Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-11
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tor. wh0. h tSmmphiS Ntpawh ID ths
tor-airman."
These three IN Garticular havA dis.
tinguhhetf' themselves -bn our little
:, trpnt Captain susulgc bas "a lame
FOOT, but he has done some Of the finest
work Of the war In three days he de-,
'nhupSGd' three stations -or ,t.g, rail- cen,
ters which were OF great Importance
TO the 'tcrthans IN path 'tAst he en-
ployed tie tatfa' mtthods. lie flew
over the point he was aiming for,
stopped his engine, did nose dive ID
liY,thhI .: few, ,huplTei, feet 'ef. the
""i'hte" dropped Mis- tBh'band focdway,
safely. Each time lie came back with
the planes of his machine riddled with
- hulitts 'rir cakes 'sii .aw ~ cot of
serath ~ do ~ rhiHg, tAk9 that ~
LlsnteRYaat HayksI wPsipc terror of
the "Avatiks" and tgubes, and he has
been knowti td nfht Three of these big
machi'cs single handed destroying
two and quitting the other one,tn flight
Mr. IiaSk1 Npavd ,fpr a cbsnss 10
e. get mixed up with SspveliB, sad on
= ohc OcqaSoni W. pearly Ializtsl his
wish. srl .u, ,llv .ii.r,..'l
Hl. II WAS "A bTight moonlight plyhti last
summer hen every thlpg was ,as quiet
aud peaceful as one cVuld wish " u l,e.
. a scattering rife Ore could be heard
from The trenches, but there was really
nothing doing at all About . or 10
o'clock We heard The hum VI an engine
away above VS. and We thought. ~
course, II was pn acroplnne. As II
raIue bearer We realized that no aero
plane engine could make SO much noise
~ that, and very soon word was pass
od around TINT there was Zeppelin
above us
Very few II us had ever seen Xcp-
rcIin and We were more than strain.
lng our eyes 10 catch glimpse ~ this
one Judging from the noise ot the
engine II seemed as though the thing
kept circlng around over our cncamp
mcnt hut. try rs hard ns We could
We were unable to catch sight of H.
II had not been over ns 90 very long
before We heard u motor engine start
~ nj the nyiug grounds and word
came around that licutchdnt liawkcf
WAS going up after 10 Soon we saw
an acrup'nnc shoot up over the tree
tops and commence to circle around
gaining altitude every moment II wnS
Gnickly lost 10 view though and soon
the engines ~ the Zeppelin could be
heard no longer, su We concluded that
e IsuI a.. ,.T Ia l,t
few until daylight. hvt much 10 his
dwapp0utmcnt be- failed 20 ind the
Ycpptlin
Another aviator VITO hccnme famous
Was CommHudcr Sampson ~ the Royal
Naval Air S,rvior Al the beginning
Of the var BE- did 80 much damage
with his acruplauc that n price Wns
put upun his head hy the German au.
tAoriIleA We beard that the sum OF
llOrp was offered for Commando
SamySml, dead ~ Spc,r This did no'
make any dycn~cc' n him y" fht NJ
His work WIN concerned aud hc did
lust 80 much damage after the fnci
bccnup known no he did brforc.
Nor was his aJrivity confined To- air
work He had mn nrmorcd car that he
used 20 so out IN. md the cScitinc
event ~ th. day wed to IL 20 watch
Commander Sampsons return liz
s"ldCm fRiloi To hrhE tack prisoners
and the damage he did 10 the Germans
with the machine gun was fearful
Last spring ~c had new type Of
tcruplape como out. and It was MSenn
~ II hecsmc known ~ the British
Scout" and II Nns " this type Of mn
ch,be that Lieutenant llAwkcr defeat
oj three hg German battle planes, II
has n yoty high powered, high speed
engine aud can pull right away from
any other typo Of machInc that aics
II carries one man only. who runs th,
machine and works the gun too, 80 b,
has bis work cut out tur him
Before ever saw q bomb dropplng
ncroppuc ln action used TO imagine
hat The bombs were dcnppcd 10y hand