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wa a beautiful morning nnd we got may with the first atreaka of dawn,uaw* the sun come up over a bank ofclouds far to thr east, a most beautiful sight, crossed the ,lines at about l*i,000 feet and went far back in (Jerm any The hirehles' were rotten. They didn't come enough to give us a thrillWe accomplished our mission anu all three of the ships came back eafdy at 7 A. M. Wt had breakfast and got away at 9:45 on a photograph mission.Cr»M at 15,000 Pert.There were five fthips ttt the f‘r*mat ion and wt cropscil i 15,000 feet.The course we were to photograph in right over a large and important city, which in a regular nest of anti-aircraft guns, notorious for their persistent andaccurate fire. Aa usual, wt* were fired on us soon as we crossed the lines, but none of the it s* timed to be able to g«*t oor range till we came to said city, but, believe me, those boys there are good. They put them awfully close and morethan once I had vision!* of an Jr.urvit wwith th» Kaiser. We came through, however, with be rely ;i couple of hole: In the plane? caused by the burning
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, Oct 20, 1918
Page 49
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TX, USA 14 May 2020
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