Volunteered for night bombing and was particularly efficient in
“chassi” work. He gave the Germans a taste of their own medicine—by
dropping bombs on German towns and firing upon German supply trains.]
We have left the description of the duel with the English in alarm.
“Ball,” continues the eye-witness, “thousands of feet above us and only
a speck in the sky, was doing the craziest things imaginable. He was
below Immelman and was apparently making no effort to get above him and
thus gaining the advantage of position. Rather he was swinging around,
this way and that, attempting, it seemed, to postpone the inevitable.
“We saw the German’s machine dip over preparatory to starting the
nose-dive.
“‘He’s gone now,’ sobbed a young soldier at my side, for he knew
Immelman’s gun would start its raking fire once it was being driven
straight down.
“Then in a fraction of a second the tables were turned. Before
Immelman’s plane could get into firing position, Ball drove his machine
into a loop, getting above his adversary and cutting loose with his
gun and smashing Immelman by a hail of bullets as he swept by.