We land to find another newcomer, Hans-Rudolf von Decker. He’s to be given the second Pfalz that everyone tried out last week.


A phone message is received while we are landing. Kleffel has been wounded and made an emergency landing.

We visit him in the hospital and find out what happened.

He chased the D.H.4 all the way to the Houlthustwald*

As the D.H.4 approached its own lines, the pilot throttled down, allowing Kleffel’s Albatros to approach within 100 meters.







CAPTION – This WOFF Skin Pack skin D.H.4 skin is that of Alexander Roulston of No. 57 Squadron.



At that point, the pilot turned his machine to allow the observer to fire a burst. One of the rounds found Kleffel’s calf and he went down in an end over end spin but made a good landing within our lines.*




*This incident with Kleffel is semi-fictional. Cpt Hall wrote about the actions of the D.H.4 crew and I put Kleffel in the place of the unknown German pilot.

There is some uncertainty as to exactly when, on the 2nd, Kleffel was wounded.









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