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THE: TYPK OE TAUBE WHICH MADE THE FIRST AIR RAIDS ON PARIS 



This plane, whose outspread tail and rounded wings so closely resemble those of a bird, 

 is too slow to contend with the 1918 type of 125-miles-an-hour machine which is now a com- 

 monplace of the Western Front. It is to the latest speedster warplane what the "one-lunger" 

 automobile of fifteen years ago is to the 12-cylinder racer of today. This style airplane still 

 has its uses in the aviation schools, however. 



necks. Their conversation is an eye- 

 opener for a new arrival. Mostly about 

 Paris, permissions, and the rue de Braye, 

 but occasionally about work and that is 

 interesting. Nonchalant doesn't express 

 it. When B ridgy got shot up, as men- 

 tioned above, they all kidded the life out 

 of him, and when he got the Croix de 

 Guerre, they had him almost in tears — 

 just because he's the kiddable kind. 



But in talking about the work, for in- 

 stance, Jim Hall : "I piqued on him with 

 full motor and got so darn close to him 



that when I wanted to open fire I was so 

 scared of running into him that I had to 

 yank out of the way and so never fired 

 a single shot." 



Or Luf berry just mentions in passing 

 that he got another Boche this morning. 



but those observer people won't give 



him credit for it. He has 14 official now 

 and probably twice as many more never 

 allowed him. Some days ago during 

 the attack he had 7 fights in one dav, 

 brought down 6 of them and got credit 

 for one ; which must be discouraging. 



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