Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-20
Likes Plenty of Work; Takes
on Enemy Planes in Bunches

Putnam now says he was the man
who was RHvcd by Winter. Flying
IN high wind that boro him over
INTO tho cncmyH territory he sighted
TWO G"rmHus below him making 70,
tho fronch Inca lie drove after
ihom and rot ono at 2 1000 yards
heiEhi Thou ne discovered that tho
other German was munocuysrinH
above him and thit higher up Win.
Tor wnH coming down followed by
two moro ~ tho enemy. lie took
holRht 40 meet Winter and tho Ger
mans abandoned tho fight
a curious accident In hlE second
trhi January ~, gave Putnam tho
unpl'S aant sensation Of being ~ hia
HdVorHftles i'rcy IIo made such a
sharp divo after his man that his
machine turned turtle and nlI his
spare ammunition fell out fIe had
fired tho last cartridge from his gun
when the German, wnbhlcd and
crashed about two miles inside the
German lines putnnmE last shot
had done for him.
A werk later he had another mar
row escape whom ln a fight with four
two-Hcntcrs his machine was shot al.
W"7t To piccoA He Just managed 10
dive under his BdvcrEnrics ana plane
back 20 the French lines.
Putnam began work with the
squadron ~ Lieutenant Madon on
monoplnne March H. ana the Hafno
dhy ran Into % patrol ~ 10 GcrmAns
Knowing no I'M the advantage In
speed he decided 20 make a quick oi.
tack thon dive All tho Germans FOL.
lowed him down, one ot them. all
least In a dizzy nose spin, making
the third success officially credited
To him. The next day hc d0Wnod
two-scater In n fight with two. his
gun lammod and no had 10 dive
away from The second.
Takes Them Wholesale.
Ono. Of his longest and hardest |
combats was on April n whom no /
engaged four two-sebtorB during /
30 minutes ono of them crashed |
The afternoon Of tho following DAY
he ran into one ut tho German "cir- |
cuHea.' there wcre ak I'm the group.
and ho got two Of them These made
five adyrrsnrios shot down between
March ~ and April ~ from mon
oplane.
Engaged NJ close quarters with a
tworHeater on May rs no got near
enough 10 zee tho German gunner
lall forward on hls quick flrer when
Ne sent n bullet home. Putnam was
brought down himHelf far the first
time June 2. hut without personal
damage He was She ~ two fight
'rH protecting two reconnoiterlnR
na6hinea when he sighted II Der ,
mans llo Hlrnallcd. but the recon ,
ioitoring planes continued their
'ourae, Two minutes later tho DER
mans came on In two groups one ~ :
i've above ma ono ~ ak below The q
'econnoitering planes dove FOR their a
mes ana Putnam FOR tho first time j
n HIS career gave himself up Tor I
ono or the Germans had succecde ed =
y cutting or tho reconuuitcring
'lhneH. Putnam dove nnb drove him
'own. Another German dove al tho u
econd reconnoitcfer and Putnam n
ollowed him The German nut his 81
ose NJ" which In aviation pnrlance n
means that he made n steep inward d
urn and put three bullets into Put. 4
ans motor. lie got one In return Z,
nat sent flm down IN a crumhlinr !
llde on the wing Meanwhile tho
~ machines In the higher Vroup r.
'ere firing and one OF their bullet, N
.ont through the machine within n
hlt an Inch of Putnam's foot Ills a.
lotor was now out of commission n,
ld he vas looking Tor two dlnas- a
rs az oiice-a fan OF t.0OD wards ln
M tho final bullet Again the Ger. "
ans abandoned Just as thay were N
'out to got him and he mFhaeed
tal Just softly enough 10 bre,s u,
'thing but wood" IN
Shot Five IN Half Hour. eI
The great fight that made Putnam pi
.mous In France wha over tho hat
euold of Rheims on Juno Inn n
tH hour's combat he shot down Il
We or an enemy SQUADRON OF tor
'ohtroFH II was close ana arm
llt work for tho Germans mnnoouv
'ed sklllfully and closed In ON hlr,
nil hc could see pilots plalni,, tn
lelr seats as their machlnes ,ss.aS r.
lu'' MN lie waved his h.ad 10
no OF mem and tho German re-
lrned inc salute In tho thick ~ tho
Rht Al Putnam saws about n 4,
III, no Kept out ~ range AZ bcst bo
luld ana watched closely oyer,
nance 10 fire. Iic finally cot into y
1od position and tho Garman ~, "
nlnes began 20 Tan Five of ther, O
'arhed before the flrht was ovsr 4,
June - Putnam got three on ~
y Fokkerp and tho roxt ds, 49, "
lanes. ''' '''s O.,