The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-28
AIR BATTLES
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 loon and sailed forth under the stars
 asl night on a great bombing expedi- ton during which they upset three German trains bringing troops toward the iron Two of the trains were cont pletely derailed and the engine of the third appeared 10 explode.
 One Of the British pilots during the ra d temporarily lost his bearings He was fired at from the ground, some Of the proiectiles being in the nature of areenish colored rockets In the glare of these he happily saw supply depot just beneath him, whereupon he let 70 enc of his bombs and obtained a direc. hit the depot disappearing in a great flame. All the British ma chimes returned safely notwithstanding the darkness of the night.
 The German machines recently have taken on yariegated hues Pilots re- port encountering them in white, brown and red and sometimes striped most like zebras.
 The Germans have evidently brought, more of their best pilots opposite the British front to meet the determined aerial ofien-iye that has been in prog ress since early in April. Moost O. the machines met nowadays are handi- cd in a manner far above the German average. It Is seldom, however, that the Germans ever attack the British, un1pqe tbor- pufpn,ttba- ti,p,,, n4 Iaopf j1ree to one.
 A lone German pilot. however. took a fatal chance yesterday against a British scout formation which was escorting reconnaissance machines By clever maneuyering at which the hos. tile airman also was an adept, tho British managed to enuce him to at tack one f the machines from be hind. As he did a second British machine dived at the Germans tail and down he wenr one of his wings break. ing off in the deadly descent.
 One of the most thrilling f re. cent adventures was that Of young naval airman who now is attached to the army service With several ether machines he was escorting some bombing planes over the Ger. man lines. when seemingly flock Of geese dashed at them from the clouds. For five minutes tile was hot fighting. In the genera melee the naval man selected ono particular opponent and after brilliant duel he drove him down in flame
 During this fighting the Britisler had become entirely detached from the remainder of he formati-n. See. ing this. three the hostile machines made for him. lie bravely attacked and drove the German leader tumbling out of control. but the other two Ger mans kept up the battle. Tn a few minutes. however, one of these sud. denly flew away and the combat again became duel with the ma. chimes wing to wing. Finally the naval flyer maneuvered into position which gave him the vital opportunity. There was another burst cf fire and down crashed the last German ma. chine
 Di ing certain periods of the fieht- ing the machines were less than 15 feet from the ground The Britisher managed to struggle back to his lines. Exhausted from the fury of ;he | fighting, he let his machine fall in
 landing He was unhurt, however. The wings of his plane had been peppered with bullets. The airman had not realized the fact, but during the fighting he had been fired on not alone by his aerial opponents, but by German infantry and cavalry as wei.