Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-13
BRITISH FLYER EVADES TRAP SET
 BY HUN A|RMEN

British Air Force Headq arters In FFance, August 10.-Brains and quick ness of thought are as necessary to the anman as pluck, endurance and physical skill in aerial ineneuvers. Inc English pilot of single scatter Igh1er Df the latesh type, while cruising all over the German lines the other day, saw below him three SLOW, old-fashioned enemy machines Ilyng steadily westward, as thOugI. to cross the lines into British terri tory.
 Unfortunately the Germans were JOG lar off to be attacked successfully and the British pilot figured that if lhey realized his presence they would fly for home and safety long before ne could get within range. He there lore flew up into the clouds and then turned in the direction in which the enemy machine were moving.
 judging his time, he pushed the nose of his machine downward, dived out of the clouds on the Germans be- meath, and, when close enough to be fairly sure of his mark. pressed the trigger of his machine gun. None of them returned his fire
 Once before the pilot had heard of similar occurrence. This flashed through his mind, and pulling back the control lever he scared up again into the clouds. He was only just in time. for as he vanished into the vapor three enemy scouts appeared. The slow machines were the bait and the BZritish airplane was the ex- pected prey. for its pilot was we'll known and fQa ro1 hV hn in, that part of the line.
 Once he knew that the odds were against him. he no longer hestateo. he came, straight at the nearest chine gun and the hostile machine wavered, then slowly fell into spin. hurtling downwards and crashing far below.
 The odds were still five to one True three of the enemy machines were slow and oldfashioned, and talk en alone, might have been accountd for on by on, but tn addition of two fast-flying scouts maneuvered by skillful pilots gave the matter a diff ferent aspect. The British pilot did not wait, but no sooner had one ma chine fallen than he flew at the next, banking, Zooming, side-slipping, ever trying to reach the vulnerable spot of the enemy's armor. All the time the second scout was trying to secure q favorable position to fire at the at tacker and the three old two-seaters were firing long range bursts as op- | portunity afforded.
 For some minutes the competition ! for position continued, each party firing short bursts without definite l results. Then suddenly the deciding | factor arrived.
 Out of the sky loomed a two-seatel British lighter of the latest type. Il was proceeding on a special errand Before the Germans had realized his l arrival the new pilot steered his machine in the midst of the fight IA long burst from his rear gur i caused one, of the German fighters t( stagger in it's flight, then drop its nose and leave the combat. Evidentl!
 the pilot had been hit. Then to 1 charged the Germans. A short skir
 gether the two machines charged
 the Germans A short skirmisl
 ensued before the enemy decided tha
 discretion was the better part of va
 Tor. and put their machines int
 spins to evade their, adversaries' flf'
 in the low attitudes close to eartl
 where the aitiaircraft batteries Woul'
 protect them.