The 94th Aero Squadron/Diorama
by
ROBERT KARR
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Lt.Rickenbacker nursed his severely crippled mount back to the home airfield. That morning, while diving on a German Albatros, the fabric stripped off the upper right wing of Lt. Rickenbacker's Nieuport 28. Lt. Eddie Rickenbacker has landed his crippled French-built Nieuport 28 fighter.