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Fullofit - No treating law? Bah! Everyone ignores it so no worries there. Now then, why those Spad jockeys keep trying to turn fight the DR.1 is beyond me. With such foolish and willing victims, coupled with his skills, Rudi is going to hit the fifty mark in no time at this rate.


And speaking of fifty, approval for Freddy's last claim came through today just before the morning show, so a binge is on the horizon. As for my man increasing his score beyond that mark anytime soon, well that is not in the cards. Captain Abbott and the lads from 'B' Flight went chasing after a trio of Rolands that were attempting to plant some eggs on Poperinge and no sooner had caught up with them when Freddy's mount got shot through smartly by one of the Hun G/Os. Whether the fellow was a crack shot or just lucky is anyone's guess, but the end result was a perforated petrol tank and loss of some elevator control in Abbott's Camel, and a bullet crease just below his left knee. The Captain broke off his attack immediately and turned back to camp as fuel was pouring out from the rupture and streaming behind him. In less than a minute the Clerget starved out and shut down. Fortunately Freddy had plenty of altitude to work with and, despite the sloshy elevator, it was a simple affair to drift down and line up on the field. Simple that is until a gust of wind lifted the tail of Abbott's kite just as he was rumbling to a stop in front of the hangars, and with the unresponsive elevator and no power to correct the situation the Camel ended up on its nose. As Freddy was climbing down from his office, shaken but relatively safe, his injured leg got tangled up in between the control column and the seat and he tumbled out, twisting the ankle of the caught leg in the process. As it ended up the bullet crease was fairly minimal, requiring only cleaning and dressing. The ankle however swelled immediately and would likely take a week at least to heal enough for Freddy to return to flying duties. And just when the weather had at last improved!

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