Amidst the fighters on the Aisne, Guynemer was at his post in the
Storks Escadrille. "All right! (sic) they tumble down," he wrote
laconically to his family. There were indeed some five tumbling down: on
May 25 he had surpassed all that had been done so far in aerial fights,
bringing down four German machines in that one day. His notebook states
the fact briefly:
8.30.--Downed a two-seater, which lost a wing as it fell and was
smashed on the trees 1200 meters NNE. of Corbeny.
8.31.--Another two-seater downed, in flames, above
Juvincourt.--With Captain Auger, forced another two-seater to dive
down to 600 meters, one kilometer from our lines.
Downed a D.F.W.[22] in flames above Courlandon.
Downed a two-seater in flames between Guignicourt and
Conde-sur-Suippes. Dispersed with Captain Auger a squadron of six
one-seaters.
[Footnote 22: The D.F.W. (_Deutsche Flugzeug Werke_) is a scouting
machine provided with two machine-guns, one shooting through the
propeller, the other mounted on a turret aft. It is thirty-nine feet
across the wings, and twenty-four in length.
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