Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26

ator saves his life and downs his his op-
ponseIi by his own nimbleness o. MIND
wings. II is the custom of the one
scatter spads to fly circles around the
i ~ -" and The Nieuport fsh liter,
he control stick. is, therefore one OF
the most farcred OF fighting machines
however. have shot down low, 'GG German
planes Pr while fighting defensive bat
fls frSm Their ESs spo,tinE or pho,ographc
Erwin. OF Chicago. and James w. Cor
, N.Y.. OF ,,s MaIr I,,' Ga. the former a
tenant Erwin. incidentally. had eleven
tough baules in seventeen flights over
me EerAnan lihe2 in the offensive.
ne. was the day we We're attacking
the Forest dc Nesles. Got up at 4so
W again 80 sp an sI t Hny' u q W ssd
Lunch nn, \, a; at ID r. In tie 7:5o aisht we
tenant NasconcelIs derry {. vascon-
on my TAI anG ~n sbo Gaq bil GermnH
ne hadn'. done that l would not have
h hen. there here to make the. ii o'clock
ii .rrap with nine or ten Fokk aT not
y, NH IN mis- Sight we got into an ad-
Hi nr Sn. pbo s,n for little shoot
Icing nm have it with my gun /
many .ha secop mad MT him. and It wasn't
while l was shooting upwards. Lieu
H y.a@ SasSy was Id r. E ~
Ssn II 5haf had hgh, 'G or the 60 Isl 'Sa5
nothing but sleep sleep" after iunch did
After such encounters 1t is not un
c csuai &c tor a., one of the big machines to
me repair boys amuse themselves nv
r;rr'ss sd Iron Crosses on the canvas
Coriey has the record Of being shot M
oi the battle with the eighteen Fox
kcrS he tells his share:
Il didn't know how badly NV shin
was hit until afterwards: there were
a iipb, 100, 100 holes in her. Early in tho
controls. and after that it was im nnos.
siIpde 10 40 anything else but just
80. with the rudder heIn,ess we
gnued towards the American lines. We
saw one likely field on the northern
nahk OF river, and were about TO
and decided to try for The snntb bee
bank. Lucky for us We came down
IN IN q fh soF h OF mo mans land" but closer
and Topped into a shell hole. or
course we lost our machine. The boche
hrtiiierS opened up on it shortly after
we got out.
NINE BULLET HOLES ~
CLOTHES WITHOUT A SCRATCH
There were nine bullet holes in NV
teddy bear taviation talk for The fur
lined overalls the men wcar), and
snail never forget how I felt when
the bullets were Tipping on my knees.
But | didn't get a scratch"
- Whiie ne was saying this. Lieutenant
SSorley unbuttoned the flap Of the right
M mhnr. p ,%are -, Of his tunie. showing
lining of the flap and on tho cloth il
HID. One bullet had passed between
the Hap and the pocket, but had not
made hole In either.
light" Lieutenant Corley continued.
but OF course we could not get anv
confirmation for it either from the
ire Gn, or Americans You see. we
When we so up it is on a mission.
and we have to carry out our mission
at all costs. but the loss of our pho
tographs or tho information we are
after, SO when 1t does happen that
4 biplane pilot or observer shoots down
Il Hun no one thinks Of giving him
credit for ii, because it is not in his
line"
During all this time the field was
full OF movement Some of the avia-
tors with whom 1 had talked were now
away photographing the German lines,
and before left the field an hour
eras. From a nearby chasse base
there were patrols of monopianes go
ing up frequently. and once Liberty
rocket signal. a minute later a little
Spad shot UP and climbed over 1t and
the two went towards Germany:
One Of the returning 'biplanes
wynn. Pap to our hangers. IIe Is one
the offensive. THE day 1t started"
sed oa ssM q. d as sn.m sunss