Aug.9,1916
Flight LT. Edward Eastwood
RNAS 4
Evening Patrol: FlightB consists of 4 machines. I make up FlightA by my lonesome. Arty spotting east of Ypres. 6 Nieuports will escort from RNAS1. No contact on mission. Returning to base we waited into the night before the CO declared B Flight missing. Hill and Chambers showed up in the wee hours of the morning and reported everyone else is dead. I fear this will be a long war. We do not have enough planes or pilots to put a force into the air. Major says it will be the 15th before we have enough pilots to fly. I could use the rest.

Last edited by MFair; 08/09/14 06:50 PM.

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