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mention of turning turtle I'm lead to remark that his doing that somersault saved the life of a frail old Frenchman who was ploddingly working just a few feet beyond and in direct line with the crashe's progress. (Incidentally on the subject of the frail old Frenchman -- those old "vieuxs" who till the fields are remarkable in their accomplishment of the work for--every time I've even looked at them they've been contemplating the beauties of nature or gazing calmly at activities about the aerodrome or the narrow gauge railroad)

Finally the loss of Lt. Maclure is mystifying and making us fear for him. Undoubtedly he landed in Germany through causes unknown -- and he was a mighty clever and fearless flier and the logical successor to Putnam as Deputy Flight Commander. It was this way:-

"C" flight was on "protection" during the early morning hours and due to a misunderstanding we failed to connect with the observation