Gilbear du Bassy Esc 81 La Noblette Ferme, Verdun, France.
May 20, 1917.
The Esc was chasing 2 seat machines all morning over the lines. They would spot us then dive for home. During the afternoon flight 2 sections 4 a/c ran into two very good Hun pilots. I tuned twisted and zoomed firing off 357 rds of ammo for nothing. ( my sights are off ) They took out 1 Spad then headed for home so did we then my motor caught fire. Found a little flat sport and made a hard landing. My face bounced off the machine gun and panels a few times so will be in the hospital till the 27th. A good day for zee Bosche.
