The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-12
COL. BISHOP, GREAT BRITISH AGE
 TALKS INTERESTINGLY ON FLYING

in the Americans fighting on the ground.
 Quite a number ot most interesting pictures were shown, taken, many ot them, at heights of from Is. 900 to 24,- 900 feet. Every detail was clear. The city of Ypres was shown before and after the terrific bombardment to which 1t was subjected. Parts of the famous Hindenburg line were shown, Messines ridge, Vimy ridge, photographs of German territory, de- picting ammunition dumps, and Hun aerodromes They were very dis tinct and intensely interesting. Fields closely pitted with shell holes, vil- lages where only the foundations re- mained, for, as the speaker said, You can't shell away a hole in the ground"
 Col Bishop related in detail the manner in which he got his first Hun and also told number of hair breadth escapes he had had from be- ing shot down himself. One expedi- tion was for the purpose of destroy ing German observation balloon. He was trying to locate it when a flash of red warned him that one of von Richthofen's famous circus was after him. Although 1t was too bad to do one of won Richthofens men dirt, I had that Hun right in the middle of my telescopic sight and he went down. Before 1 realized 1t, however, found that my engine had stopped and I was perilously near the ground over the German lines. Bull lets flew around me but glided along as best as I could, hoping I would be able to reach home.
 l My machine finally stopped on a 1 little knoll and I hurriedly got out and f1attened myself to the ground and got into Q shell hole as fast as ] could. Judge my joy to see 8 party of Tommies creeping up to me. never was so glad to see khaki in my ! life. They informed me that I had i fallen in No Mans Land and that not i two hours before the Germans haG been retreating over the spot where I landed"
 His most famous exploit, which was also his last fight, Col. Bishor kept for the last of his lecture. H. had been ordered back to England l and the morning he was to leave went out looking for just one more He then had CT Huns to his credit He had not been out long when he l espied three. Engaging one of then he shot him down. One of the oth l CTS evidently losing control of him i self momentarily to see his comradt fall, turned and in so doing crashed 1 into the third man, both going tt earth. Col. Bishop then skiIlfull, maneuvered and got his fourth man and the fifth, as he said evidentl! decided he was wanted at home abou that time so he started immediate ] ly. He was soon lost to sight in cloud, but in an incredibly short space of time a two scatter appeared anc 1 this too fell victim. The who'll amount of time consumed in this ad venture was but 12 minutes.
 In closing his talk Col. Bishop sait that the real character of the Hu1 was the same as when the war start
 ed. This we must remember, must no forget. He told of the atrocities tn
 Huns committed in the last few day
 of the war, and asserted that the at
 roctties were every bit as bad as the.
 had been said to be and that thi statement had been proven to be tru
 without a doubt. He said furthe that he was not sorry he had lzille, as many Huns as he had but that h
 wished 1t had been hundreds an,
 hundreds. At the conclusion of hi
 talk, he was heartily cheered by tn
 audience