on Fifth Avenue in New York. He was wounded in action.]
[Illustration:
© _Underwood and Underwood._
Facsimile of Quentin Roosevelt’s record card in the Ecole de Aerien de
Casuaz.
The captain’s remarks at the bottom of the card: “Very good pilot;
regular landings; very good shot; excellent military spirit, and very
daring.”
]
“There was a rather stiff wind blowing in the direction of the German
lines, and when we reached an altitude of about 10,000 feet we began
to be carried with great rapidity toward them. We had not yet sighted
any enemy airplanes after we had been aloft an hour. Hamilton’s motor
went wrong about that time and he had to glide back home. In a few
minutes he was followed by Montague, whose motor also had gone back on
him.