San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
AIR
titles WILL
ENTERFL|GHTS
American and British Aces
and Trophy Winners
to Fly Here.
FIVE RACES PLANNED
Holders of Record Para
chute Jumps Will Also
Compete.

An American Ace of the World
War, a British Ace, the winner of
the Pulitzer trophy in 1922 and the
winner of the Liberty Engine Build
ers Race at st. Louis in 1928, will
be numbered among the participants
in the five airplane races that will be
held at Kelly Field April %, during
preparations for the start of the Ma
tional Elimination Balloon Race.
Capt. b. V. Baucom, entrant in the
fourth race, won the coveted distinc-
ton of ace in the American army by
shooting down five German planes.
He was an airplane observer at the
time, having entered that branch of
the Air Service in order that he
might the quicker reach the front. He
was awarded the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross by the government.
After the close of the war, Captain
Baucom resigned from the army and
re-entered the University of Texas,
where he had been a student before
entering the service. He was also elect
cd to the state Legislature, but after
staying out of the army 13 months, he
returned to the Air Service.
squadron that participated in the
bombing operations at Langley Field;
Va, during the first tests conducted
to determine the effect Of bombing
armored war ships.
British Ace Now L. 8. Filler.
Lieut.. ]. S. Griffith became an ace
in the British Air Service by ac-
counting for seven German airplanes
and two balloons. He was member
of the British army from 1917 to
1920. During that time, he served
nine months on the French front,
seven months in Russia and seven
months in Egypt. =.
He was commissioned in the Air
Service of the United States Novem..
Der 1, 1921. and came to Kelly Field
May %. 1923. He will fly an SEQ
plane in the race. the same kind OF
ship that he used in fighting the Ger
mans. -,
Lieut.. r. L. Vaughan, who will
pilot an MB-3A plane in the fifth
race, is one of the most widely known
pilots in the United States Air Ser
vice. He won the Pulitzer race In
1922 and has made two efforts to
cross the country between daylight
and darkness. He expects to make a
| third attempt to complete a daylight
TO darkness flight across the country
next June.
Lieutenant Vaughan was also a
notable member of the Air Service OF
the American Expeditionary Forces.
During the war. he was officially
credited with shooting down four
German airplanes.
New Fliers to Compete. .
Lieut.. Clements McMullen. one OF
the alternate pilots in the fifth race
won the Liberty Engine Builders
Race at st. Louis in 1923. Capt. "A.
NJ. Guidera, an entrant in the fourth
race. won a place in one OF the Punt
ger races.
Competing with these and other
veteran pilots will be officers who
completed the course of instruction
at the Air Service Advanced Flying
School last January.
The speed that will be made in the
different races will vary from 20
miles. the average speed of the heavy
Martin bombers, to almost $50 miles
| per hour by the MB-3A planes. q,
One of the features of the aerial
demonstration will be the parachute
jumping. Four enlisted men, Master
Sergeant r. W. Bottriell and Cor.
moral C. +. Conrad of Kelly Field and
Sergeant q. f. Davidson and Private
]. NJ. Loge of Brooks Field, will make
parachute jumps.
Hold Parachute Records.
Sergeant Bottriell is parachute In
structor at Kelly Field and has made
numerous jumps from high attitudes.
An account of record jump he made
at Kelly Field as related in the "kcl-
" Field Eagle a weekly paper pub
lished in 1918. reads as follows:
ar. W. Bottriell. daring Kelly
Field soldier. established a new alti-
tude record for jumping from an air
plane last week when he out-I awed.
Law and jumped from the fuselage OF
shin at 1900 feet. The stunt was
one of the boosts for the fourth Lber-
ty Loan
Corporal Conrad recently set what
was said to be record for altitude
Jumps from airplanes not equipped
with sunerchareers by jumping from
an altitude Of Of roo feet.