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THE BOY IN THE DARK TRUNKS
Maj Raymond Collishaw, DSO, DFC, DFC.
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It was June 27, 1917. Likening dog fights to aerial boxing bouts, Lt. Raymond Collishaw led his five man Canadian "Black Flight" against seven Albatrosses of Richtofen's dreaded Jagdstaffel 11. Flying a speedy Sopwith triplane, Collishaw downed Lt. Allmenroeder, Richtofen's number two pilot, on the first pass. He scored sixty victories in all, and went on to command the Royal Air Force in the Middle East in WW 2.
"The Boy in the Dark
Trunks is from the "Heritage of the Air Collection" by Merv Corning, used with
permission of Leach International Corporation, Buena Park, CA. In no event may
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