[WWI] On this day...

[Douglas Anderson]

Well, sine the ballons were located near to but behind teh front, they would already be home
  more or less
  unless a wind blew them across the frontline while they were parachuting
  

Steve Cox <steve at oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
  on 28/6/07 2:13 pm, Thayer Syme at thayers at flyrc.com wrote:
  
And in 1918 the AEF executed their first bombing raid on the Western 
Front while two German fliers became the first members of the 
Caterpillar Club.
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Thayer Syme
Editor, Fly RC Magazine
Maplegate Media
650 Danbury Rd
Ridgefield, CT 06877
203-431-7787, ext 119  

What qualifies you for the caterpillar club? Wouldn’t balloon observers have a pretty strong prior claim?



regards
Steve
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