East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-03

10y SEsSi earth are described
by ScrscaA Austet
+" r-ha-e- ?. -.---~i~sn ~ho has for
more rhsn q year been . member of =
FreHea fling ssaadrons and who has
recently Returned to the rniied States on
furlaurh because Of illness
-Please make 1t plain said Sergeant
crehofe. "that | am no, the hero of any
of theseexplolts. We have many beauti-
fal plies in our squadron and naturally |
have heard their adventures with the
enemy discussed at firsf hand
-Pierre Marinovitch. Serbian. who is
my pal IN the squadron and who has re,
Gently bronsht down his eleventh machine
Official. is the Youngest Of the French
aces aud remarka BILE pilot He entered
the service when he was only seventeen
years ed He enlisted in the French
drasoons and later transferred 10 the avi-
aiion service
-on one occasion the Serbian went ON;
with r4her ehasseur machines to protec.
ono Of tie big touring cars which was
roing ~er the German lines % take photo
graphs.
The French usually seEd out these big
machiIses for observation work and photo
raphiag and naturally they cannot pro-
iect themselves so weli as fighting ma
rhine Sc the others 30 along. lowering
near then. and keeping sharp lookout
for the encmy
"Finaily the Serbian saw n German ma
chine following the French machines. birf
the Germa a was keeping long distance
off and was very wise. apparently having
no intention of coming near until a par
sicnlarIy good opportunity ia. do damage
offered itself
The Serbian decided 70 take the initia-
tive aud started out to get him. There
we've uEo men aboard the German ma
chine. ami they had very beautiful
pilot THIS is unusual as generally al
first class pilot wants TO go mp by him
.seif They rather scorn going up as, pilot
with second man But this man was
finished PILOT, always having his machine
under perfect control. very smooth. with
no jerking in his turns Apparently heI
coula 20 aaytbing he warted.
Bsck Again TO Death
..s,. 4- ... - s-,.t,;a,, e.-iad 10
jump under the Germans tan, but his
shots eailed to take effect The last time
the ssrbian tried TO jump under him the
German vent down ip q tail spin. but hel
didn't come out Of it in the usual way
thar Is to say. just flattening out II het
hsd ssne his the Serbian would have got
ESsn % he came out or tie spin. Instead
9e German came but On his side and
~:,S,,;ax IN a spiral. The Serbian tried
10 herd hin aff and they came on face
q face.
sGod Knows how it was. but they
a:,sed each other. This Is one Of the
faoss peculiar sensations tina. one can
bsve In the air. to come on face to face
with q man. each trying to figure ont
wbich way the other j. going to turn.
each 3ockeyiDg for position to shoot and
then miss each other so that the shots OF
neither take effect. i
Having passed each other, each man
sarned and came back as fast as he could
and for three times The same thing hap !
came head on without get
ting eseh other. merely passed and turned
again. Finally the Serbian turned more
qhiclrly than the German. and before the !
Gse1aan could make the turn the Serbian
had shot linn in the back 4
There are. Of course. some collisions, Z
hecansa !. 's t,anaseihie n guess which p
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