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By Geoff Hoile We were flying on a rouâ€" tine reconnaissance mission over the trenches in northâ€" ern France when suddenly we spotted them. Fifteen enemy Fokkers coming out of the loose cloud cover high above us. All we had was a Lewis maâ€" chinegun and no parachutes. They peeled off, two at a time, and came straight at us I flew closer to the trenches to stay within ground cover and tapped out a call for help in Morse code: *Unable to stay on line. Fifteen Fokkers above at 5.000 feet. Please send help Within half an hour we saw our help coming; three little Sopwith Camels flying in V formation. I almost laâ€" ughed. Then the three Camels tore into them,. and in no time at all four of the Fokkers were down. The fight was over and we reâ€" turned to our base near Amiens. Within half an hour we Leaving the School of saw our help coming: three Aeronautics for active duty little Sopwith Camels flying _ in the summer of 1918, Clayâ€" in V formation. I almost law ton Dotzert. as a young ughed. Then the three pilot. was faced with three Camels tore into them,. and choices. He could become a in no time at all four of the bomber pilot. become a Fokkers were down. The fighter pilot or fly artillery fight was over and we reâ€" observation missions over turned to our base near enemy trenches. He chose Amiens. the latter, and it was his job Clayton Dotzert, sitting in â€" to "look for the enemy." the lounge of the RCAF Asâ€" He joined a training squaâ€" World War 1 flier a s ws * k w inl °o C e g p .s h e T M " 4. ~e i‘% +% u* s p old s J 8 * .. C9eh mil i s * + kn * *L $A "“' i e *" aHGs "., % %%Qv +t ag* .?' uy 9 *f‘ beid e :k h 54â€" hx ) * Bet â€" C3Â¥ : Auicgh * 4 t M rigs mt 36 i _% + is ~*..~~ ie 4 . h en " y Mss ¢> â€" *‘ § es *4 . Apefemeds l 4" iR ol ce 5 o e > *+_"* 25 it ... . > .+. "Pmae Bize s 02 5 Nee T9 .e ds s t ty _ 4 * _ x 5 S e > ~ o aloee r:’"hf,\‘ & s % s sX Merie S on ip <â€" i w x s P CS io+ s! 2 } % C. ho . * t *, hz *~<+â€" e f i8 y > i/ * C s : o 5 ie s "ale o A part of Waterioo history Mr. Dotzert, a native of Waterloo, joined the 71st Canadian â€" Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1915 as a young man of 18. By the end of 1916, as part of the 118th Battalion of volunteers from N. Waterloo, he encountered his first English winter. The following year he and two fellow soldiers applied for a transfer to the royal Flying Corps (RFC). the forerunâ€" ner of the RAF sociation 404 Wing just off Albert St. in Waterloo, deâ€" scribes the World War I air battle as if it had happened yesterday. ‘"Those fellows in the Sopwith Camels were the forerunners of the Battle of Britain pilots,"‘ he added. we" ik % eeey x n " omm} . .. o\ Witehener Public premy Queen Street m U 5 KITCHENER, Ont. | dron in Wiltshire, but ‘‘aeronautics _ education didn‘t matter a dam ; it was flying."" The RFC planes were the Reconnaissance Experimental RE8, the Sopâ€" with Camel and the slightly faster Sopwith Snipe. Dotâ€" zert, and an observer in the cockpit behind, flew over the trenches for two hours at a time in their RE8, much of the time ‘‘dodging our own shells as well as the Germans‘." Clayton Dotzert talks of his Mennonite ancestry in one breath, speaking proudâ€" ly of his German Decent, then swings freely into anâ€" other story of his World War I experiences He was shot down twice and came close in a few other situations. On one occasion. he recalls, a German twoâ€"seater aircraft flew so close alongside Dotâ€" zert‘s RE8 that he could see the enemy pilot‘s mousâ€" tache. "He opened fire on us and blew our oil system all to hell. covering both my legs in oil," said Dotzert "I can‘t understand why the oil didn‘t ignite. Every third f“'" l Polfticians guess_ M at election date Mr. Makarchuk sees the recently announced econoâ€" mic changes as ‘"cleaning up a little here and there.â€"for a Jeadership convention someâ€" time in February...grooâ€" ming someone like Otto Lang‘‘ for the leadership of the Liberal party. By Geoff Hoile The vote is two to oné among the politicians that there won‘t be a federal election this year. The three Waterloo Riding federalâ€" candidates all agree that 15 scheduled byelections are a strong unâ€" derlying factor in calling a general election, but they differ on what the affect will Mr. Hobson, on the other hand, doesn‘t see Pierre Trudeau resigning at this stage. "If Trudeau was going to step down, he would have left the package of economic goodies for the new leader. He is reversing himself. It is a clear indicaâ€" tion that he is going to lead Three weeks after that crash, Dotzert was involved in a counterâ€"attack over the enemy lines, in which his flyingâ€"mate chose to stand up in his seat to look for German aircraft and was promptly shot in the leg. When they returned and crashed near their base, they found a bulletâ€"hole in his seat. The wounded obâ€" server had, apparently worn his best flying outfit and dress boots on the mission because he had dreamed the night before that he would be wounded and sent back to England as a war casualty. PC candidate Rich Hobâ€" son and NDP contestant Miâ€" chael Makarchuk interpret the actions of the Liberal party hierarchy to mean there won‘t be a federal election before next spring. However, Liberal candidate Frank Epp feels ‘"‘the reaâ€" sons for a fall election are stronger than _ those against." shell was a tracer bullet." Back in Waterloo after the war, Clayton Dotzert beâ€" came the local postmaster. He was also a strong inâ€" fluence in bringing the local hockey families of the time together to form the Waâ€" terloo Siskins. In naming the team after a popular aeroâ€" plane of the day. Mr. Dotâ€" zert started a trend that carâ€" ried on through the junior Avros, Camels and Pups. Waterloo _ won _ chamâ€" (Continued on page 3) The general opinion is that winter elections are unlikely and impractical because of the difficulty in flying ballot boxes into the nearly inacâ€" cessible areas of the NW Territories. _ Liberal condidate Frank Epp interprets the affect of the scheduled byelections quite differently. He sees them as a factor in favor of a fall election since announâ€" cement of a general election as early as October 13 (to be held two months later) would effectively dissolve Parliament, and preclude the holding of the byelecâ€" tions scheduled for October 16. Mr. Epp added "the Canâ€" *‘there does not appear to be a logical sueccessor to Mr. Trudeau...1 don‘t think he is **You don‘t spend millions of dollars on a byelection only to call a general elecâ€" tion right afterwards ... just because the Gallup poll is good this month," says Mr. Hobson ‘"How cynical can a man be?"‘ Michael Makarâ€" chuk agrees *‘since they have scheduled the byelecâ€" tions, it will be useless duâ€" plication if he calls a generâ€" al election too. Wouldn‘t that be a kick in the butt with a frozen boot?" down""* Mr. Eppadmits, but being pushed from within the country in&» another election." _ 5. C He may want to ‘step Pu 2nd. Lieut. C.V. Dotzert, RAF The final decision, of course, lies with the Prime Minister and boils down to when he sees his greatest chance to remain in office with a majority governâ€" ment. Parliament is scheâ€" duled to meet October 10. They have been prepared for one,. ..not by Mr. Trudeaâ€" u, butâ€"by the media," â€" Mr. Epp aiso rates the economy highest on the list of major issues, with the problems of unemployment, oil supply, labor unrest and Canada‘s competitive posiâ€" tion in industry important contributing elements. He lists the unity issue:â€" and the question of leadership in facing the upcoming Quebec referendum as additional important factors. . at the montent is ""unemâ€" ployment on the â€" short term‘"‘ according to Mr; Maâ€" karchuk "a lot of ills hinge on the 900,000 unemployed." The economy, embracing inâ€" flation, unemployment, and the failure of the Gross Naâ€" tional Product (GNP) to meet the predictions of Mr. Cretien all> forecast ‘‘*a tough winter‘‘ in Mr: Hobâ€" son‘s views. He sees the economy as the ‘"only real issue‘"" since ‘‘people don‘t understand the ramificaâ€" tions of proposed constituâ€" n people generally wam > > > > ~~~‘ fedéral election) now. *~~ Canada 10 .