1914-12-01 — Page 3

OVER FIRE!

Letters from a Member of the Royal Flying Corps.

The Daily Mail has rensivod the following letters, sent to bie mother by our of our daring air scouts at the front :-

No.-Squadron,

Royal Flying Corps, British Expeditionary Force.

Sept. 28, 1914.

My dearest Mother, I have settled down in front of a table, with the fixed intention of writing a whole letter to you straight off "the reel if I can, because I don't often have much time to my- self.

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I am having a grand time, the tims of my life, and I wouldn't have missed it for anything. Life out bero is ro totally different from anything you could possibly imagine that it is almost im possible to describe it. As 1 write I hear the sounds of a great] battle-gune firing, abells Luret ing; men are being killed and wounded, while here am I com- fortably. writing a letter after a

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can't see what they're firing atin. Did I tell you about my first a good many cases; it is merely reconnaissance ? It Was at scientific alaughter. A battery Maubeuge. I started off to fly lived there (the name of the place - will perhaps know that some of over by Mons and Enghien and was Solve-sur-Lambre, on the east the enemy tre entrenched in a Ath-in that direction. We ran of Manbenge) for five years, snd certain area. It will train its into clouds just beyond Mone, so after blessing me(!) caught hold of Villas) gane on to that area without per- had to turn back. As we were my hand and wiebed me good path. haps even seeing if the guns coming back over the French lack. "Just as we left the ground have effect. For instance, the lines I saw a movement and we were hit again; this time it other day I saw guns dropping bustle among the troops, and then hit the machine. It was altogeth- No. 122 Flantation Road, Peak, shell after shell into a certain there was the noise of about 1,000 er a most exciting afternoon. Apply to area and there wasn't a msn

rifles cracking at as. They had When we got back I counted mistaken within miles of it!

me for a German twelve hits. Condering we because my machine was differ- wero eo low, they certainly ought out" from most of the others! to have done better than thai! That was my "baptism of fire” The next reconnaissance I and I shall never forget it, made I had a faile

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A Grand Sight from Above. The day before yesterday I saw some German shells bursting bang in the middle of some of our trenches-one after another. The My first sensations were of "Archibald "the anti-aircraft slaughter mast have been terrife, surprise, which rapidly developed gan. We were up by Valen It's a grand sight from above. We into a kind of fear, which in turn cieuse, which, was infested with have our share as well, because changed to fascination. It poai Germans, Suddenly I saw, fire they hars

anti-aircraft guna tively fascinated me to see the or air thick white puffs of smoke popping at us all over the place, holes appearing in the planes as beneath us. which were shells not to mention rifle fie and each tullet ripped its way, bursting. The next time they shrapnel. It is awfully interesting through (although there were made a better shot and wore on to zotice the old positions which only a few of them). I was look the same level; but to the left- have had to be abandoned owing ing at my instrument board to and so on. At one time we had to shell fire. You can see great see what height I was, when eight shelle bursting round us at holes where the abella bave Euret auddenly a ballet hit the board once. Another machine Was all round them. I wish I could and a splinter jumped up in front about 1,000ft. above us at the describe some of the things I have of me. At the same time a bullet time, and when we got back the pierced the petrol tank and all the people in it told me that they Yesterday an old pensant petrol ran out. Another one hit really thought we were going to brought me some powder which one of the instruments and be done in that time. Since then be said he had taken out of a smashed it. When the petrol ran the old gun has been at us every bomb. I made him show me the out there was nothing for it but day. One day I took up my bomb, and banged if it wasn't to come down, so I trusted to camera and waited "antil it had one of our bombs which hadn't luck, and came down in the firet cet up about six cr seven shells gone off! He had actually back.gcol field I saw.

and took a photo of them baral- ing. I hope it will come out well-although there won't be much to see.

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Your affectionate son.

Baptism of Fire.

No-Squadron, R.F.C.,

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ed it open with a bammer and s American Girl's Blessing. Gorewdriver. It's a damu lucky A dozen or so Belgian and thing for him that he didn't start French soldiers rushed out, ag- hammering the striker, because if parently not sure whether I was he had he would have been in English or German till I shouted, Strange to say, the type of kingdom come by now. One of "Anglsie, Anglais!" Then they machine that I flew has had those bombs killed fifteen men a bustled to and did all they could extraordinarily bad luck. There few days ago!

doesn't Good-bye for me. I happened to have two were only four of them, and this just

haok interest you to know that by and best love,

tanke, so I filled up the other one is what has happened to them. and is never seen. again. rights I should have been killed and got ready, to start off again. The first one met itsend at Amiens. That is what happened to poor instead of. They wanted an The old part of it was, shrapnel I daresay you read about it in the young and they were observer, so I was told to go with begin barsting in the field next papers. It crashed the ground both in my squadron. They Then the major asid to me. No, to us one after snother-which and baret into flames both pilot didn't come back and nobody we won't send you because you seemed to point to the fact that snd passenger were burnt to death. knew what had become of them till are a pilot. We'll send you on In the field, Sept. 30, 6 pm. Germans had brought me down The second one met its end on a few days ago, when some war another reconnaissance." My dearest Mother-I got your and not the French as I had sup the way fromamiens toMaubeuge, correspondent who had been taken ho sont instead, and, inci- letter to-day just after I had come posed. "A French major care up the pilot breaking both bis lega prisoner by the Germans reported dentally, that is why I am alive back from a reconnaîstance of in a car and entreated me to and the passenger being killed, that he had seen a grave with a nɔw about 120 miles. I got absolutely hurry away. Vite, vite," he The third was mine. I was turning oross on which was written Herr Oct. 1, 9.30 a.m.It was a bit frozen, but I am getting used to said, "les Allemands ne sont pas too close to the ground and ona Flier," t Engbin, north of Mone, old last night. When I woke that now. Besides, it's all in the Join-trois kilometres!" ("Quick, of the wings caught in the ard the wreckage of the machine up at about five this mera-TUCK'S CHRISTMAS CARDS, day's work. It wasn't quite such quick. The Germans are not far ground and smashed itself. The near the grave answered to the ing the blankets were cover- an interesting reconnaissance se away-about two milea!") machine was sent away for repairs, drecription of the machine they ed with frost. It is quite warm PRIVATE CREETING CARDS, aeual. We dropped one or two I didn't believe him, but all but I haven't heard of it since. wire flying.

now though, and a simply glori bombe on some bivoaacs that the same I got into the machine The fourth machine was found "Why I am Alive Now,"

oua day.

I must stop now because the mast have stirred them up a bit, My passenger thought we should bur rtafur having been missing Poor little was sheria motor is leaving for the station because they began firing at us not be able to get out of the field, for two days. Nothing has been a bed with him in the billet we in five minutes and I must get with rifles. We only got hit once, but we just macaged it. Just heard of the pilot or the pas had of Menbeage. He was an hut then the machine we were in before we started someone came senger, but I think they must awfully nice fellow. Just before the ready. Sy good-bye and best is rather hard to hit because its up and said that an English girl have been shot by the Germans he went up he said, "I think I'll love from your affectionate son, speed is something like eighty would like to see me before we because the wreckage of the lake a stock of tobacco with me milea an hour, went, so I went into the middle machine showed ballet holes in it, in case I get collated by the IF you have lost your appetite That is the worst of an Army Germans! He took the tobacco, dainty dishes at the ALEXAN The Germans have some special of the crowd and found the girl uns for dealing with aircraft. (who turned out to be an aviator's fate. If he is brought but it was no use to him--perhaps. DRA CAFE is sure to tempt They consist of a gun which fires American). She said she had down by the enemy's guns ho it was to the Germans. It may you are fu

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