A flying fighter; an American above the lines in France . CITY OF ALBERT, FRANCE, TAKENFROM SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDFEET WITH MACHINE ON VER-TICAL BANK SLIGHTLY NOSE-HEAVY. THE PILOT PIZZ AND RANDIE had to stay within the 7,000 feet altitude inorder to get them. There being no Hun plane np, I had littleto do. I was kneeling in my seat and lookingfor Huns but not a one came, nor was thereany reason why they should in all that* Archie exhibition. The chances were verygood that the Hun anti-aircraft batterieswould get us down without some Heiniehaving to take a risk. We circled and circledover the Ge
A flying fighter; an American above the lines in France . CITY OF ALBERT, FRANCE, TAKENFROM SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDFEET WITH MACHINE ON VER-TICAL BANK SLIGHTLY NOSE-HEAVY. THE PILOT PIZZ AND RANDIE had to stay within the 7,000 feet altitude inorder to get them. There being no Hun plane np, I had littleto do. I was kneeling in my seat and lookingfor Huns but not a one came, nor was thereany reason why they should in all that* Archie exhibition. The chances were verygood that the Hun anti-aircraft batterieswould get us down without some Heiniehaving to take a risk. We circled and circledover the German lines until Hyatt had takenfifty-six photos, as fine a collection of theHun first, second and third lines as had everbeen made. When Hyatt had done that he had to pro-long the agony by photographing the Hunreserve positions; not that he wanted to, forhe was as frightened as I was. And afterthat we concluded that we might just as wellfly back home. Well, when we counted the holes in ourplanes in the aerodrome we discovered thatninety-six holes, of various sizes, made byhigh explosive shrapnel, had robbed ourplanes of much of their carrying capacity. Afew mor
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