Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-05-24
Huns Kill the U. S. Air "ACe"
Over the American
Lines.
PlERCEs GAS TANK
Airman's Only Wound Was Hole
Though the Thumb Yanks Take
Revenge by Destroying Three
Hun Planes.

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with full military honors by French
and American detachments.
Jumped From Flaming Plane.
With the American Army in France,
May 21.-Maj. Raoul Lufbery, who has
been regarded as the best aviator IN
the American service, was shot down
in flames and killed Sunday morning
by a big German triplane which he
was attacking. Ltlfbery jumped from
his flaming machine when 500 yards
above the ground. He had II victories
to his credit. Lufbery's home was In
Wallingford, Conn.
The German machine which brought
Lufbery down was armed with two
machine guns, with an operator for
each piece.
Lufbery's only wound. aside from
those received when he crashed to
earth, was bullet hole through the
thumb. Apparently the same bullet
punctured one Of the gasoline tanks
of his machine.
The German machine which brought
Lufbery down was armed with two
machine guns, with an operator for
each piece.
Lufbrey's only wound, aside from
those received when he crashed to
earth, was bullet hole through the
thumb. Apparently the same bullet
punctured one of the gasoline tanks
of his machine
"Archies" Rock Hun.
The German machine was under
heavy anti-aircraft fire several times
both before and after the air fight,
and one explosion of shell upset the
enemy plane, but it managed to
straighten out again.
It was about ten o'clock in the MORN
ing when German triplane suddenly
descended from the clouds, apparently
because of engine trouble, until it was
only some 1000 meters over the City
Of Toul The American flyers were on
the alert and some Of them headed for
the fighting line to await the enemy on
his return.
Lufbery and the pilot of another ma
chine made after the Germans, who
quickly ran away from the direction Of
the line, the two American machines
following him. Eight mile away from
the enemys line Lufbery was seen to
attack from under the tail, but then he
drew off, as if his machine gun had
damned. Two minutes later he attack
ed again from the same position, and
almost Immediately his machine burst
| into flames.
| Falls in Flower Garden.
! The Americans on the ground and
| hundreds Of French men and women
| going to church along the country
| roads were horror stricken as they
saw the airplane like a ball Of fire
plunging earthward Suddenly they
saw the form Of a man leap from the
machine.
Lufbery's body fell in little flower
| ing garden, while his airplane, still
burning, dropped to the ground 400
| yards away. By the time the first
Americans had reached the spot the
body of the famous flyer had been
taken by the French to the little city
hall, where 1t later was covered with
the French trf-color and great piles OF
roses and wild flowers.
/ With the American Army in France
May 21.-A French aviator shot down
a German plane back Of the Luneville
sector. Two men from the plane were
| captured by the Americans. The Ger
mans came from somewhere In the
rear. 1t is reported, although not con-
| firmed, that this is the machine which
! brought down Major Lufbery. There
has been extraordinary aerial activity
all day in this sector.
Two hostile airplanes have been
brought down by American aviators,
says an official announcement issued
1T American headquarters this eve
ming.
The statement timed at 8 p. m. fol-
! lows:
aside from activity of the air forces
on both sides, the day was quiet at all
points occupied by our troops. Our
! aviators bought down two hostile ma
| chimes"
Downs Third Plane
The German biplane brought down
| Friday by Capt. David Peterson of
| Honesdale, Pa, his third since May 10,
| was conquered after fight five kilo-
| meters within the German lines. Peter
son and another pilot came upon two
enemy machines, one 1000 meters high
and the other 5000. The Americans
each picked out an enemy airplane and
| attacked it.
Captain Peterson. diving on to the
| tail of the one 1000 meters high, fired
| so shots at close range. The enemy
went into a spinning nose dive and
/ crashed to earth The other enemy
| machine escaped.
u. S. Flyer Gains Second Victory.
Lieut. Douglas Campbell gained his