rTn‘E.*_~:v_..G
, .
9b: " .
k the 0.43% m The rcaflt of the shooting
Tins“, he a”: an,-
I Wf. tile.“
" WIMWIM man-til Manuedondutargt.
“It“. "a“! *9” Thu We are performed a y
fort of the saddled “m
which journeys m
"°" “" “’ “W“ “‘“ “ m“: :°.:..ff: ".22.:
M “ifMWarmzf m 3 beprotectcd by scouts flying
abut snakes on godly rm M
to the public We
the British Geneml'iisnalf
. the platform and tells la:
in simple, soldierly speeds,
secret: and achievements of‘the
. dress. General Lee says that
like: flying better than writing
rpmhvsnah'ng, but that he I: an
ept in all three can be testlfied
‘_ . by a great many people in all
,. .r of America. He is a young
to'have attained such (virulence
his a esn'on, for he was om
Yogslflre on July 2nd, 1887.
is meter is exclusively that of the
My. He was educatvd at Eton
the Royal Military Coilrge at
udhurst, "wed in a famnns old
'O‘lglmenl, the 60th Riflcs. fussed
inevitable four ymrs in India,
pal helped to .tlrafe the Bathe tn
name in 1914 and 1015.
d his Army soubriquct. "Fall-
Leaf" Lee, by reason of an ex-
dr'nary manoeuvre he evolved
alr fighting. Be it remembered
he has twenty—nine Gonna»
' planes and the occupants to hu
it, and many of the rum he has
crashing to earth must. have
"patented pilots, so, in or-
?to come smscatlred thrmgh so
VMS, ll! is evidently an
t ' and toe:-
OI gm mane of his
was to follxlihe a fluttering
, to a machine apparently oat
.. - ,‘bnt'no‘lly'temptmg'on
' . “1%”st and con-
. ’He'im'mntensely
”W" “
a,
V?“
3-" :99:th 'v R»; Hun-V ”WW "
le resource.
be regarded as the out-
of o We WK! gilded
. ,roved theories.
,M bIao doubt whatevu that:¢l
'M'Frout are hvo‘a doll-lac.
lawn-mm in
alt. It ls this superiorityzintthealr
”disastrous” Gemsnyand
tho War-home to thread makes
We for an oficnsive toIsuccccd.
'M can hope {or success with-
u-operation between all arm and
, metwintplidt-tmstdn the
‘39”: lb)! ls: lots and menai:1
an Sam“ ls hen-Mums
1:“ 'harc ‘davclopod along defi.
hu- for «intros-pow. In.the
days any machine
. :t’htyr ‘Iu tltoseIdayint-Iam
.. ~> “fora pilotco fly ar-
. have an alarmist-yum of
Mrs. Nowadays
.. . hummus:
Wall. “The ‘dilboult
v w hhon' _ V ‘
. to'fly crud“
,' ‘chuafbohe
‘was used :for
easiest part 5
‘mht. (II ‘
'Iith-othcr-varms. rm
'Iaoaeottlronsoat-
j 'flg’ltmhmot'fbomi
..- on musing to
.. I“ ‘fiflohaewhu and
M "has.
rumm-
~Wfifi-
dchafltaadohaavcr.”
-u,figgoficmaream
flank-ammonium“. The:
t ‘ . Asa-h Wflfllmwm‘”
Lawnmomcll”
>7
57'“ my use com-hated to the
M Mr by videos. and
“Quay Condor ‘08 the ne-
*7 unions to‘e m of h”
W from All!) to 6.(D0 feet. bleed-
lou to say. the machine is of quite a
an: inn: machines for other
Sous Tamas Air Man Do
‘ ' f three
Naylgweyou ancnnsple o
shoots‘nndertalren by pilots and observ-
ers on the Front? -
A. “4 O.K.‘s; two gun plts destroyed,
there are hadrods of was outp—
ped with wireless and cooperating
fily with the Artihry, [ah-try. and
My. Our work with Infantry, Cav-
alry, and Tanks ital-o of the greatest
importance. A system of signals is de-
vised as between the hiatry and the
acme. and the aeroplane lies exp
trundy low to get these usages, fly
back, and give the Conunandcr mate
information not only as to where the ln-
fantry ls, but also as to what they may
be in need of. Perhaps they may be
short of ammunition or grenades. All
this has to be marinated-quickly if
the material is to be brot‘lst forward
in good time.
the aeroplane is both an eye and an ear.
Amrunr: ch LIFE
As I began by saying, Flying is de-
signed tozsave life. Talc, tor Mace,
a snacHne' which files at a height rug-
‘ l
.. , er'FW"? r e
TEN-LES "F
For Cavalry and Tanks
T
J”
:3: ram 103““ "NEW
Thomas-abound from the
realm of myutaryithas occupied lathe
public“, admits practical
form. Itshouldbelothcdonasama-
chinedcaiysedtocarryamnthrongh
the air for a definite purpose. andthat
purpoaelstohelpdaoseondzeground
togoforward.
Tn: L!!! or a Furs
We hr: to rid ouroelvcs of IN on
whims. The lifa of a libt is really
far more oomto‘bla than is possible
(or his comrades h the Infantry, CSV'
alry. or Artillery. The Infantry when
in .the trenches are'ahellcd comaually
and often heavily. They have to sleep
in dugouts, some wu, and some dry.
They are at War the whole time. ex-
cept, of course, who they are Mint
rest. But the pilot, though his persod
of'fixhting my on“ for «is ad
months at a the, has a definite job to
m 17an ems-“n I‘l‘t
WHDAY, am. 17, 1918 "l
for the outta there.
portaot a thorough training isl
dcrancc of in,
“Y. M hrsng' him down.
"mg this ancient result.
the air, and a few by antiqircraft fire my nary.)
from the ground. Again, a very small
number has bccn shot down by infantry
gun-tire from trenches. The more Ger-
. .
Amhon
nut mm lineman mas-s. ass—mumm.mm
those at hunt have nothing but praise would be too much oocupicd‘with her
And how im- unmatohothrabuutheaflairs
How- of other people. ,. , ..
ever well a plot may fly, however good syncs: of eymtjc terrorism wosdd ciaulbut too in x -- U
his machine‘s-3y be. unless he can on 1w people out of the war. They Won; the up:
hiaopponentinthea'ir,hels,toallin- tho‘ht mes: mm in new... baarontheaduersgry
tents usd purposes, nachos. To do mmvenoohem,woaldao
that he met have a no, we aptepfin- frighten other nations that they-dd
out-manoeuvre his keep out of the war and let the Gas-an
Thfle‘buliy in the dupe of m 30
are sacral means and ways of achiev-nhcrc he wanted to. They hvc had
' Some Gcr- one to two rude shocks since than. The
mans have been forced to land without latest and greatest was alien Anetta
ham linen fired on; others have been came into this war.
hem down by macbinc~gun fire in harp on this theme, but must keep to
"How GREAT BRITAI‘NJTTGHTS 111? THE AIR,
mm! ’Charles Mensch (“Falling lac-If”) Lee. 50-year 01d cos of u... 3...“,
who“ can: M«Mlmfiblancficlcnt'lur ram-aeo-
halts Mel! colossal.
They thoudst um
(lsvnnldlilrcto
Anus. Gdum nu Kn
With flu am tame the m”
mans brought down, the less sacrifices net. In 19“ and fie .r‘lypart at 1915
of life we have on ‘our side of tl : lanes. pilots and observers carnpd rings, and
Say a German airplane has come over the pilots, at that tame, sat bdt'mcL
our side of the lines; say he has taken There were no snacbrnc gum on air-
photographs of our artillery position; planes. Men undoubtedly fought tn the
iilllélllilllllllllil
RAJ’. .Gmmr NflC'fl/ME Ive-Apr 77.5714»-
OIV 'fl'fl/fl/v Jana/#9 Slim
In one of “1m“ 3. large ckplosion Thin
caused." (No. 5 Squadron.)
-iu. figwilzgr {outfits tired in a shoot
on auto, which was completely dc~
strgycd." No.3 “5 usdrpn.)
C. ”37) in. llothzé'i: .rbunds ob-
cned in 4-) minutes and ill Ethers in
Zanunutes. Firctor. cficcbgood; Three
explosions in the tar ct s' ‘o
“mfi g pomn.anda
re an! "explosion in a neighboring
position." ‘ .
(These records. in a cold and unvar-
‘niihcd'way, give the results of work
M '" tum-ugh.
’ "VEWl-Y WWLWJED Gaze/MAI 7“.“
was 9.5207 ”:42 7‘45 (3W7
8. “Flight lasting 4% hours; 382
fitment: which can:
- ously dealt with last. but not let. ll
um calm u on m u out madman-dill!!!“
a
h” t.-u.s
valuable to the Commander of the sector
in which an attack is going to take place.
ll isntp to [ht-pilot of ail aeroplane to
It I}; out transmit thetncts to thu
Artillery Commander, in.thc one case
an snack it they have antiwar m.
otiofianas out. has a. «in sue. “to.“ unis-Ive
." uhrh‘h'dfifl.
Gui/ME I97 «9 war/m
discover ibtho‘ batteries are active or ii I
they are only camouflaged make-believe. i
he can have the battery‘drstroyed Iand‘
preventsrl from shelling our troops. and Iain type of person writes on the dan~
in the cas: of a cammtlagerl log he can j gets bf flying and the wsrlu W‘d
save the Battery Commander the trouble ihimseif from being killcdo‘!“ onetentb
of firing at. it. On the same liars it is iof the -umold atofiea “I'd“ trenches
the duly of the pilot to see where the ’wnuld mkettlic W3.” sound
frond: mortars are, in order-“hat the) leery small. Yet that“ i‘ M
Easy hr: blocked out before the at‘J.'lt.'pottmt. It mid-ad “u If m‘
begins, as well as the maduin- gum-«emu starters fillies” of '~ $035.“
such havoc tofitthcnewaanotan “km
'back of than
‘ 3K. 1‘.‘
1" tr: “rpq'rrrnm can”?
fish
~$&¢a L. 'l‘
A I’d/1005 50/140,961”.
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» _. margarine w 71.26/33 7) fiASlW—A/f wwwzrm7
«3 '.-"fl'&’.‘_".‘?‘ NAM/IVES
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all.
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al‘\\‘. ,.
.4“
He does not find in the air
“Inasmumifiwsl.
veloped, and issued to the artillery.
Ibsahld! arousal-rum every hostile
enemy machine dnthe air at all, shall
say he has photographedtrenchesmhcrc air, but these scraps generally resulted
we 3’9 assembling ‘0 attack-fit '9 9”" inItwo machines manoeuvcrtng around
{telly easy tor him, if not ~mtertercd each other “,1 occasionally getting in a
With. to take these2back. have them de~ shot.
Hanan ‘also call up batteries byiwire-l Date.
less and have :tllsm train their gum on} 1914
tthintantry so assembled. Hence, it I! 1915_,
mobile on our side of the lines, cvery
av: 0/: 7795.;549‘ Ms .D/C’Wffl 04’ 1W” "4‘5”
‘ . .J 400 feet, and do each day. He knows. when that iob
searches for information which is in- ‘is over, he will return to a clean house,
Ia clean meal, and a clean bed. His
imurale is cxcgllcnt. He is flyins the
host machine the Government can Ill!"
ply. ll: doesnot'sec the dirty 354‘ 0‘
the War.
the gas and the filth of the W- ll
is not to be wondered film“ he '5
proud to be I"! the Air Division. A cer-
oacanon-aooaooanaaooiOllnciootl
onuocnsoaaonvo-ueooeos
‘l9l7...(Handley*Page. night only)....._u:,
\l9lB...(Day, De Havilaml, 9,)..s.....u
Mission to the u. s."
a
Vldrers gar. The latter was used
us quite extensively over the lines, bu
owing to the dificulty of training Ith
chanics in its use. and the smdl Imus:
that was known of it in those dan. i
left quite a lot to be desired. This was
followed by the Constantineaoo gear.
which proved very satisfactory. He
then, was a definite progress In aorlal
gunnery, and to-day we have on every
machine two or three or tour machine
guns, two firing through the propeller,
and two being used by the observer be-
hind. In the case of a twmseatcr. If
you consider the amount of rounds
which can be fired on the enemy from
a machine, you will understand what a
menace it is. You can fire (:00 rounds
per minute from each gun; hence the
pilot can fire 1,200 rounds per mmutq
and theobscrvcr can reach the sinus
:tgurc wzth his two guns.
MANY Dorms“ Macumss
“Machines, of course. are specialized.
lhcrc are single-scater machines, which
Ccpcnd entirely on their wcr of man-
‘LllVfC _and gunfire. Tzcrc are mac
cater lighters where the pilot and ob-
scrvcr have to work together the wholo
tune. There are machines designed for
co-opcralmn with Artillery which carry
an observer and wireless. There or
large machines for day bombing and
Sllll larger machines designed for ni ht
bombing. meg to the pace at wln
achtnes manoeuvre the sighting (as?
machine Fins becomes a very importan.
factor. 0 halt an object in a vital spot
going lZOlmllcs an hour, when you!
own fllaClllllC is travelling at the ram
pace. requires a vast amount of tralniny
for pilots and observers, who practice
gunnery continuously from the tint.
they go on the ground school until they
go ovt-rscns. In the matter of si
perhaps the most noteworthy deve
men! was a compensated lore-s!
which allowed automatically for the
speed of your‘own mch'mc bu h
most valuable adjunctrto tal'r fighting
was the Tracer bullet. a'ball ‘
explosive nor flamin , hut-which In
a phosphorescent trail. ‘
are If your bullets are going the
you want. and neutering the mam
swede-t.
Coon» Faust-rots Fumta
_ An ortrcmely interesting torus of
mg has been perfected ’rccently-do
formation flying.
In the olden days, and until most
ccntly, pilots have been char-y
oing into clouds except as azmeans
efcnse. Actual cloud flying has
regarded with a certain amount
skepticism. But cloud flying 'to-dalf
a necessity. With-the.féghtrng sti
progress over French an .Bclgian lard
it is obvious that we‘ must make
Bsche rcalize what it will man 1
we got on his land.
The old maxim of cutting the enenv
communications is only possible at
present.~mouscnt by the asr, and we
reach him in the air now with
large machines. We can give him
loretaste of «that war .will be when
arc in German territory. We can malg
lt exceedingly hard-forvl’tun t0‘fecd'l!
tx‘oops.in the field. By the best- method
in the world we canmalrc It sullsltardeu
for him to maintaimtlu: output of bl!
factories—thy destroying them.
Every day is not a fine day, and pkg
flying has become the fas ton. It
now possible for machines to go in for-
mation through the clouds and ,
above them and continue that fannstlon
on a compass bearing to their objectlvg
come down through the clouds, bomb
their objective, go up again and com.
s'm 1: only if ilots are ropes
tiaigtcd' for it. an have only“:
strumcnts.
Rammc Gummy Now
Long-distance air raids into Ge 2
are now quite common, An 1nd
dent‘Force of the RA. F. has ,
formed for this purposaalone. It .
. fins lul‘ll‘f irronizl'itmtieanquu
at s s; , -
3min Fruscc.’ he~tollowmg Mussel
home. That sounds simple, but It il‘
Sometimes one madtlne or the may be of interest:
Max. miles bellm' (1- es
. ' .b r
'“mfiim‘m 41....
About 00 About ‘
(bombs.
2m COO-OIIIIIIIOIDOI.‘ Amut'
zoo About ‘?
" . tumn l.lhiI
behnughtdown'hcneverandarbcreofllerwasforoedtolandlorllfikdl lathe.“ o syoardwo
ever possible. Only bytbla mans can
uh-umWr'
Mfi‘daludw
psoline. It was extremely luck! “.10“ mwggnyfgfinfifl'fl
mmwrmmmmfiewmnndcouldputinashotthatwonldctdur . ,
and mu maltedhe Germ Gov-
n-uzmuiennueymnascnu. Not until the advent of the
rub-Mover every nation in the lgwismdidaaslalm
disahlcthepilotorlmodtouttbeM~
“at“... “ya nu summon-‘1!- huh-ha. ~‘
“mu-«mommam-m
0
t.twiac.as tar.
lwouldlllretowritelonetflu
adhmct the m at tho I,
ans. M‘m .
In.
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