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came out of it alive. The other day one bullet went through one of his undercarriage struts, splintering that member and coming perilously close to his gas tank -- not to speak of himself. But this fight of his was the limit. He had 10 bullet holes in his plane. Two explosive bullets nearly did him in; one passed through [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[the wings and gas]] tank, and ripped a hand-hole in the bottom of the tank. His pressure dropped accordingly and that, I learned was the cause of his dive. He came in on the extra tank (nourrice) and barely made it, just as I did. His tail was nearly riddled as was the top wing span and a few other portions of the machine.
His name is LUCK!!
I wish I were a better shot and that