1st Lt. John B. Goode
147th Aero Squadron, USAS

October 5th 1918


Can’t sleep. Dewey’s gone. He and Abe set a DFW on fire. Dewey burned too. I warned him to quit going straight in behind a biplace.

I don’t feel the kind of grief I felt when I found out Davy went West, I’m angry, mad at Dewey, mad at the German who killed him before he died himself, mad at the Kaiser, mad at the world. Too bad there’s not a God so I could be mad at him too. I just want to tear things up, hit something, someone, kill every German in the sky.

I didn’t go to dinner tonight, didn’t want to see that empty chair. I’ll go through his stuff tomorrow, I’d do it now but it’s lights out and besides, everyone would kill me for making a racket, their all beat, me too. Maybe I’ll go walk around. Can't stop thinking about Dewey burning. I didn’t see him jump, maybe he was dead before his machine caught. Anyway, he's gone now. I'll have to get myself under control or I'll end up like Davy.


Dwight G. (Dewey) Rothchild - a fictitious wingman assigned by WOFF

1st Lt. Thomas J. (Abe) Abernathy - A Flight, 3 aerial victories

Lt. Daniel W. ‘Dodd’ Cassard, member of B Flight, KIA 16 July 1918