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only when the moon is [[strikethrough]] with us [[/strikethrough]] ^[[showing clear.]] The American squadrons are not up to the correct bombing mark yet and one unfortunate incident is that in which day before yesterday a flight of 6 bombing machines left for Metz or thereabouts and have not returned; either they were shot down or captured. We are hoping our brethren had "happy landings," but destroyed their machines before the Germans [[strikethrough]] got [[/strikethrough]] ^[[captured]] them.
^[[(P.S. They did not do well at all)]]

Personally I dislike the hero stuff that the magazines are full of nowadays. It seems to me a commonplace thing to go up, and combat, and be archied, and come down, and it's only when I read about the "wonderful" experiences of some daredevil magazine writer that I ask myself, "Am I doing just That!" And I suppose I am and someday (or even now) will be writing home just the sort of stuff that I have a