Show Aviators Learned to I Avoid Decoy Balloon Life was full of surprises mostly r unpleasant for the aviation forces during the World war as related In Inthe Inthe the war diary of a young joung American Slyer flyer In hl Liberty Libert For instance he lie wrote Theres a Hun lIun balloon that's rather close to the lines They riley alv always always al- al v wu ways s 's pull down lown the others when when- the they 1 I see Fee us coming but they leave lea this one up It looked like easy pickings s and we asked the commander if we ye couldn't drop down and get It some time when the wind was eras was with us strong strong- lIe He said better hetter he d Investigate ln and that wed we'd leave b Walloons balloons alone lone until we were sent fent after th them m because the they were Yer very Aery- dangerous toys He got ot word from the brigade ude that this balloon Is a dummy the diarist further recorded and is there as a decoy ecoy About four batteries have ha It ranged he e explained Instead and Instead of of- having a passenger basket hasket Its It's loaded with and as ns soon as some sucker dives on it the Huns will explode ex lt It nn rind and that will be the last heard of him This is certainly anice a a- anle nice iren frendly l little a war |