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CANADIAN AIRMAN WHOft*ISTOCK LIKE A MAN*ft*^separate Battle of Wounded Lieut */ H»Hr« in Mld-alr With Fokker ^ —Fought Till DeathjHow Flight-Lieutenant ClarencelWfere, soil of Mr. fillias Rogers, oC Twoiuo, met his death is told In a jotter written to Mr. Alfred Rogers Hergt. H. Taylor, who was the Rtu tenant s observer, and became a •nsoner in Germany. The heroism OX the lieutenant, who fought with amachine three thousand feet u continued to fight evenwhen wounded Is well told, and the barolam of the observer deserves full**••? of Sergt. Taylor said: iOn June 18th, about 4 o’clock, we, whre flying over ixos, proceeding north, when we sighted a Foltker about two or three miles over the *We, coming towards us. At Pus time the Fokker was about three wBiind feet below us, we being at t«o00 feet. Mr. Rogers immediately turned towards the other machine and dived. However, when we met •r obe was BtJll too far below to (let fu a proper shot. We then went down in a steep spiral at the same time the Fokker climbed, but always kUPt behind us. At last she got aposition behind our tall and yon your-1self will know what that means. Mr. | Rogers tried various methods of se•tulng a position for getting a decent ihot in. ........\such as tail sliding sharp, leaking, etc., but never with anysttecees.•till Held Clutch'T could see by now that h« was otuded, apparently in the back. He ry also shot in. the legs, but he ijMck to it like the man we all knew 1 to be. About this time a bullet king the spring group put the rear out of action. About the next , J I knew was that I had been hit db the arm. that the engine wie stop-Jped and machine commencing to slide-jgUp to the right. I then looked at |( Mr. Rogers and saw him leaning gagainst the right hand side of the | nacelle with the clutch stUl clutched Mn his hands and shot through the head. 1 imagine we were then about three thousand feet.Perilous Descent-I then ciibraed over, sat on his seat and took control. 1 first put down the nose to get out of the ftde-sllp and turned towards our lines. However, as the engine was stopped T oould only depend upon the glide, and as it happened we were not quite high enough to get over. We landed hi the trenches only 100 yards from our own (so I was told by a German efficar). The machine struck a trench, and as 1 was landing too steeply was a bit of a smash. I can remember very little that happened after that, for 1 was thrown out of the machine and stunned. 1 was taken into a trench and there I enquired after Mr. Rogers and was told he was dead/'
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Tue, Dec 18, 1917
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