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“Fish” Heinrichs Brings Down Him Plane in France jGranville learned Saturday morning of the fine record made by Waldo H. Heinrichs in an air-battle with a Hnn and is proud. “Fish” as he is popularly called, is the son of Rev. an Mrs. Jacob Heinrichs of Granville. He waft born in Towa, 27 years ago while His father was a missionary there. He was graduated at Denison University in 1913, being a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and took the ground work in aviation at the Boston “Tech,” was one of 50 out of 1200 chosen to go over there, for intensive training and later was put in command of a fieet. He tfaa a famous athlete and sprinter in his college days, iV a Knight Templar and a Beta. Li.eut. Heinrichs sent a German airplane fo earth in a battle Friday.CIWith the American Army in France, July 6—Four American aviators. Lts. Carlisle Rhodes of Terre Haute, Tnd.; S. P. Thompson, Honeye Falls, N. Y.Waldo H„ Heinrichs, of Granville, Ohio, and John Mitchell of Manchester, Mass.,'engaged in a thrilling battle northwest of Chateau Thierry^i on Friday. One German machine was shot,down during the. combat and it is believed Lieutenant Hein richs was the American who sent the enemy airplane to earth.The four American aviators were patrolling the lines foi* six kilometers inside the German linelt;\ when they encountered six Criernv machines. The battle began at an altitude of 4,200 meters and continued until the machines had rlropped flown to 2200 meters from earth. The combat lasted for 20 minutes.LETTER FROM FITCH C. BRYANTtInth
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Granville Times
Granville, Ohio, US
Thu, Jul 11, 1918
Page 4
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