The First World War British fighter pilot Lieutenant E.M. Roberts, gave this account describing the deadly game of “Boche-hunting above the clouds”:
“I noticed he was going down a little, evidently for the purpose of shooting me from underneath. I was not quite sure as yet that such was really his intention; but the man was quick…he put five shots into my machine. But all of them missed me.”
“I maneuvered into an offensive position as Quickly as I could, and I had my machine gun pelting him…The Hun began to spin earthward.”
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