Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-06
DROPPING BOMBS ON
THE ZEEBRUGGE MOLE
OlT~"rycrs own story ~ Right over
BuIgian iuHSi ana Attack on
German sub IiH-".

AZ EAST CDhtT rCRT. Spg ?.
Heroes n the Buu.u aYr .rr.Irr are
auuuJmoua D''Iis" To" T. A f.
boi"g,H lu trrUW0rk ana holds that
ihc star sysirm iruusoa IurIpu|y and
makes "a man go uui ioU h.a own
record ana NOT that ~ his squadron
This. ia the th'or, back u m" ruling
that makes II impOsHhIJ for me 20
sign ~ this story the name ~ TO"
yuung .LunHaumau vino Dictated
TINS account Of his rI,rr3HfU raid
On the famous Mole AT Icclrurpr,
ON" NJ tI" mort carefully offended
spUiA IN thu world Hp5ilrEr AIR u'-
ta"kA hooauso me Mole mlErs pos
slbI" tho rutriuc" and exit ~ Ger
IuHu subs and dostruycrs into tho
EruPc3 canal At lclsT, this y rs
formerly true. there is COnaid,TthIr
doubt a5 10 whether after the bril-.
liant naval TAid of last spring ~"
enemy have succeeded IN clearing
th" channel The modest young OBJ
server told his story thus
Tho pllOt and I nat IN the great
bombing machine In SILENCE while
on either s,do tho great engines
roarcd
''Tu the right lay the coast and
stretching inland We could see the
star shells and the flash ~ the gun
fire along the lines We had de-
Cidcd 10 go hy the Rra route. and
slowly forged away from the land
~ We climbed steadily We passed
NioupOrt piers well out oyer tho sca.
which lay glitterinE beneath tho
moon
81 watched the coast carefully
and s=lw near Westond" tho rcd and
green stars Of two signal rockets. II
wiIS the German "husiilr aircraft"
alarm. and over Mildrlkcrkc and
Ghistcllcs tho rs"archights began TO
sweep and flicker, and soon the
whole CO0Etlino. ns far ahead Of us
as We could soe. was friuEcd with
the thin tentlClcS ~ light
soon Ostcndo lay ON our right
and We could srb~tfc great basin of
the docks gl"amiug like silver pool
In the moonlight From Ostcudc
again rose the red and green signal
rockets. for our progress was being
closely followed. We flew on and
on. parallel to tho coast and at De
llaau aud Blank kcrbcrgbc again rose
tn" signal rockets and tho search
lights vaInly swept 10 and fro over
the sea,
We were now nearly or Zee
DfNRg", though many miles from
the coast, and for few minutes we
turned out to sea so as To- confuse
tn" Germans when all the search
lights had been eNtinEuishcd We
turned carefully towards the coast
ana drew nearer ana nearer 10 our
objective. | stood up and looked
over the pilots shoulder to find the
MuloV which soon cav, like II
curved black sickle, coming from
the straight line Of the coast
II pointed 1t out to my pilot, and.
leaving my sent, slipped into the
back uf the machine and lay face
downwards on tho floor was now
completely enclosed in framework
of wood and steel covered with can
vas. which Tapped slightly. with the
tremendous rush OF air caused hy
tho prOpellcrS, whose noise thun -
dered all around us, removed the
safety strap from my bomb handle
and slid open a little wooden door
below me In the floor. A great burst
of air came beating up In my face.
The opon door framed a little pic
ture Of moonlit sea, across which
lay tho Mole
at the moment no scarchlights
moved across the sky. The approach
of the machine. was unsupported.
Even as | looked down, however.
saw the shore near the Mole the