Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — DOWNED 12 HUN PLANES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DOWNED 12 HUN PLANES

Lieut. A. th UlUcnip ofKvausville. Ind., was one of the many officers who have returned to this country. Lieutenant LilMcrap was with the One Hundred and Twenty-third French escradrille for seven months and was later transferred to the One Hundred and Ninety-sixth aerial squadron of the American forces, to which command he was attached for four months. He has 12 Boche planes to his credit. DurTug one battle between a fleet of 28 American planes and GO German planes 60 bullets found their way to his’-plane and he landed with great difficulty, his landing gear having been shot away by enemy shrapnel.