Congrats on the Zepplin claim and the bar awarded, Lou . I was pleasnatly suprised that claim was confirmed to you as you were alone on the patrol and didn't have a squad pilot for a witness. Collisions and flak hits are a big concern of mine, engine failure over poor places to land too.

Rittmeister Bachmeier was wounded this morning by a sharpshooting rear seat Strutter pilot who snapped off his finsl rounds as he and his Strutter plummeted to the mud like a flaming arrow. How the London News showed up in Bachmeiers hospital bedstand remains unknown, but he was pleased to read of your award.