Show AVi Aviators tors Learned to Avoid Decoy ecoy Balloon lIfe LIte was full pf pt surprises mostly unpleasant for the aviation forces during fh tIm World war nr as ns related Jn n I the war diary of ot a n young American flyer In Liberty For Instance he lIe wrote Theres a Hun balloon that's rather close to the lines Unes They always al ways pull down the others when they tee see u us uS' coming but they le leave l c this one up p. p It looked looker like easy pickings antI and we asked the commander If It we ve couldn't drop down and get It some time when the wind was with us strong He lIe said hed he'd Investigate In and that wed we'd better leave balloons alone until we were I t ent after them because the they were very dangerous dangerous' toys lie He got word from fron the brigade that this balloon Is Js a n dummy the diarist further recorded and is there as ns a decoy About four batteries have It ranged ed he explained and Instead of 1 having a basket Its It's loaded with nm mal and as ns soon as ns some Kucker Rucker dives on It the Huns will explode explode explode ex ex- ex- ex It nr aad ard d that will be the last heard of ot him This Is ce certainly n a nice frendly little war |