Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12
OLD KfIeHTHO0b SPIRIT
AMONG RIDERS OF AIR
Charge OF Lnck OF Chivnlry Does Not
Apply to Aviation Branches
of Service.
THIS REFERS TO Roth ARMIES
Each Side Makes Immediate Report
Ito Other Concerning Fate of Avt-
ators-Dramatic Experience OF
Pilot, Whose Name Is Withheld.

BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE. September 1l.--"rhoueh
IT has been repeatedly stated that
chivalry does not exist in this war"
esid a British aviator, this does not
apply to tho British and German avia
ton branches Whether it is the in
aiNiGnaiism of our work and it's novelty
or whatever Ii Is that is responsible.
tomcthnr OF The old spri, OF knight
hood maintains among the riders Of til"
mir. When 4 British aviator has to
fesSend in the German lines. whether
IRON engine trouble eor Mcause his
snginc or his plane has hSsn dana rcd
cy antiaircrafl Sunfirc. the next day,
the Germans report 10 us h.s name and
whether h surviveda AND. if'so. whether
he is wounded. We always do the
sam". 1tshas come to be a custom"
Tho reports are made in a manner
worthy of airmen. and they arc the
pnly Accommodation. tan, over pass he
hra 10 .:ripe a, from heir Jrcnches
Wll, Is allied a "n-sGac- bag" IS
frcnped Owe: .nc British lives by Al
Ce:i,,an or over DIE German liu"s by n
British av!ator-rometimc ~h"n lc is
., ,hc midst OF bursting she!ls from
Tue an,iaircrgfl guns Long yt:ramccs /
b.; ATTACHED to :hc iittle clotn bag.
T,:c.::s as they rirouc,t. down to the
sart' from height ,f 1000 or s,V0o
lest. attraet ;ho attention of soldiers in
~" neirhnorhood. ana they run out
TO ct the prize when 4 lands.s
Ii is aiken to battalion headquarters,
rtt:h wires the fact on TO tho aviation
ceaGeuartcrs. whore tho fRte OF com-Nl
ra6e ma sc known n few hours after,}
be >ai left his home nerodrone. and, in
. aa"Ihcr fc~ ho1rs. some one in Eng
H. a nay 'vrow the fate OF 4 relative
Thu, Is ono of the advantages Of
eclou@irg 10 !ho Aging corps" say the
E:ii!sb ,viators 1t may he weeks
before his relatives and comrades know
whether = mar who is missing after a
trench attack or ccuntorattack is a
prisoner or dead. such little kindnesses
as :his don't Interfere with YOUR fight
Ing your best for Your cause; at the
same time. they take n little Of the
savacery out OF war OF course the
rule rd''7S nor apply to prisoners taken
In trench fEhting-only to airmen.
There are relatively few airmcn on
either side, and only an occasional one
rver comes down in the encmy's lines"
eRITIsH PLANES RISE
AT FIRST FLUSH OF DAWN
With tho first flush Of dawn the Brit
,sh planes rise from the aviation
grounds, and frequently, just as a ear
rier rigeor ms kcs circle before orient
Ing his compass they Will mako n circle
before starting out for a reconnaissance
over the German lines All day they
--fre coming and going. and in the dusk
f>evering they appear out Of tho vague
distances OF the heavens returning home
20 roost.
IKE flyers become a type with certain
married. characteristics 70 nervous
man is wanted, and il is time fol any
man who shows any six OF nerves TO
take a rest They Shl NJ Inc mention
IF thsir names III orii II that is not
considered good FOR TIE spiri, Of This
newest branch Of the service OF war
Anonymity is absolute. Everything is
done by the corps for tho corps some
members have luck. as they put il, and
some do not. Is name may not be
given, but his is the most dramatic Of
recent experience.
Ie was a pilot lying in Belgium far
away from the British lines when an
snt!aircraft shell mashed his leg, which
was hit by nifty bullets ana fragments,
thc doctor estimated as the story was
;old 20 500 correspondent, He col
iepsed lin his scat unconscious Ills
machine dropped 81 RICH, angles to the
line OF flight The observer. who WAS
with him, managed 10 hold on by
:lUtching At the machine gun.
They were cnrccninr down - tho
earth with the observer helpless from
his position TO 10 anything. when L.
recovered oonscousness and mustered
strength and presence OF mind enough
20 right tho machine and TO turn Il,
eound IN the midst Of n cloud of shrap-
mel smoke. He was no, going 10 be
taken prisoner. despite his shattered
leg, when he found har the eien which.
Had SO nearly done for him had not
injured ,hc engine or the plane 50
&c made for the ne7ros, aeroaro,nc
There he manasra 10 'ard safely.
But, As he said ne ia MOI dare l., &c,
put OF his scat EntM th> doctor came.
tor fear thai h!s lcg wouli fall OF
He will cct wcl'"
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