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and skill that gets an aviator across the line that differentiates the good, bad, and mediocre observers.

Imagination is a vital role in this air maneuvering; it can serve it master to distinct advantage, but Lord help the one who overplays the medium and gets too much fancy into his mind. A very special signal, engaging all the artillery of the army within the radius of a sector may be sent down upon the occasion of an enemy surprise attack. But Heaven help that man who lends too much imagination to what he desires to attack; if he is right in his estimation of the effect of the launching of $100,000 worth of ammunition against a given target he will eventually receive merit in the form of a V.C. or mention in orders; if wrong he is plainly "out of luck" and might as well get shot down rather than come back and