Departed with 4 other a/c for a gas Bag hunt, but ran into Zee Boche. 6 e/a's were mixing it up with 4 Sopwith 1B 's and we went to the middle of the melee. I got off a few rds (40) at a fellow with a stripe around the fuselage. He roll away and split for home. fire off a few long range shots ( 60) at 2 others but they got clean away. RTB. I did see 2 Sopwith's go down 1 without a wing and the other spun in. My flight lost 1 destroyed. for 1 claimed
