Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-19
CHAPTER NH.

One of tho brightest names in the A. F:
ann ono ,h hha' Of + cant reIa
Kindicy of The listh Aer" squadron lie
was born at Pea Ridge: Ark FIRST r, ass ,Sam,
ktnll,y DESTROYED nine German planes a an,
! brought three more d"wn out 81 rnn'rn'.
for Whrh F Fl Ms@ c n% Knry was not
| spectacular fighter like Luke hut pursued
m", n" ,r,,, way and "f' lnfan,rS maknns
<unrrh record with the American tnrce~ rs
he had don" with the Brush aud MS work
was of even greater military value because
! Of tho cooperation he gave the other arms
uf the service than is indicated ny ms sn'rn-
ind record,
TNHEN there was the early morning
hustle about the hangers. sort
of brisk Importance in which
each of the men unConSciously
strove to emphasize his vitality
and vigor by curt words and snappy
movements-an activity to keep one
from thinking about the possibility that
by night that vigor might be no more
and that what had come to SO many
would that day come to YOU
The Juggling OF puffy eyed mechanics
against the propcllers of cold. obstinate
motors. sputterS roars that half started
and then died hiSSingly the great roar
as first the motor caught skipped ana
then held its note--then the purrlng to
which you listened with every nerve,
the open throttle, the roaring progress
across the ground. the pull ON the
stick and the slow lift into the air-all
of these live again in Kindlcys reports
for the man who was there.
Let's read few more OF them:
September l. 1918.
Locality, Epinoy: height. 1000 feet,
enemy aircraft. FOEker blplane,
Fired 100 rounds at E. A. tenemy
aircrafn before he came hcad-on at
me. Fired head-on at him until We
nearly collidcd. while the E. A. did not
fire He. as well as his engine. was EVIL
IDENTIFY crippled. for his mancuvers we're
poor. while Lieut. Crecch followed him
down until he crashed near Eplnoy.
A great game. that wartime flying,
with an even chance of life or death
and the odds on the better man. Head
on. with all guns going. until one man
went down. just as in the old days an
men stood toe to toe and traded blows
until one blade hit bone. But let's get
back to the story;
September IS. 1918.
Time. 100 a m. locality, west OF
the Cambria: height. $4,000 feet.
Patrol dived on seen z. A. north
of Bourbon Wood. which resulted in a
dog fight lasting about 10 minutes. One
E. A. stalled and l fired into him. He
went down into slow spin. ! fred at
him down to 1000 feet and left him.
because he seemed TO be cut OF con-
troll However, / watched him crash
and burst into flames on the ground.
| AS / followed the E. A. mentioned
above l noticed another E. A. on the
ground. Shortly after about % E. A.
came over at 10000 feet and We with
drew across the lines"
A DAYS rest and then;
September 20, 1918.
Time. 3 80 pm: locality. Rouzecourt;
height, $4,000 feet; E. A. Fokker BIZ
plane.
Two Fokkers were close on the tail
of an SE5 tEnglishD when dove
from 10000 feet on them. One went
north and the other followed the SE5
at close range Fired burst OF IS ver-
ticall.; at him and then burst of l25
after he turned east To avoid collision
with him / pulled aside and pumped
pressure and then started TO turn upon
his tail again. but could not see him
anywhere in the air. He must have
gone down
Now comes Capt kind!ey's vivid pic
ture of Elliott White Springs. good fell