The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-04

A little later one o1 our auiono
hiles came out after ne and took rn-
back 10 our sirdrarne. sMost of ml
squadron thought ! wAs los bsynns
6out,. an1 never expected ~ gs.e fns
again: hui NY friend Paul Raney fas
held CIT iha; ] was Ail flghi, and a..
I was afterwards told. said, Don't
Fsnd sor snoiNe- ri'ot; ths. r-lsAr-sr
VIII he hack II he has 20 walk Ana
he knew that TIE only th3ng that keF;
ne from walking u1s the fact fhai cur
own automobile hae been sent oui 10
hiring ne home.
] hsd lots q ihsk ahani thsf tav
and ! hsd learned many fhnrs. one
was not to have too much confiSenoe
In my own ability. one a the men ia
The squadron told me tha. had s,pi-
ter not take those chances that 3.
WAS going 10 Re q long war and !
would have plenty a. opportunities 10
be killed without deliberately wishing
them on myself Later I was 10 learn
the truth a. his statement
Thsf night ny "flchf"-carh squad.
ron IS divided into three fights CON
sisfins a. six men eAch-rot ready 70
20 ou, again. As started To pui on
my tunic noticed thar was lot
marked up for duty as usual
! asked the coiumandinr officer. r
major. what the reason for that was.
and be replied that be thought / lad 4
done enough for one DAY. However.
] knew that Il did pot 60, someone
else from another 'fiEAi~ worla have
10 take my place. and insisted upon
rniar up With ny patrol as usual. and
the major reluctantly consented Had
be known what was il store Tor me
an sure be wouldl'; have cAanse1 his
mind 50 readily.
As il WIS We had only FIVE machines
for this patrol, anyway. because as we
crossed the lines one q them had 70
drop out on Account e rnotor trouble
Our patrol vss Up at =. rl- and ~
to within ten minutes q iAat hour il
had been entirely unevenifui.
Al 80 n rn- however. While re
were flying 81 height q, l2np0 feet.
We observed three other EnrliSh na-
chimes which were shou; 1900 Zee;
below Us pick a fight with nine Hun
machines.
] knew right then thar we were il
'or Il. because could see over toward
he ocean 4 whole flock of Hun ma
hines which evidently had escaped
he attention Of our scrappy COUNTRY
neH below Us
So We dove dowa on those nine !
Iuns.
AT first the fight vss fairly even. -
here were eight ~ Us 70 nine ~ them. .
sui secn the other machines which l
I'd seen In the distance. ani which
rere fying even higher fh2n We were.
rTiyed on the scene. and when they.
turn. dove down On US. fhere wss
ns' twenty ~ then 70 our eight,
-Four a. them singled ne out. was
wing. and they divei night down after
ie. shooting as they came The-
-acer bullets were coming closer 10
le every moment These tracer hui- I,
rs sre balls os IRE which enahie fhe
aooier 20 follow the course his hui .
Is are taking and 10 correc; his ain 4
rcordingly. They d Do more harm +
} pilot II be Is hit than ~ o-Enry 2
,lis'. but II they ~; TIE p5ir0i i1rk. Z
bod night When 8 rna-line czfeAes
re In fight there Is No vay q pat y
ag !; out ], takes less than & inin- 1
e FOR the fabric 70 hu-n - tie oIn-s
"a then the machine drops iiks sn
TOW. leaving O trail os smoke Ike
net. fh
As heir tracer bullets cane closer ie
d closer 70 re ] REALIZED that ny
Isnces q escape were Nil Tier ve.y r1
It shot ! felt. must hl; ne o.
once- some csgx tsfore. whe1 uxs II
ing over TIE une. lad Watched
1t above ne A German nzttl1-e G..
= =; o. frs ard drsd douu u.
rough cur for1sto1 In fz-nes % lts la
y 10 TIE ground TIE Hun WAS CIV b.
: a; such shsr7 angle hat t.oih r
; wings cane c. and a. he ps sd III
thin q few hun3-ec fee. q rne ! szv pa
? look q horror CO kis face Ito
Nos. ~hs1 ] expected frr rno-e-f ~.
suffer 4 similar fate. cou,d rof s..
y thinking C that Ioor Eu-'s las; itu
X q sruay. Iva
realized that NJ o-iy chz1ce f1v "a.
r1ski1E an lC1eiuEn fur-- Tts ~
iDeuve- was irve1te3 u ce-uzn- ifo-
> q the greatest vho ever few and r.
. vks kle1 Il scsu1 so-ne tine h.e- "a
- This tu-1l. vhich -na1e srcce-ss- !
y. h-O1rht o1e C TIER --zcilres f-r
Il IN frc1; - ne. 81. ss be ssti-1 ~
1< barely ten yards szzy. I lad -
; d-op- @ hin and - knsuft i-~-
His uhite face and star1le5 evssr az
! Sill See- he knew teyu1s cues- IN.
: that his lss- DcDsrt h.d ce-s. -.
.zrse kis r.ozi-ic- prevented "a rrk- 2 :
! ain 81 ne. vale ny IN r.ofr.ef 4
ziEht st hiz- NJ frs- trEcer rure- ---,
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