| Show AIR FEATS OF THE LAFAYETTE MEN walcott since shot down over german lines tells of comrades daring MAKES DIVE OF FEET we reaches ground safety safely at though all the wires on an his me ma chine his are am L loosened d spend pro 11 holiday tit 1 in air ika W asb ashington ington IN ord evil pictures of the work of the man members derm ot of tile hie I 1 AfY atte squadron aad ad other tile american anna a n aviators act in ID pe france e are given gien la in letters te m which miah or dr charles D walcott secretary of 0 the institution has he re cegred fr from als son E S tt alcott 71 whose an fell I 1 sit ioen here ere be bind the german ral along the cast ern r cronl V the to the work mark of the anami american aviators lots contained in th these letters are all the more interest ing 19 1 9 at thin time in view vie v ot of tile the tact fact that the men I 1 about n whom 1 an walcott wrote have bove just been commissioned in the american america air 11 bertece on am the rec m an diction of general pershing doctor walcott has he received a il dia patch from paris pact informing him that his him ron aon frill ell within milli the enemy lines december 12 ahil while digh fighting g three sin 1 fin after having demolished limited R an enemy two seater etar and ad that his him fate fare 1 Is marear uncertain tail inquiries are be being ag made to ascertain if possible from germany adul whether ther young oun walcott was as seriously injured or not at in a letter dated november 13 in rel response s camme to an inquiry about campbell an aa aviator from chicago who h n was ml reported lost loert young walcott wrote as follows cab campbell I 1 I 1 was 1 in the lafayette E ea ardis rod and they ere are a member of the aam group as squadron 84 so I 1 hove have red the beat about him he was on an a patrol parent with another lisp they attack sit da bome we hallies boches and when it was iles over th the ether other chap was alone be campbell wit was brought down I 1 in gerne german berrit 1 and ad so me reported missing I 1 I 1 believe belle a the ch chap A 1 I be was waa witt with has seen and tackla talked Itna to campbell phell a fattier father or some rome it close to rel nilve it since 1 1 I 1 an another their lisp chap named bulkely was wa brought down I 1 in similar circumstances about the of september ten do alay ago go word was waa received from the anier amer ime embassy that be tad bad mahamed rated with them a aorl prisoner ar in get ger coman many thres there or are many any similar cases where men brought down with mith rippled crippled or ne w wounded dd A escaped pad de by it a narl miracle ool the only sure hung in a when a 4 machine goes down I 1 an fn flana ket or Is seen to lose lame a wing ing or A two 1 w ol 01 por instance thes there are A tw officers la a tho the map group who tire are in the best of at health red dully daily working beveral sma kentle aza ago they were on patrol together grif icar and collided in the flin air one machine cut the tell tail rigging complete plot ly 11 oft air III the other nee PI plane and ad the then the chev pi rated tz 1 one I plane without n ta it and tha other machine with various parts facts of a tell tall mixed amodei ag the I 1 and ad atmaa of one A aid aide of we his I 1 machine A they both landed tied in france one on no his him wheels followed by a capott copo tag ifie or turnover the other quite ile badde doi down ihen be a term 1 n the th anil ad back they are via kenneth more marr a on american america A and aar adr n friend of 0 peto per had bad the CAR coo kence of both his controls let cat in a combat the rudder nod mad elevator at leaving him ruth ing 19 hot but the aheron the lateral ball balloue nue control lunt 4 and ad the muter motor Us he loaded with only a skinned k d ross nou tar for reavoil th anil and lot fot a decoration arsI tor for it dulls divet vertically feet anth another coup chup in A an attack a on I 1 ate bell balkoom ba lIoOM dived for something ilk like 10 feet ell cally end and with f full till motor moho ho on A thereby gaining considerable speed as 84 roil A can imagine he mine came right on top ot of the bell balloon shot aud ad to keep fr boiu hitting it yanked As n roughly ka ad he ha could flattening out mat b his 1 dive in the merest current fr frait aLtion lon of a a arc c ond imagine the on oft the ma am chine ablon when he got home all the ama alrea bad baa several A inches sas in them it lie on cal echi tv of the cubic atla in 1 to lo ili the arruti rate and ad wood mead of tile the love had bit lot anlo ahe it wood 1 to p e the aag g are built to stood am moose e pros ore on the under side tit of heir wank ill in 1 some I man was euars I 1 was trying the other day I 1 made ads mistakes and israel chused the machine to stall and then full fill I 1 in I 1 such ch a way may that the full fall weight was supported appalled by the he ap upper pp surface on by the which 2 eln in most at machines ines lire are suppose in merely ill to support the tha weight acht of the wings whai h in the mahenc A Is in on athe the g ground it lea ca the A iff a aehl 11 built a machine I 1 t the he nen thing to perfection in n po point I 1 at of st tenth reeth speed and climb ing alf power I 1 ve a seen yet of course it a lical and that a 3 hv b they the put 30 cho horse here power in the them the other 1 school ol 01 that a light machine with it 1 a lacht comm motor let depending for ta its success u on lack of weight rather than decess ess of power m may B Y supplant lAmit the he heavier me ma alop chide 1 in t time i at I 1 bettell cant tell yesterday r day tere me bas a review here bers in lanor honor of if Guy namir r and decorations for far the pilots of the group who had won ron the them three arme ame alim r received ad the crol croix do de GI guerre bembera em b ad 0 I 1 the he lafayette lufbery the american nee ace curried carried the Ameri american mck sag ling presented to the 0 by efm mcadoo and the emp lovess of th the treasury department besides beside the two altum aviation lt um emblems emblem of france he it weh waa called to recene recale his decoration tor for I 1 having mg in tile the course of f one day fi old held ceeil combats d six one get 0 lot plane a a 1 in ff lames and ad forced 0 a others le 0 o land behind their lines ov which I 1 ch loeata A thim that he 1 la official cred M wath led with one his thirteenth and that the a thor other live though probably brought do down do not count f for r ha him 1 lk because a there them were A not the necessary m r witnesses it am reu required Ired by the french regulation aviators are not very military the chief of one of the maa ft as ca com A IId to command the mechanics who ho are am plain hrat with tittle rod and steel he helmets it knots tor for the occasion he la Is a bit it ot if a clemand dona amused in A med the entire gathering kidding with the officers the pilots of each of the file esca erca drills were in more or less alss formation most of if them with hands in their pock eta AIR tor for it was as chilly and presenting a mixture of lif uniforms uniform unparalleled in I 1 its pih heterogeneity t e elty every brani banh li or of the service i e represented led endless per personal I 1 ideas As I 1 in dress spent their hear holiday in the air bemuse because of the ackes occasion slon repose expose had been granted to tile the entire kroup grant for far tile the afternoon another group grant lakins over our patrols so that hot after fill the lie review every on one had thy the afternoon to AN AIRPLANE CAMERA j S amri 1 1 e I 1 fills tw tape of c a aich A no doubt will be used by ano am rim rican aviation corps carim met men for since work mark Is attached to I 1 the be arp a and ad la Is opel operated tel by the pulling pit fi ing or of let or the pressing of buttons till the cam ere era I 1 is almost matal atle us ai everything I 1 re can be set act la in alliance aS aate and aid the enari U operation of taking the picture 1 is the cletur pi essing of the button or I 1 the h pulling of the meting tile rain ric makes its an almost perfect low of the ti cran and will be available in the ibe deconn iman 0 nce work r it of at tho the n army ly the it 1 is lonilee led with alb plate and ad n of if c pa cio A b br ALI successively with A out at additional tit A bullish royal calas man no Is in in tiie it clu vide waste a sunny SADAY any which 1 quit an unusual I 1 t this his month ill with within a half hour every machine that was waa in 1 work ing order was man in the air forming into creep and A then off for the lines just joe looking for far tr trouble avable voluntary patrol they 1 call 11 it vi tt halh api d in mv my ayea hit as a to the spirit in I 1 the r rh french h aria 1 I tion live service after three years year of war or jo ja another letter britten I 1 millett 1 I tried to give va TOU game idea of the iha strength of a in a letter awhile a while neo go at home people speak of n factor ot of safety meaning the number of times stronger the machini machine Is than la Is naces sarv I 1 far plain living the is a made so no that I a man I 1 can I 1 be bust t it n a matter it what he does in n the air A dive ss kom far and Rs as fast as he can and stop atop as am licit bm tall tally A na h he A I 1 can A it the racket mcke of course motors do stop and if it 11 happi ns over a mount mountain at range well voll avar ka that a J just A he hard it luck lack have had a few patrols air since IRA last t wrote rote one at a big height 4 1000 to 4 5 0 0 m meters to e considerably n q ld erab 1 y ab above oe the cl clouds 0 u d R watch hi ch a almott 1 m 0 0 b hut ut 0 out at the ground around below a beautiful light but beastly cold and a couple when he the rivals clouds were ere low and solid the patrol stave at just the height of the clouds lead hiding biding 1 in ibe them lipping out again to look round mand if it stays stam below the inc enemy Adair aircraft raft guns gem pop pep per it whenever near car the lines line and at a low ath altitude da thit 1 it rather mak awkward ld so the patrol shows ban I 1 itself A as n little itle an aa possible it a lots lota of sport to try to I 1 keep beep with the be patta be behind the chief ot of pit pa see him d disappear 1 apper rod then bump lota into f fog 09 be bank k a low law hanging cloud and ild not but see I 1 a due darn theair then the ilk di d down out u t of 1 abe cloud mon wondering dering zahe h whether r lh the other 11 11 gur far la Is right under rth neath or not at doer dart out at of the cloud rod and see I 1 him ard away 9 1 2 nt at right angles then buck back up rod turn around fast and give her the goat gear full fall speed to catch up and nd so on see a boche bache regulating tim artillery tire fire start to man maneuver en per late into range and ad zip hes out of sight eight la in the clo clouds and ad the rest bert rewe vou he be Is plat platner nur it far back of his him ib lines not it wry rv it dun A I gemas this weather call lia but ios of fun 1 in a letter fron from the front dat dadd d 11 bomber Abr so 30 the following tams passa is A occur one I 1 yesterday was Ila thank mAvIng giving do dm and nd fa praises riders be I 1 the L lafayette be bunch alb tid me and mv partner to dinner A or rather to the f fealt I 1 they have the most remarkable chef obea soup and it fab prepare ad I 1 the he any for far a roost it remark ible ble big bird called the I 1 beer baral bouli by chestnuts and then than a plum pudding a regular american one and d as rood good as af I 1 rier eer tested tasted I 1 sat at at in table with till captain Themi cult icv end L lufbery old and some cron taken an adiv ditrol this morning do de spite a low clouds lat of d fun it mes ducking in and ont of oe the clouds ker keel ing fro from 1 hitting all villor other I 1 in th clouds chavin and ad from com loing the poll patrol A aft a few bathes but all ali had to do was ill to 11 blip up ip on out of might when the he patrol approached arvry no now rod and then their antiaircraft guns gave would imad blaze anav a bit but the there waa no lots of room for far them to al bleg laa and for far us an to kave A the place they were em shooting A at |
