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circle in our direction. The patrol crossed the lines after the Rumpler and nearing the Bosche Putnam swung sharply to the left and shot up into the Bosche's tail. The Bosche must have seen his foolhardiness at this point - or else the pilot or observer was new at the game for immediately the machine made a gentle glide for it's own aerodrome below.

I was on the left and the Hun went by me at close range - if the observer had been on the job he could have had his shot at me then, but evidently he had enough to do with Putnam who continued to dive and fire.

Suddenly Putnam pulled up with a jammed gun and according to our plan I hopped into his position and did my peppering till [[strikethrough]] the [[?]] engine and [[/strikethrough]] a