8 FLYING WITH SHAFFER "GUARDIAN ANGEL BUSY" LETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN COUNTY BOY IX) I>IS MOTHER Somewhere in France, . January 27, 1918 Dear Mother: I fear now that I have reached the most interesting part of my life In the war. I am falling down In the telling thereof. And now I can hear Dad pipe up, "Yes, we haven't forgotten when he was in New York." Sometimes it was not even a postal. ( The same reason applies here for I have so many things to do, and besides, I am hampered by not knowing how much I dare tell. Even now ftc a question how many of my letters get by, for I wrote quite free ly of anything that entered my fool head. I remember now that in my last letter I promised you more de tails of my first fight. Come to think of it, there isn't anymore. It just struck me that Dad was right about my guardian angel. He may not break out In perspiration every time I take the air, but I'll say he was sure busy the day of my fight. It was not really a Tight. 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Gorgaa, Druggist; Kennedy's Medi cine Store, 321 Market St.: C- F. Kramer. Third and Broad Sts.; Kltzmlller's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry St., Jlarrisburg. and all leading Drug Stores Everywhere. THURSDAY EVENING was it; only I never dodged bullets before, and as a sensational experi ence It has few equals. I, for one, have no wish to repeat either the performance or the sensation. It's the Boche's turn to dodge next time and I hope he is sport enough to take his turn, for I want a little target practice also. Streak of Hard Luck The next day was sure an unlucky one for this escadrllle, for three planes were put out of service. It aeeras to be the irony of fate that 1 can never go on a "protection" job. Something always happens to pre vent my going. This time, however, I actually got under way, but just as we neared the place where we were to meet the photo planes, "Pouf" went my motor #nd stopped dead— tar several seconds and then began again. Thinking it was getting too much gasoline, I reduced the supply, but again the sudden stop, the sick ening drop of the "Zang" and then the sudden start again. I was up a tree then, because 1 was dropping be hind and bek>w the protection patrol and did not know what was the mat ter—and then the thing came to a climax by a series of seven explo sions. After that I gave up all hope lof continuing and turned for camp, wondering if I could make it from tiiy height of 2,000 meters. I still had some engine left, although she would make those sudden explosions now and then. So I made the camp all right, and there it was discover ed that the motor was In such bad condition that a new one would have to be installed. As for the rest of the patrol, a chunck of shrapnel finally made a hit, nearly knocking the engine off one of the planes. The pilote in making a landing, tried to dodge some telegraph wires, and in doing so, found himself headed for some trees. 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Nat urally, there have been numerous smashes on these trenches and to ! day the same pilot who was hit with the shrapnel went up to try out the new "Zang" they gave him. His motor went bad and down he came in the trenches, fortunately landing in a small space of ground without mishap, but later In the day he was not so fortunate, having gone out on a protection mission. Once again lie had motor trouble, his motor stopping when he was at 3,500 me ters. He was close enough to camp to make it and we saw him com ing down with a "dead-stick" (pro peller not turning) and overshooting the field by a way oft. It was into the trenches for him and my! how he did ruin that "cookoo" of his. As for him, he was cut about the face with glass. Bloody wounds, but not serious, but if you could have seen how the doctor bandaged him up, you would have thought he only had one more day to live. All one could see of his head was two eyes peek ing out from three Inches of ban dages. Some people might think me cruel to write such things to my 'mother, but it must be remembered that this is war, and even in times of peace this game isn't as tame as crochet. So I might as well mention some of the unfortunate occurrences, even If I do "forget" some of the more hor rible kind —such as a man coming down in flames. As for me I should have been loafing the last few days since my motor was being changed. It cer tainly did take them a while to get it together, and naturally, It had\ to be good weather all the time. To day being Sundae there was Tiulte a crowd collected around the field, and even some American soldiers, who were so thrilled at the sight of a Nieuport going off the ground on one wing, or making a sharp turn, that it made me lauqfi, for these things are an everyday occurrence with us and we never give them a second thought, I wonder what they would have thought if one had done a "vrille."' January 28. Off With New Motor Had to stop last night as the elec tric lights went out. Oh, yes, we have electric lights here, it being obtained from a dynamo nearby, op erated by the water power of the beautiful little stream that runs through the estate. After numerous troubles my new motor was duly In- ! stalled, but what took so long to fix was my machine-g(in, which had to be "lined-up" all over again. Three times did I try to have this | fixed, but either they would break some little fitting, or so many other planes were waiting a't the target range that it got dark before my turn came. I guess I never told you that the sights on these guns are regu lated very accurately, and for this purpose a target range is situated right on the "piste"' (field), and If one's gun does not shoot well enough to please the pilqte, its "allez" for the "but" (the French name for target). I never can pronounce that doggone name because there is a "u" in it, and that is one letter in the French alphabet that has me stuck. It's at that plq.ee I have been the last couple days. This morning however, the gunsmith finally got it regulated—and shot all the cart ridges away doing it Then I went up for a "tour de piste" to try out I the motor. Gee! that was some mo tor, and I had a lovely time diving around. It felt so good to be up in the air again that I probably stayed longer than I should/ which is 10 minutes, for'when I came down, one of the Americans wanted to know why I didn't stay tip all day. It's a queer thing that when I feel most at home iifthe air I make the most awful landings. Zowie! Some landing To-day was no exception, for I ; like to ruined myself landing. For j tunately, I did not break the "Becky," but I did bend the wheels knock kneed. But I insisted that this would not prevent me from fly ing. so they put me down for a pro tection mission—and as usual, that crabbed the whole deal, for when ever I am ordered to help protect a photo plane, something either hap pens to me or the plane to be pro tected. fix times have I had these jobs and three times something hap pened to my'motor. Twice I could n't get it started, and once it went on "panne." The other three times the photo-plane itself went on "panne." And that's what happened to-day. All four of us were sitting in our "Zangs" add bundled up—and sweating—waiting for the word to go. The word soon came and I was cranking up, preparatory to start, when another phone message came saying that the zang needing protec tion had gone on "panne,"' So there I was again—left at the church or lurch. It was such a beautiful day to fly, too, not a cloud in the sky, and one could see the "sausages'" both French and German, in the dis tance. So having nothing to keep us, we asked for "chasse libre" and the four of us were soon awing on our way to the front. Hying Over Rheims Up, up and up we climbed, to nearly 6000 meters and getting over Rheims, we played around there for some time, and since no Roches seemed to be around I utilized the time enjoying the scenery, for it sure was pretty. Right near Rheims is a very large forest, and all the clouds about that day seemed to have settled down on this forest, filling the valleys just high enough to let the peaks stick out, and the scene reminded me of pictures of glaciers, only this was more beau tiful. Yes, indeed, I would enjoy this war if it were not for the Boche, for just about the time 1 would be gin to enjoy the beautiful scene be low me, my leader -would turn and head for some white shrapnel which denoted the presence of a Boche. Try as I might though, I could not see the Boche plane, and since my leader, an old veteran flier, would dive and turn about that time, I nev er did get a close look. Meets mi Fngllsli Girl I forget to tell you that we met an English girl riding along the road on a bicycle to-day. The French men told us she was American. I don't know how they found out— probably she wouldn't flirt. Any way, two of us walked down and were surprised to hear ourselves answered in our own tongue. She admitted she was English and a nurse In a nearby hospital, and seem ed very much put out when she dis covered there was not room for two in our "Joy wagon." We Just learned to-day that our escadrille la going to get Morane monoplanes Instead of Spads. You know, I always did want to fly a monoplane and the Morane is the fastest thing awing—and little. Gee Whiz! It Isn't any bigger than a mosquito. Give me a Morane mon oplane, and X would be willing to fiKht for China. To-morrow wc move Into our new barracks so to-night is my last night on a real mattress and near a warm fire. W nearly blew up the place . HARRISBURG HfUfllJ TELEGRAPH! twice starting the fire with gasoline, but we have the fire going now. WALTER. Escadrille No. 156 , Sectuur Postal 12, par B. C. M. Jan 30* 1918 Dear Mother: Like the newly married couple I can say "we have moved into our new home," and I can say it with just as much pride, for we surely put a lot of work in fixing it up— making benches, papering it, etc. Yes, I said we, as there are two to a room and an American by the name of Putnam, and I are together. I did most of the papering yester day and to-day he put up shelves and made a washstand. The paper, however, is not of the floral design you may have in mirid, this paper being more for use than ornament, it being regular packing paper, real heavy, you know, and for 'warming purposes only. Now, that we have a few pictures up it looks real home like. ' • Votln, tlie Morane Planes It's no use of my writing anything else until I relieve my mind of this overflowing load of news. If I don't tell It pretty soon I'll bust—Our escadrille is going to fly # Morane monoplanes, a plane so fast and powerful that it wijl climb straight 'up. Seven men leave to-morrow to get theirs and ten days' training also to leam how to land and fly them. The fact that I am not one of the seven makes me feel slighted a bit, but I guess I will go soon after. Such a piece of luck never did come my way, and you know how crazy I always have been to fly a mono plane. ] dare not tell how fast it is but there isn't anything awing that can catch it—and that's going some, believe me! Yesterday, after a two hour flight I came down with a bust- 1 —!——■— ■— BBXffiSBIEmIHSBSB ==== ■ 1 =i.-rrr-.- , 1 1 finb'Vacuum QcaiKfComjany * " ——j|l| * Dirnorr. MICH. *'? B I SENT TO YOU ON * EUREKA mmm -- - ||! a •as. 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