I was feeling like a top gun . In most of my campaign flights with Jasta 4, I was doing the right stuff.
mosty turning before I was fired on and getting in a lot of hits with the 1st bursts. Untill , ya U guessed it they cleaned my clock. We were 3 Albatross D-2s swinging towards the Archie fire when 4 N-17s with a Indian Head on the body between the cockpit and tail jumped us. Twisted and turned got 8 hits with my 1st burst on an Ace
swung back around and lost him then an Albatross went smoking down. I circled lower and picked another N-17 fired 2 hits Another Ace. By then, I was low and slow so I knew the Ax would fall soon . Tacka ,Tacka from above and to the right hits all over the top wing as a a/c shot over me. Tacka ,Tacka from behind The Engine caught fire
I slanted down and burned in level flight all the way down.