Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — FLYING CHIEF IS A HERO [ARTICLE]

FLYING CHIEF IS A HERO

Lieutenant de Laage of American Aviation Squad Chases Germans by Sheer "Bluff.” Paris. —Lieutenant de Laage, who Is second in command of the American aviation escadrille. Is greatly admired by Its members for his bravery. A short time ago an American aviator of the escadrille was attacked by two German aeroplanes. The lieutenant was In the air at the time, but his quick-firer was jammed and he could not fire; nevertheless he flew down on the Germans, trusting that his appearance on the scene and their ignorance of his inability to shoot would induce them to abandon their attack on the American. Both sheered off as soon as he got near. P The Americans, like all French aviators flying a one-seated, fast, chasing machine, carry a disk which has 47 shots *for their machine guns. Some carry two or three additional disks for reloading. machines, usually carrying a pilot and a gunner, can use the bands used by quick-firers on land and so have about a thousand shots at their disposal.