El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-02


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I craft protective scheme had been
worked out to almost perfection by
Fritz.
For the whole ground literally
q seemed TO belCh flashes and smoke.
{ I have seen Vesuvius in action and 1
I assure you that at the moment flying
over its top low down seemed to be a
/ safer proposition than flying over
I Blanckem.
! The station must be located. There
! was no turning back without the in
I formation And there was only one
thing TO do and that was 20 get down
Z still lower.
Suddenly I sustained Earring
Z shock. I knew I had been hit But
I there was no occasion TO feel for the
Z wound that my brain could not locate
! in the dizzy spell that followed for q
He spots The station.
Recovering, months OF training and
/ experience at home and back Of the
Z lines came TO the fore and worked
/ by sheer instinct. I shot down.
/ I must BATTLE the Arches"
] Round and round 7 spiralled. They
! had a dizzy time all Of their own in
Z following me.
} I called upon my entire repertoire
I OF stunts-right and left hand turns
j zig-zags, straight dives and what not
Z Fritz was firing wide Of me and
! trembled with JOY at the realization
J Nearer and nearer came supply de-
| pot in my sight-2000, 1900, 1000, 500,
I 900 feet.
{ Vow il was wonderfully clear.
I saw fully two score Of newly built
I sidiuEs. Freight cars Jammed them
I Freight sheds dotted the big yard
+ here and there. The tracks were
I jamne ed with cars. Heaps Of goods Of
all kinds were stacked around and
about. I made ammunition dumps.
I found my hand reaching for the
bomb releasing levers.
One more turn round-30O feet only,
/ 7 looked through the observation
! glass. saw the station come into the
Then I swung around sharply and
watched the bombs falling 1t was at
that moment that 7 had been hit as
noticed the blood streaming down my
I wounded arm and the pain in my
As the bombs struck the roofs be-
I low there ere two large flashes and
! Immediately the whole Of the build
I ings seemed to collapse like pack
I of cards There was a veritable in
I feriO Of flames and black smoke.
The Getaway.
J A wild citation gripped me. I had
I disObeyed orders, but I had done the
! work that a whole squadron might
D have been proud to accomplish IN
: destroying that ammunition store
! single handed instead Of just bring
! ing back a confirmation Of the report
| Of its having been established
As I turned the plane west my
pride collapsed, so sick. dizzy and
/ faint was I from loss Of blood. Luck
lily I had enough strength to guide
the machine and zig-zag back up into
the clouds. Once there, got the con-
troll stick betW cen my knees and got
my rum flask out with my still ser
I viceable hand. I drained 1t to the
I climbed and climbed until I
I reached the bright sunshine above
the clouds Every moment Of mine was
I now mechanical as ] spun along back
/ toward home. 1t was revlving shock
to make out plane far ahead ana
above me.
I dropped to the clouds again and
| the chap missed me
With a last effort 7 swung Il
around until a clear. open space was
[ ahead. and some 500 feet below /
have a faint memory Of my head fall
| ing back and the control SLIPPING
/ from me.
Somewhere above I must have had a
/ good angel at that moment for they
] tell me the machine glided easily 70
l earth as though under perfect con-
] troll But good as this miraculous
] landing was the wheels struck rut
I and the machine turned over com
pletely.
So that when a party Of Tommies
| rushed to the plane-by the greatest
| piece Of good fortune that had ever
l happened TO an aviator I had landed
| behind our lines some 20 miles from
my headQuarters-and found me
/ hanging by my belt from the seat in a
] HaH Al "a q
/ small wonder that they took me Tor
/ dead
A Week OF Cultivation.
I did not come out Of oblivion for
I a week and when I awoSe in the hos
pital it was cJincidental that the
! commanding officer was there on
I visit Of inspection and / found his
( kindly eyes fixed on me- Beside him
I was an older officer and 1 was rather
I surprised to note the distinctive
marks on his uniform that denoted
/ an admiral Of the Royal navy.
It must have been feeble smile OF
/ recUgnition-that Of mine
How do you feel Williams?" said
| the admiral THE commander has
| been telling me about your flight and
] your accident I'm afraid you've been
/ a long time getting over il. They
] seem TO have peppered you.
a long time sir?' said /, surprised.
"Oh. a week. We thought we were
| going 10 see you peg out once OF
| twice"
Suddenly 7 remembered everything
/ and I grew frightened.
/ 'I'm afraid, sir I ventured, chat
] I disObeyed orders. got so mad
| when those fellows hit me that
| could not help trying TO get my own
! back but 7 have got all the guns in
my mind and / can remember where
they are"
The admiral smiled Eravely and
could read fin that blessed old smile
I that I wasn't going TO be punished.
"No need of worrying about the
| guns, my boy" said he, because what
! they are protecting exists no longer
] You did a rather complete job on the