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I r- r f t r 1 1 Y SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I Pat OBrien O'Brien few au toft or of the his Purpose In writing the story etory V I tt hla adventures I CHAPTER II II Tells Tells of or his hie enlistment in la Royal Flying corps his hia training in ln I Canada ada and l his lUs s transfer to Franco France for tor aoe ao- ao live e duty I I CHAPTER III III-Describes III Describes fights In which I IM I'M M A brought down two German airplanes Dc lad d his bla anal tight in which he was I ought down wounded within the Gera Oer- Oer soa a lines Unes and was n made a 8 prisoner Q Ot I mr I II I 1 1 was Wa tut tUl musing over o tills this man choly phase of the scouts scout's life when an in an ord orderly told me there was a n beautiful beautiful ful battle going on In the air and he volunteered to help me outside the I hospital that I might witness It and andI i I 1 readily accepted his assistance 1 That afternoon I saw one of ot the I 18 gamest fights I ever eTer exx expect to witness There ere were six sir of ot our machines j against gi perhaps sixteen Huns nuns From the tn type c of at the machines I knew that they might possibly be from my iny myown myown own aerodrome Two of our machines bad had been apparently picked out by fix of the nuns Huns and were bearin bearing th the brunt of ot the fight The contest seemed to tome me e to be b be so unequal that victory for tor forror fur JUr men was hardly to be thought of ot iod yet at one time they so completely I outmaneuvered the Huns Duns that 1 I thought their their superior might save ve veth I th day for tor them despite the fact that th they y were so hopelessly outnumbered One thing I was sure of ot they would 1 f sever eYer give Sive In Of c course It would have haTe been a comparatively com com- I Ia a simple matter for tor our men when they saw how things were going them to have turned their noses loses down landed behind the German German Ger Ger- man man lines s and given themselves up as prisoners but that Is not the WR way of ot the WR R. R FC FtC A battle of ot this kind seldom lasts lDa many y minutes although eer every second seems teems Jeems lik like an hour to those who participate par par- In It and even onlookers satter suffer sat suf tel fer more thrills In the course ourse of the struggle than they would ordinarily Experience In a a. a Ji lifetime It Is apparent ent eat even to a novice that the losers loser's fate tate Is death Of Ot course course coupe the Germans around the hospital were all watching and rooting for tor or their comrades but the En English too had one sympathizer In that group who made no effort to stifle his admiration admira lion tion for tor the bravery hi his countr countrymen men were displaying f The he end came suddenly Four IOU ma- crashed to earth almost simul sImul- It was an two two k-two two f weirs theirs and two of or ours The others Apparently returned to their respective Un lines I The wound In my mouth made It Impossible Impossible Im ire- possible for tor me to speak but by means of f a pencil and paper I requested one of or the German officers to find out for tor forme forme torme me who the English officers were who tad has been shot down A little biter he returned and handed me a photo photograph aph taken from the body 5 It f one of the victims It was a picture f of or Paul Haney Raney of Ot Toronto and myself I r r taken together I Poor Haney Raney lie He was wasI 1 I the best friend I hud and amid one of ot the tho 1 best best and gamest men who ever fought In In France Fronce It was he hc I learned lon long after anN who when I was reported ml missing ln had chocked checked over all my belongings belonging and sent them back to England with n a signed memorandum which memorandum which Is now In m my possession Poor fellow he little realized then that but a day or two later Inter he would be engaged In his last battle It C t fl n a. a on looker r The sa same lIe officer who h brou brought ht me the photograph also drew drewI drewa I a map for tor me me moot of ot the exact enact spot where Raney was burled In Flanders I I guarded It carefully all aU through my subsequent adventures and finally i turned It over to his father and mother I when I vl visited them In fn Toronto to perform perform per per- form tonn the hardest and saddest duty I have hao ever been called upon to execute to to confirm to them In fn person the tidings of ot poor Pauls Paul's death The other British pilot who fell tell was also from my sq squadron adron and a man I knew well wel well Lieutenant Lieutenant Keith of Aus Aus- I had given him a picture of ot myself only a few hours bours before I started started started start start- ed on my own disastrous flight He lIe was one of at the star pilots of or our squadron squad squad- ron and had bad been in many a desperate battle before but this time the odds W were re to too gr great nt for tor him He lie put up n a wonderful won fight and he gave as much muchas as ns he lie took The next two days passed without incident and 1 I was then taken to the intelligence department of or the German flying firing corps which was M located about an hour from the ho hospital There I was kept two days das during which time they th y put put a thO L thousand n and one questions to tome me I was wag there I turned overto over to them theme the message I had written Inthe in tho the hospital and asked them to have one of ot their flyers drop It on our side of ot the line They asked me where I would like to have haye It dropped thinking perhaps I J would give ghe my airdrome away but bUL when I smiled and shook my head hend they the did not Insist upon upon an answer Ill drop It over declared one of Dr them naming my airdrome which revealed ren-aled to me that their flying corps Is a as efficient as other branches of ot the I service in the matter of at obtaining valuable valuable valuable able information And right here I want to say say- that the themore themore themore more I came to know of ot the enemy enemy the themore pore more keenly I realized what a difficult task were we're going to have haTe to lick him In n all aU my subsequent experiences the fact tact that there Is a heap of ot fight left leftIn leftIn In La the Huns Buns still was thoroughly brought home to me We shall win the war eventually If U we dont don't slow op up too soon In the mistaken Idea that the Huns Buns are ready to lie down The flying officers who questioned me were extremely anxious to find out all they could about the part America Is 18 going to play In the war but they evidently came to the conclusion that America Amerio hadn't tak taken n ma u varv T 1 Ko 2 66 Squadron Flying Cores oE I t C l i II I 5 f 2 I E-I-I 9 I 2 arc S R. 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V The Prison Camp at From the Intelligence department I Iwas Iwas Iwas was conveyed to the officers officers' prison camp at in an automobile It was about an hours hour's ride My y escort was one of the most famous flyers In Inthe Inthe inthe the world barring none He Be was vms later killed In action but I was told by nn an English airman who witnessed his last combat that he fought a game battle and died a heros hero's death The TIle prison which had evidently c been a civil prison of ot some kind before the war W was S located right In the heart henrt of The first bun building dIng we approached approached ap ap- ap- ap preached was large and In front of ot the archway arch which formed the main entrance was a n sentry box Here we were challenged by the f sentry entry who vho knocked on the door the guard turned the ke key In the lock and I was admitted admit admit- ted We passed through the tho archway and directly Into a courtyard on which which- faced all nIl of ot the prison buildings the windows of or- course being heavily barred burred After I had given my pedigree my my name num age address etc etc I I I a 1 was shown n to a cell coll with bars on the win win- l Wi Qt ov overlooking this courtyard I 11 was promptly told that at night we were ere to occupy th the these thee e rooms but I hud had I already n y surveyed cd the surroundings account of ot the number of guards and the locked door out outside and concluded concluded concluded con con- that thal my chances of ot getting away W Y from some other oilier place could berio bo he bono rio no worse worie than in Jn that particular cell As I had no hat lint mv my h helmet lwin being the time I only thing I had hud worn over the lines I was was- compelled either to go o hare bare leaded headed or wear the red cap of the Bavarian whom I had shot down clown on that memorable day It can be Imagined Im Im- how I looked attired In a 11 British Brit Brit- Ish sh uniform and n a bright ht red cap Wherever When I was taken my outfit arou aroused lc considerable curiosity among the he Belgians Belgian and German soldiers When n I arrived d at prison that day I still wore this cap and as I was taken into nto the courtyard my on overcoat covering cover cover- fn ing ng my uniform all nIl that the tIle British officers who happened tt to to- tobe be sunning themselves In III the courtyard could see seo was the red cap The They afterwards after told me thc they wondered who othe the bug Hun TIun was with the on his hl mouth This cap I managed man ed to tor keep with me but mt was never neer allowed to wear It on the he walks 1 we took I either went bareheaded bare- bare leaded headed or borrowed a cap from some other ther prisoner ner At certain artlIn hours each duro the prisoners pris- pris ners were allowed to mingle In the Cle courtyard and on the first occasion of this kInd I found that there were 11 officers Imprisoned there besides cs myself my my- self elf I They Illey had here interpreters interpreters- who wIto could speak peak nil all languages One Ono of or them hem was a n mere mero r bo boy who had been heen born orn in ht Jersey er City N. N J. J and Had lind pent spent all hl him lif life In America until the ie beginning of nf J. t. Then h he moved with hi his folks to Germany and when he ic became of military 1 age tin Huns forced him into lute the tho- army I think If Uthe IF U IFie the ie truth were known he would much rather ather have ha boon been ti fighting for fur America than tian n against t her I found that mot of or the th prisoners remained at nt only two or three days s From Prom there they were invariably In- In variably taken to n- n nin in the interior Inte- Inte lor of Germany Whether It was wan wa because I was an nn American or because I was wa-j as a fl flyer er I dont don't know but tl this s rule was not followed fol- fol owed lowed In my case nsf cas I remained there tWo wo weeks During this period was RS constantly constantly con- con bombed by Uy our airmen a single day or night passed without one or more air raids mid In the two weeks I was there I counted 21 ZI of or them The TIle town own suffered a great t deal of or damage Evidently our people were vere aware that the Germans had hadl a lot of troops concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- in this town and besides the tho headquarters staff was WM stationed there The kaiser himself while I was In the prison I was told by byone byone one of oC the Interpreters but bat he didn't call all on me mp and for obvious reasons 1 l couldn't cull on him The courtyard was not a very popular lar ar place during air raids Several tin times Imes es when our oar airmen raided that section In the day time I went out and watched the machines and the shrapnel Del nel el bursting nil aU around but the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans did not crowd out there for their own wn antiaircraft guns were hammerIng hammer hammer- Lag Ing ng away to ke keep p our planes pianos a us as high In n the sky as possible and shells were Ukel likely to fall in the prison yard any moment Of course I watched these battles at my own risk Many Inny nights from rom my prison window I watched with peculiar interest the air raids carried on and It was a wonderful Sight eight with the German searchlights playing on the sky the flaming onIons onions on- on Ions ons fired high and the burst of the antiaircraft Jun guns but rather an nn uncomfortable uncomfortable un un- un comfortable sensation when I realized that perhaps the very next minute a bomb might be dropped on the building In n which I was a prisoner But perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps all of ot this was better than no I excitement at all for prison life Ute soon soon became very monotonous One of or the har hardest est things I had to endure throughout tho the two weeks I spent there was the sight of tho the Hun machines flying over knowing knowIng knowIng know- know Ing that perhaps I never would have another chance to fly and I used to sit by the hour watching the German machines machines machines ma ma- chines maneuvering mancu over the prison as lIS they had an airdrome not far tar away i and every afternoon the students students students-or or orI I took them for students because their flying was very cry poor poor appeared appeared over tha the tow tows i. i One certain Hun seemed to toI I particular satisfaction action In flying nying I right down OT over r the prison nl nightly for tor formy torI I my special discomfort and benefit It seemed as If It he knew an airman Imprisoned Im ha- there was vainly longing to try his wings again over their lines tines But I used to console myself by saying sayIng say- say Ing Ins Never Ne mind old bo boy there waRI was waR I never a n bird whose wings could not notI be clipped If they Uley get him Just right I and your our turn will w ill come some day One night there was an exceptionally exception exception- I ally heavy heny air raid going on A number number num- num I I ber her of German officers came Into my M ro room m and nd they all seemed very much i frightened I Jokingly remarked that j jit it It w uld be he fine If our airmen hit the theold i I old pr prison the prison the n-the the percentage would be bevery bevery I Ivery very satisfactory one satisfactory one English officer 1 and about ten German ones They didn't seem to appreciate the Joke however and Indeed they were ap ap- apI apparently I patently too much alarmed at what was going on overhead to laugh even I at their own Jokes Although these night raids seem to take all the starch out of ot the Germans while they are going on the officers were usually as brave as lions the next nest day and spoke contemptuously contell of oC the raid mid of ot the night be before I II I saw thousands of soldiers In Cour- Cour j trai mal and although they did not Impress Im urn- press me ns as having very good or abundant abundant dant food they w were re fairly well I clothed I do not mean menil mean to Imply that I conditions pointed to an nn early end |