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aerodrome with about 6 minutes of fuel left in the tank!

And now comes the mystery. I called up the observer and pilot of the Salmson whose report coincided with mine -- but, one of these said a third machine got to the lines with us when we were going in and that this phantom ship (I never glimpsed it) was lost after we entered the cloud. They said it was #9. That was evidently a mistake for it was #9 that was missing afterwards and no other machine reported as engaging in the patrol with us.  the observer said that he saw the other Spad, whose position was [[underlined]] at the left [[/underlined]] in the beginning, lag behind and head towards the lines after we passed Metz. So there the matter rests and after 24 hours and no word from Lt. Mcclure it is evident that