The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 01, 1919, Image 7
CONDEMNED TO |
DEATH AS SPY
AIRMAN'S ADVENTURES WITH
THE BULGARS.
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Lost in Arabian Desert
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Laeut. Fred Buchanan, British Aviator,
Gets Home Safely After
Thrilling Experiences.
Condemned to death as a spy, and
then saved by the signing of an armi-1
stice, that is the strange and startling I
experience of Lieut. Fred Buchanan, j
an intrepid young aviator, who is
just back from Bulgaria and captivity.
The young officer was attached to
the allied air forces operating from
Saloniki. Rumors had reached
headquarters that the Bulgarians
* were very much dissatisfied with the
war, and that they were considering
whether they could not find some
way to end hostilities. Everything,
? however, was indefinite, and the army
command at Saloniki were anxious
to get some reliable informa*
tion. Lieutenant Buchanan was ordered
to get his machine ready, and
to take a passenger within the Bulgarian
lines, where he would leave
him, and pick him up later.
"It was just after the Dorian battie,"
he said. "I had a machine
known as a B. E. plane, and the dis-'
tance to my objective would be about
" 120 miles. As the machine under
normal conditions flew at the rate of
80 miles an hour, I expected to
reach the place aimed at in less than
two hours. Across-my track lay a
range of mountains some 8,000 feet
. high, and to clear them and escape
observation as much as possible I
flew, at an altitude of 13,000 reet.
, , It was pretty cold at that height,
even in the neighborhood of Saloni- 1
ki.
"When I got to the other side of (
the mountains I began spiraling '
down, and, keeping a lookout for a
\ bit of level ground to land on, discovered
a suitable place, and came ]
to earth all right. My passenger
got out, and went on his way to get 1
j
j the required information.
^ "My instructions were to clear off
.
as quickly as I could, but I v had
some difficulty in starting the engine,
and this delay led to the crop ]
of troubles I afterward met with.
"Some German troops, who had
been marching along a road, saw me, r
and took cover, and just as I got 1
thd machine started again they '
dashed out, firing and shouting, and !
telling me plainly that if I didn't '
surrender they would do me in. But
I had no intention of obliging them. 4
' Fortunately, they didn't hit me, but (
they made a mess of the machine, '
breaking one of the cylinders and s
' - knocking a few holes in the body of
the plane. ' ?'
"I think I worked harder than <
ever in my life'before, but I got the <
engine started and too? off. I had <
>? only got up a couple of thousand i
feet, however, when the engine gave 1
further trouhie, ana 1 naa 10 come 1
down again. They hadn't ceased firing
at me with rifles and anti-aircraft
i guns, and altogether I wasn't fancying
my position at all."
By luck, as well as feverish hard
work, Lieutenant Buchanan persuaded
his engine to resume operations,
and again soared in the air. Although
his machine was being continually
hit, he himself seemed to
hear a charmed life.
"I tried to make a dash for home,"
he continued, "through what is
known as Rupel's Pass, but while
half-way through this the engine
stopped altogether, and I came right
down, and landed in the River Strus
ma. Fortunately, this river is shallow,
and there are a lot of sandbanks
about, so I was saved the fate of
drowning after escaping that of being
shot. The machine tilted up in
the river and was now useless. I
jumped out, and made for the bank,
only to run up against a lot of Bulgars,
who asked me whether I was
British or Bulgarian. I told them I
was British, and then they opened
fire on me."
%. ' It was now getting pretty dark,
and that was the reason the .young
pilot wasn't killed there and then.
He continued running, with the Bulgars
crashing at his heels and telling
him in blood-curdling tones
wnax iney wouiu ao n ne aian i '
stop. 1
"Well, the end of that part of the <
business," continued the young offi- J
cer, "was that I was captured. They t
were evidently very much afraid I
would get away again, for they tied 1
me up securely with rope, and so 1
took me down to their regimental i
headquarters."
There he was asked a few ques- <
tions which, as he tersely explains, 1
v "some I answered and some I <
didn't." While still trussed up Lieu- (
tenant Buchanan was put upon a bul- :
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lock wagon and jolted a long, uneasy
night to the divisional headquarters.
There they held a court of inquiry
upon him and took away all his possessions.
Next day he was taken by
motor cat to the army headquarters,
and about 15 officers solemnly
formed themselves into a courtmartial.
''They asked me," said the lieutenant,
"if I knew what was going
to happen to me. I said I didn't, and
they cheerfully informed me that I
would be shot as a spy. I replied
that they could not very well do that
as I was in uniform. But they simply
laughed, and grimly explained that
didn't matter at all, because, under
Bulgarian law anyone landing in Bulgarian
territory in the way I had
done had to be treated as a spy, and
I knew what the fate of a spy was."
It was not, as one can aasily suppose,
in a very cheerful frame of
mind that the young pilot passed the
next few days. He was again taken
to headquarters, because a general
wanted to see him. While there, however,
the gloom of impending tragedy
was at once brightened and relieved.
Be met the American minister at
Sofia, who told him the welcome
lews that he was there to arrange
in armistice. Members of the Bulgarian
air force also, moved by that
esprit de corps which belongs conspicuously
to the air services of all
countries, had assured him that they
would see he wasn't shot. Their
commanding officer told him next
lay that everything was all right
md that the armistice had been
signed.
Another adventure which had just
is many thrills, although of a different
nature,. happened to the young
ifficer while in Arabia. He was sent
iown from Akabar^to take up the
? j t-i.-i.i- n-i l t i
reuouutauie ^oiuuei i-?a.wxence, wno
was in Glassgow the other day with
the son of the King of Mecca.
"This turned out to be a pretty
long job," explained the lieutenant.
'I had only about 200 miles to go,
but when I got to the desert I lost
my way, and as there was a big haze
3n I could not land. I kept flying
until I reached the Red Sea coast,
ind there I landed almost in the
midst of a Bedouin encampment. I
think the Arabs were-much more as:onished
than I was, for they had
aever seen an airplane before.
"I wrote a letter explaining my
position, and managed to persuade
some of them to take it along with
:hem and to deliver it to the first
British officer they\;ould find. Eventlally,
my letter was picked up by
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:he nearest point in the territory of
the King of Mecca. I was, in the
meanwhile, in a fever of suspense in
that barren country, and after about
two weeks of the rice and dates I
persuaded the Bedouins to put me
on a camel, and direct me along the
Ray they had carried my message.
But the Arabs have a reputation for
mnexing things that do not belong to
;hem, and one morning just after
iwaking I found that the camel had
seen taken away, and I was left in
;he desert with only a little of the
tsual provender.
"I started back along the way I
lad come, and I hadn't gone back
rerv far when I saw a string of 50
oamels coming along behind me. I
made as much haste as I could in
:heir direction and when I read
Motor shell spirit' on one of their
loads I scarcely could contain myself
[or joy. I discovered that this was
my supply of engine fuel sent in reply
to my message, which I was
afraid had gone astray. It didn't
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ALDERMEN:
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