The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-08
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CONSTRUCTING A|M'RAH
Special Correspondent to
Chicago News Sees Vic
tory Gained in Air.
MUST KEEP SKY FREE
Fine Records Are Made
Against Hostile Planes
by French Filters.
MUST KEEP SKY FREE

The greatest aid that the United
States can give to the allied aviation
service is to send to Europe as many
aviators as possible, specially trained
for flying combating aeroplanes. or
machines of attack. and to specialize
in the manufacture of small swift
monoplane machines for fighting pur-
noses. says special dispatch from
Paris to the Chicago News. France
and Great Britain are already well
supplied with excellent heavy ma
chimes for observation, bombardment.
Photographic, artillery fire regulating,
and other general war purposes. They
also have wonderful combating aero
planes, and the finest possible pilots,
but there is always a call for more
fighting aeroplanes and more fighting
pilots.
The supremacy of the air, Is based
upon the strength of the fighting avia-
tion and belongs to the side which has
the fastest machines. and the most
daring and skillful pilots. 1t is the
task of the "aeroplanes de chasse" to
keep the sky swept clean of enemy
aircraft. 80 that the observation, ar
tillery regulating and other real eyes
OF the army" machines may do their
work safely and efficiently.
OF course these latter are well
armed and can. if need be, put up
good defensive fight, but their real
protection must be carried out by the
fighting pilots. An observer cannot do
his work rs well as it should be done
ii he must continually be looking
around for attacking enemy machines.
and IL he is forced constantly to
watch the sky as we'll as the ground.
And not only do the fighting pilots
guard their comrades on observation
work, but they keep hostile Observa-
ton machines from crossing the lines
and carrying out their operations.
All the warning powers are making
a considerable effort to perfect their
fighting aviation and to have in their
ranks as many ACE" fighting pilots
as possible. In France a pilot who
succeeds in destroying as many as five
esemy machines Is mentioned by name
In the official communicates. also In
Italy. Belgium and in the hostile lands.
Russia names In its communlques
every aviator who brings down hos
tile aerOplane. England does not men
ton her fighting pilots. and 1t IL only
by closely following the official pub
LEGATION oil army citations that one can
know approximately who are British
"ncDs."H ~
jacques NtOrtane. editor OF the
Guerre Aerienne, the leading French
weekly review devoted to war aviation.
has compiled q complete list of the
aces" of the bclligerent powers. and
has kindly made me n copy. which |
give herewith. It should be interesting
TO Americans to know by name the
aerial competitors the United States
aviatora will meet In Europe. These are
active French aces" with their rec
ords of hostile aeroplanes destroyed:
Capt. Guynemer, as; Second Lieut..
Nungesser, %; Capt. Heurta,H. 81;
Lieut.. Deulin and Lieut.. Pinsard. IL
each: Adjutant Medon. Second Lieut..
Navarro, Second Lieut.. Chaput and
.Adiutant Jailler. IL each; Second
Lieut. Tarascon and Second Lieut..
Ortoli. II each: Second Lieut.. Lufber-
nv. the American lace" of the l-afay-
cite escadrlle. 10; Adjutant Chainat
and Lieut.. de 10 Tour. each; Second
Lieut.. Wallet. Adjutant Casale and
Capt. Nation, s each; Adjutant Vitalis
tmachine GUNNER. Second Lieut..
I.anguedoc, .Adjutant Douchy, Second
Lieut.. Loste, Adju,ant Sayaret and
Capt. Anger. each; Sergt. Flachaire,
Sergt. Soulier, Machine Gunner Martin
and Adjutant f'onck, each Second
Lieut. de Bonefoy. Adjutant Bloch,
Lieut. Gastin, Second Lieut.. Regnier
second Lieut.. Borzeky tobserver),
fpy,n china
Capt. Derode and Sergt. Boyau. ; each.
In addition to the above aces"
there are more than 400 French pilots
who have each officially destroyed
from one to four hostile aeroplanes.
French aces" slain or prisoner In
cudc: Second Lieut.. Dorne. % planes;
Adiutant l4cnoir IL: Second Lieut..
Sauyage, q: Second Lieut.. de Boche-
fort and Capt. Donmer, :; Second
Lieut.. Pegond, i: Second Lieut.. De-
lorne. Sergt. IIanss and Capt. 1econr
Gsrandmaison. each
4 pilot who makes good as II fight
ing aviator well merits special honors.
His work is exceptionally trying and
requires an unusually great courage
and faculty of initiative. The success
of the fighting pilot depends entirely
4upon himself. He flies alone. and gem
orally there Ia no one near him TO Oh
serve whether OF not he does his Work
efficiently. Ii he Ia a brave and con-
scientious flyer when he sees hostile
aernpiane he attacks 1t. Ii he does
not attack, no one but himself know:
why, and he can give, upon landing
any account he pleases of his actions
while In the air. But II he claims (
have destroyed a hostile machine. Il
must be confirmed by the observation
posts before he is given credit for II
500 REWARD. 500