The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-21
MAJOR LUFBEWYIS
SLA|NDY ENEMIES
Amerlca's Greatest Soldier Of
the AR Meets Disaster IN Z
Y. lll Engagement n 8.
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following citation accompanied the dec,
Associate Of Rockwel .. ,@9t@'\ -.
'Lufbery, Raoul, sergeant with the
escadrille No. 124; model Of skill,
sang froid and courage. Has distin.
gpished himself by numerous long dis,
lance bombardments and by the daily
eombhts which he delivers to enemy
airplanese On July 81 he attacked at
short range b group, Of -four German
airpnhes. He. shot one of them down
nepr our lines. On August 4, 1915, he
yuessss.aed ~ bringing down a second
Oa.the stghtbf of August I.nfbery
added another victory to his list Of
achievements when, he brought down
In flames an aviatik which fell near
Fort Douaumont. During the rest Of
the summer he had two or more com
bats daily. Many times he returned to
the airplane base with his machine full
Of bullet holes. Frequently his cloth
ing was cut. by German missiles.
The daring aviator accompanied the
Inflated kim Rockwell on September
%, when the latter plunged several
thousand feet to his death while ma
neuyerlng TO bring down an enemy fiief
that lowered 1000 feet over the
French lines. When he leafhed Of
Rockwell's death, Lufbery otdeftd his
gasoline tank reflled and win q snp-
ply Of cartridges he again scared
heayenward with the hope Of avehg-
ing his comrades death. But NO
boche machine was to be seen, A
Nearly Lost Life. -. ~
Y During the bombardment Of the
Mauser factories on October 12, 1916,
the intrepid aviator brought down a
three -manned aviatik. This was count
ed as his fifth official victory and
gained him additional honors. Il was
during this raid that Norman Prince
was mortally wounded. "a. H.
After the escadrille had moved to
the Somme battlefield, Lufbery, on
November 8 and 10, brought down two
more German planes. These, however,
fell to Far within their own lines TO
be placed to his official credit. On
December, a., 1916, he nearly lost his
life in bringing down his sixth flier
Of the enemy. Four bullets riddIed the
machine close 10 his body. For this
victory he received the Cross. Of the
Legion" of Honor. 49,
In March Of this year he was of.
eially credittd with bringing his
seventh German aircraft. The others
have been sent hurting to the earth
ut different times since then. vs.,
Lufbery Is a quiet, level headed man,
rarely saying anything. His partic.
ulRr friend in the Lafayette, escadriils
of American tliers is Sgt. Paul Pavels
ka, who also halls from Connecticut,
and who has himself, seen quite a bit
Of the. world. Lufbery has his own
special methods Of attacking enemy
airplanes; he is cool, cautious and
brave and an exceptionally fine shot,
When he was q soldier in the. United
States army he won and held the mark.
manship medal Of his regiment. He has
been cited. in, army orders two more
times since August, 1915.
Military Funeral Today
Today the dead hero Of the French
and American air forces will be ac-
corded full military honors at his
funeral and the citizens Of two ma,
tions, the soldiers of all the Allied
armies will feel that each one Of them
has sustained q. direct personal loss. u