Carrick - Thanks. Poor Sergent Dubra, hopefully it'll dry enough soon for some flying.

NR - That's a tough mission for Cunningham and the squadron and they paid the price. I agree with Lou, for the damage done sending scouts against airfields seldom works.

Epower - A couple of ground pounding missions but that second one must have felt sweet, some payback for the boche having the audacity to camp on his old airfield. Then an impromptu meet up with Freddy, so much to catch up on and all over a few not so wee drams. A welcome break from the bullets and bombs and a fine way to celebrate your joint Legion of Honor awards.

Lou - A pretty medal the Blue Max, but Jacob's just doing his duty. After three years doing very little in terms of helping win the war, he's just happy to be part of the action.


"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."