Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-03
Body Of Lieutenant VosSeI
Found Where 1t Had Fallen
Inside British Lines After
Combat,
MACHINES MANEUVER
WHILE BULLETS FLY
English Airman Finally Gains
Vantage Point and PourS
Storm Of Shot Into Adyer-
Sary,

| tsy sossisa JOURNAL SPECIAL Leased 'Nssl
British Headquarters in France and
Belgium, Monday, Oct THE body
Of the famous German aviator. Lieu
tenant vosse, who was recently re-
ported in German official commun-
ication as missing, has been found
within the British lines and British
| airmen have already dropped mes
sages behind the German front, giving
notification of his death,
yosse was killed September 2S,
while engaged in a spectacular COM
bat with British airmn. 1t is
| peculiar coincidence that the famous
French airman, Captain Guynemer,
lost his life about the same time in
battle over enemy territory and was
reported missing until the Germans
found and identified the body.
story of Great Combat.
The opponent of Vosse is one Of the
most brilliant British aviators who,
| for the purpose of this narrative,
may be referred to as Brown--that
not being his real name, Here Is the
story:
A number or British planes were
patrolling on the 23rd. flying al
| height of 1000 feet, when one OF them
was attacked by German red-nosed
Albatross and triplane. It appeared
later that Vosse was the pilot of the
| triplane. Two other planes rushed
| up and enhaged these two, with a
third enemy scout who appeared on
the scene. About eleven other enemy
airplanes were waiting at a distance
to join in the fray but did not attack
as some ten British planes were cir
cling about keeping them off.
Hard Fight Ensues.
The third enemy scout who had
Joined in the combat vanished but the
Albatross and the triplane fought in
wonderful form Brown singled out
the triplane and hard fight ensued.
Brown got in number of good bursts
from his machine gun and several
times had to change drums on his
gun, so furously was he firing.
For long time the two opponents
circled, dived and maneuvered for
position and so close were they at
times that only few inches separated
their wings. Eventually Brown got n
little above Vosse and made for the
triplane, the British airman working
his machine gun steadily all the time.
vosse passed Browns right wing
by inches and dived The British air
man wheeled into position and OBJ
served the German gliding westward
with his engine shut off. He dived
again and got good shot at his OPP
ronent; then followed this with a
heavy burst from his gun and Nosse
did a slight right turn and continued
to 20 down until he disappeared
This ended the adventure SO far as
Brown was concerned, He flew away,
not knowing who his opponent had
been or what had become of him.
Later the shattered machine was
found and the body identified.
Many Battles i'm Air.
There has been much hard fighting
in the air recently and the aviators
have had some remarkable expert
ences. One British lieutenant, fly
Ing ldSL littu Juot All SOh
the enemy to pull down a big balloon
when he was engaged by machine
guns from the ground. He dived on
the gunners and fired more than one
hundred rounds, dispensing the crew,
who fled, leaving two of their number
stretched on the ground. Continuing
onward, the lieutenant had nine sep
arate combats with enemy planes.
Eight of these were indecisive but in
the other case he prooght down the
German.
In this last combat he got right on
the enemy plane, first killing the OBJ
server, then firing into the pilot and
engines. The enemy plane spun
down to earth. The British airman
engaged In still further fighting and
returned home very much shot about,
one bullet having pierced the ear pad
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