New Britain herald., 1918-10-16

Brgudtev Ge'serGt Chog1es Eyed eyick Lee, Chsef Of the Bystts]' ...dviotio,s Missio's ssorO t,s the United States, kos 1rvisten the fo!lozving article. True to the tefetS of tue Royal Air Force, he says every- fliinq about ike service but not one sUord cbomt hintself. He 's already Q fGnmIidy figure to nsony AnerT- cos audsences. He aud his staf form part of the so-cailed flying e;rcnr," eOhich jowrneys thro@g|' the cir from city to city :" America, Gnd not only e,stltraIIs hundreds of shoasamds of spectators with its feats but ntakes Gn eqNdIIy strong
 ob1eaI to fIc public intelligence xui,er Ike British General |ssntsef
 oscsnds thc platform at,d tells h's
 keareys #, simple, soldterly speech,
 fhc secrets aud achievements ot t'sc
 fyfno 1nen. General Lee says tt1df
 he likes flying better t'ran 2crSf'ng
 or steec],-n.aking, bmt that he 's n''
 G3st' i2s aN three can be test't'ed
 10 by q great m0my people tn oN
 parts Of America. He IS c yo"ng gron to have attntHed such entsf'etce in Its profession, For he eoas born
 Sr Yorkshire OIL July 2md, 1887.
 Ills career is exclusively that of the
 Gy;nv. He uyas educated ct Eton
 axd thr Royal Military Collage ot .Sandiuyst, served i,r fa1mo~s old
 vegi,me,st, the 6oth Rifles, passed
 she ineUftoble fomr gears :'s Ind'a,
 emd helped to strGfe the Boehe |" Vrance n, IoI4 and 1915. He sGvned his Army so"br1q~et, Fds1- Sme Leop Lee, by reaso's of on eT-
 sraordimovy nsonoeseDre he eOotvs6
 Rs nir fighting. Be # remembered ekas he has tzce1,ty-nine German
 hiybEones ard ike occapants to kss eysdit, aud srasy of tue 'se's he ''ds
 sent cyoslsing to en,th nsAst ha0'e Deew experienced pilots, SO, ''' o'- sger to come usscGtlsed through SO ewoav eosssboss, he $ evidently d's Ssgvsan of great during and s''ez- Arnsts5le resowree. One of his Egyfeks rras Co fau Ike q f~tter''sg Reaf. i,s G sseehiHe abporently o"t ttsF eontroI, bas really tempting as S apppoaSsf Co close qwarters assd con- @eq&Gns ~ndo;ng. He $ snsusensely stpopwEGy, ssot osriy zuitk ike general $e&bIse, b~s sask hss brother off, tsnsxs 5sa bosh tk~ Brstssls ard Amer-
 eeam <&sswses. ard ever.s naoyd he has .aDs soy sssey De regarded as the out spEOux< of c svide exaevismee guided ST proDed sheorses.
 The Allies have been fighting the Hun
 @n~ CvS~ four years, and the British Empire has sustained S,s00,oO0 casual
 aSeA. ycs. contrary to general opinion, G4se greatest Nfe-xsver In the present
 War SS the acropIane- Without the Aexopiane casualties increase by leaps sssaa sounds With the aeroplane and
 with supremacy in the air the casualties ~a car aide of the line decrease and the ssnHsaie increases, whereas the casualties msc sh@ Hum side of the line increase and &hx sssor1ls decreases with marked
 SaEf,ss&aty.
 11sere Ss no doubt whatever that on
 Ear Western Front we have a definite
 @kctSaSt an overwhelming, superiority in
 Ehr aiS. If is this superiority in the air s@S1ieh enables us Co bomb Germany and &siog the War home to her, and n,akes 1e possible for an offensive to srcceed &O offensive can hope for success with @us cooperation between all arms and ehs suose implicit trust in the Aviation Service by leaders and men alike AxS SExvx0 Is SPECIALIZED
 Machines have developed along de6- mfEe lines for definite purposes. In tb. @adcn days any machine was used fo~ @nv duty. In those days 1t was on1v necessary for pilot to fly a macb;r. md have an elementary knowledge of SntneT Tfaesers. Nowadays anyone c,n We taught to hy-that is the easiest ,,~+ ~t the training. The difficult part corss Svarh specialization. A pilot has to hs Banght to fly and fight in small s;,o,.- Seater scouts. He has to be taught m highly specialized lines, the art of bomb ans. and last, he has to be taught CO., operation with other arms. This last