On and on they flew, changing their height occasionally, and, when
they were fired at, which was the case not infrequently, they
"zoomed" to escape the flying shrapnel.
But on the whole, they fared very well, and in a comparatively short
time they found themselves over the country where, on the maps, was
marked the location of Harry Leroy's prison camp.
"There it is!" suddenly exclaimed Tom, but of course Jack could not
hear him. However, a punch in Jack's back served the same purpose,
and he took his eyes from his instruments long enough to look down.
Then a confirmatory glance at the map made him agree with Tom. The
air service boys were directly over the prison camp.
This, like so many other dreary places set up by the Germans,
consisted of a number of shacks, in barrack fashion, with a central
parade, or exercise ground. About it all was a barbed wire stockade
and, though the character of these wires did not show, there were
also some carrying a deadly electric current.
This was to discourage escapes on the part of prisoners, and it
succeeded only too well.
But the camp was in plain sight, and in the central space could be
seen a number of ant-like figures which the boys knew were
prisoners.
Whether one of them was Leroy or not, they were unable to say.
But they had reached their objective, and now it was time to act.
High time, indeed, for below them batteries began sending up shells
which burst uncomfortably close to them.
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