Grinnell Flyer Is Victorious in Aerial Battle (1918)

HALL, RICKENBACKER

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 7/16/2010 at 17:32:43

Grinnell Herald (Grinnell, Iowa) May 3, 1918

NORMAN HALL BAGS ANOTHER

Grinnell Flyer Is Victorious in Aerial Battle

Captain Norman Hall, of the American flying forces, has helped bag another Boche. He and "Eddie" Rickenbacker, former auto racing driver and an Iowan, were victors in an aerial battle over the Toul sector. They engaged the German over the American lines. He endeavored to escape, but the Americans kept right after him and his machine fell behind the German trenches. The Americans returned unhurt, though several bullets pierced the planes of Captian Hall's machine.