New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records (1919)
Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 86
from his reargun and at the same time have a chance to soak some of the shots intohim at close range; as I did so, Jim Meissner appeared. The other two ofour group had jammed and left the scrap. We both shot at the Boche, anda scond later, great hot, red flames burst out from beneath his fuselage.I… … HAMILTON COOLIDGE On Sept. 27 he shot up a German supply train, himself flying-alone four times up and down the hapless column. Then came fourvictories together. He wrote: On Oct. 21 picked up a Halberstadt biplace fighter over the lines. My gunsjammed after about 50 rounds, but I kept manoeuvring…
Biography · Aeronautics · World War, 1914-1918
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