The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-08-09
Air Hero Of The World War Here
Howard Baldwin, Member of the Famous
Lafayette Escadrile, Visits Eureka--Her To the
Charles NJ. Crittenden Fortune Here to
Inspect E~ureka-Croesus Mines

Baldwin had his most thrilling mo-
ments. Collishaw. who was unques-
tionably the best loved man in the
English air forces. was the first En-
glish aviator to fly owe the German
lines at the battle of the Marine in
1914. That he was a remarkable
man is proven by the fact that he
was officially credited with Is Hun
planes. The 58th squadron was the
pride of the English army-every
man in it had to be an ace. This
crack squadron was always placed
in opposition to Baron Richtofen's
flying circus and was moved back
and forth on the front az Richtofen
moved. Baldwin while with this out
fit saw Collishaw twice wounded and
was in the battle when Collishaw
wounded Richtofen. He also saw
the lucky shot which brought the
brave German to his death after he
had sent so many rivals to their
graves. He was one Of the aviators
who took part in the ceremony at the
burial of the Baron. at which mem
orable event the Archbishop of York
oficiated.
He saw Major Mannock, q years
old, who was known the entire length
of the the fighting front as the Mac
Major, fly along a German troop
train and shoot the engineer in the
cab. and then while the train vas run
ming wild zoom down along side of
the flying train and empty his ma
chine guns into the windows. killing
the hapless invaders by the score.
At another time while returning
from a scouting trip over the enemy's
lines he discovered a regiment of
Bosches in a blind road in Verneuil
wood being rushed to attack a weak
place in the English line in Flanders
and, realizing that by the time he
could get reinforcements. if the Huns
were left to proceed unmolested, it
would be to late. he flew down to
within so feet of the heads of the
hordes in grey and flew back and
forth pouring round after round of
machine gun fire into the helpless
and ignorant Huns who are deathly
afraid of an air attack; they wav-
cred, then scattered into the woods,
those who were not lying stretched
motionless in the road. He then flew
back to headquarters and by the time
the demoralized enemy could be re-
organized reinforcements had
reached the English line and the
Huns were once more routed. Such
daring deeds earned him the title of
MAD Major"
Baldwin at another time was in
,one of three English planes who sue
cessfully stood off seven German
Fokker planes. shooting down two
of them before reinforcements ar
rived. and completely wiped out the
German squadron. He was trans
ferred with a bunch of picked aviators
known for their daring to the Italian
front at the time the Austrians were
making their celebrated drive on the
Pave river. Here he won the Ital-
ian wal cross. the Croce di Guerra,
and after the Austrian offensive
collapsed he returned to the great
air offensive at the second battle of
the Marine. While they were 20. 900
feet in the air over a German aero
drome waiting for the return of a
bunch Of German airplanes that they
knew to be out. he was attacked from
behind and vas shot through the
right forearm and left shoulder. He
was about IA miles back of the Ger
man lines and he nosed his plane for
good old New York. His motor was
hit at 5000 feet and he tainted
from loss Of blood. and his plane now
out OF control started down. At
5000 feet a German anti aircraft gun
opened up on him and a shell ex-
ploded within q few feet Of him and
the conclusion brought him to. He
righted bis plane and volplaned to
within 200 feet of the earth. and as
he was going over the German lines