Lou, you have to read that statement with “in the air” appended to it. Only then this makes sense and isn’t as outrageous as it would otherwise seem.
Now, what was the name of that lout nearly colliding with our ace? Such audacity! I do hope Abbott will punish him by subjecting him to an extended session of toothy grins he is so well known for. Oh, the humanity!
Congrats on getting that Rumpler. Another one to add to Freddy’s collection.

24 February, 1918
Cuirieux, Marne Sector
Jasta 19, JG II
Offizzierstellvertreter Rudolf Emil Fuchs EK1, HHO
34 confirmed kills

Snow squalls continue preventing Kaiser’s finest from plying their trade for the third day in a row. The pilots continue to cure their hangovers by consuming additional quantities of alcohol.


"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys,
The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain,
From out of my arse take the camshaft,
And assemble the engine again."