i lowed lowed oVe by bv a strong o of black puffs from fromI the German archies archles and hear them exploding around you and then n see I some German planes off to one side I of You it Is the easiest thin thins In the then I world to pretend y you u d dont don't nt see them I t tand and ke keen l straight ahead until you you pass paRS thorn them Usually the Germans are I I width to do that too imless you I attack them never But a gimper never j I lets himself fail fall to s see e them He HeI I man maneuvers around until he can I on them and let them have it until they fun run home Then hes he's satisfied I hes he's a gimper |