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Sept. 10 [[strikethrough]] 9 [[/strikethrough]], 1918,
[[See also?]] Experience: (much condensed, due to fact I've but ten sheets o' this paper left)
McConnells' patrol got separated by intense archie fire after getting lost in clouds between Pont-a Mousson and Metz. There's a lot to the story in sidelights of course but here's Swaabs' account told from bandages after we found him next day almost to Switzerland:
Swaab waited about 15 minutes in an endeavor to collect a few of his comrades. Meanwhile a strong West wind was blowing him into the general direction of the Rhine country. He finally saw an aerodrome and almost landed. But a black crossed machine was landing with him. It was either Swaab or the Bosche - and the Bosche went down in flames while Swaab was dodging machine gun fire and "onions" heading homewards, as he thought. About ten Huns jumped him. He describes the fate of two of 'em as "getting in the line of

Transcription Notes:
archie slang for ww1 anti aircraft confirmed a flying ace named Jacques Swaab