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Looking back, he saw the Death's Head flag waving from the nearest one and soon distinguished Blaine, apparently all right, but chugging away at top speed in Erwin's direction. Just now the Fokker with its dead occupant gave another side drop and, uninfluenced by the usual controls, came nearly to a standstill.
Behind was a growing blackness that denoted approaching night. To both Bangs' and Erwin's astonishment, the biplane, instead of returning, was pointing downward after the crippled Fokker. Then from the north whirled a sea-fog that presently enveloped all, obliterating what remained of light, hiding even Blaine and the adversary he had pursued. It was strange, mysterious.
The Fokker plane had "thrown a scare" into the air service, and there was a general demand on the part of the British public for greater efficiency.
The machines ultimately found to best meet the needs of aërial fighting were for the Germans always the Fokker, and the Taube so called from its resemblance to a flying dove, though it was far from being the dove of peace. The wings are shaped like those of a bird and the tail adds to the resemblance.
Now you have come, perhaps we may somehow find a way to get out." Here Stanley suddenly entered, looking strangely resolved. Above, the explosive noises had gradually died out. Looking at Blaine, he said: "Lafe, I have fixed up that German's Fokker All it needs is more gasoline and there's still some in your tank and Orry's.
At this juncture the big biplane that had been pursuing the Fokker suddenly ducked, dove far beneath his adversary and came up on the opposing side, at the same time peppering the Hun with machine gun explosive bullets. The Fokker almost stopped and appeared to tremble. Both Bangs and Erwin saw that some serious internal injury had occurred.
The Germans, it is true, have found the Fokker type of monoplane a very efficient one, but the number of Fokkers in use is comparatively small, when the great fleets of Aviatiks and other well-known types of German biplanes are remembered.
"What gets me," remarked Byers while watching the deft manipulations of the surgeon and the nurses, "is how he came here alone and in such a rig. Why, that Fokker must have been taken from Fritzy! Why didn't he return in one of our own machines? Where are the others? I tell you, Senator, there is trouble afoot; I feel it in my bones!"
"This morning, through H. Q. Intelligence." "Tam will be awfully bucked," said somebody. "He was complaining yesterday that life was getting too monotonous. By the way, we ought to drop a wreath for poor old von Zeidlitz." "Tam will do it with pleasure," said Blackie; "he always liked von Zeidlitz he called him 'Fritz Fokker' ever since the day von Zeidlitz nearly got Tam's tail down."
One of them immediately turned tail. The other tried to do so but was intercepted by Blaine who, making an absolutely nervy side-loop, came up under the Fokker and began again discharging a deadly rain of bullets. But one source of refuge was left the German. Up, up he climbed.
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