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up his fifth of our balloons in one week.
I saw him try twice [[strikethrough]] the [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] before we could drop the 10,000 feet to his level.  The second time he got it ^[[and]] amid a storm of archives headed for home.  This is where I came in, riding the monoplane Fokker (as it proved to be - dark grey with a single plain white bank and black + on the side) pumping a steady stream of [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[bullets]] into the beggar.
I waited confidently for him to bust into flames ^[[or drop]] but not so.  I pulled up [[strikethrough]] [[?]] ^[[to avoid]] hitting him, I was so close.  I swear it must ^[[have been]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] an armor protected his because he was riddled according to the rules of the game.  But I only saw him swerve, as [[underline]] if [[/underline]] his, and then begin to split the air with his sharp banks.
As I pulled away Tyndall popped in followed by Jones.  The latter saw him going down, but [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] didn't see the Bosches' finis because Jones ^[[himself]] had a panned engine and barely escaped a forced landing.  So.....