Show Aviators Learned to Avoid Decoy Balloon I Life Lite was full Lull of surprises mostly for the aviation forces during the World war as related Inthe in inthe I Ithe the war diar diary of a young ayoung American Slyer flyer In Liberty For instance he lie wrote Theres a Hun balloon that's rather close to the lines They al always always ni- ni ways pull down the others when they eee see ee us coming but they leave this one up It looked like ens easy pickings and we asked the commander If we couldn't drop down dow and get It some Mme time when the wind was with us strong He TIe said hed he'd investigate and that wed we'd better beUel leave balloons alone until we were Bent after them because the they were very dangerous toys lie ITe got ot word from the brigade that this balloon is a dummy the diarist further recorded and is there as a deco decoy About four batteries have it ranged he lie explained and instead of or having in a passenger basket its it's loaded with and as ns soon as some orne m sucker Bucker dives on It the Huns will explode explode ex ex- it and that will be the last heard of him This Is certainly a R anice anice nice frendly little war war |