State Library of NSW
[Page 389]
No 19
France 14-4-18
My own darling old Mother & Father,
Since I came back from leave I have been pretty busy though the weather has been mostly unfit for flying.
As I expected, I found many new faces and some old ones missing. Our chaps had a very rough time while I was on leave. Nearly all the time they were doing low flying firing thousands of rounds at the roads packed with Hun troops. They did wonderful work and as a result there are now three more M.C.'s & a M.M. in the squadron. The M.C's are Purdom (O.C. "C" flight) Staton & Gordon (an Australian). Of course they were all subject to intense fire from the ground when flying low and there were several casualties. James (my senior pilot) & Hay his observer are missing and some more of my pilots were wounded.
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