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1916 - 0055.PDF
JANUARY 20, 191°- the most novel features in the construction of this new craft is the use of a new type of vanadium steel construc tion, lighter than wood, more durable, fireproof, and capable of being extended into aeroplanes ten times the size of this huge bird. " Several hundred pounds of bombs can be carried on this new fighting flyer, and with its gunners to ward off \pMii The neat attachment of the bracing cables to the interplane strut on the Sturtevant Battle biplane. other aeroplanes, these destructive missiles could be dropped with impunity on a helpless city. There is little doubt that large squadrons of craft of this kind could paralyse a nation's industry, and from what has already been done in Europe, and the indications of what is coming, it is reasonable to predict that the colossal war in Europe will end in the air—in tremendous battles of huge air navies engaged in the destruction of cities, rail roads, and even armies. ® ® THE ROLL THE Secretary of the Admiralty announces the following casualties:— Under date January 10th : Killed. Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Gordon E. Duke, R.N. Warrant Officer (2nd Grade) Percival V. Fraser, R.N.A.S. Under date January nth: Killed. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Cecil Horace Brinsmead, R.N. Under date January 12th : Missing. Flight Sub-Lieutenant James S. Bolas, R.N. Midshipman Douglas M. Branson, R.N. The following casualties in the Expeditionary Force have been officially reported from General Head quarters :— Under date January 2nd : Missing. Sergeant E. Tones, Royal Flying Corps. ® ® Ten Aeroplanes from Malay States. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies announces that sums exceeding £15,000 have been collected in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States for the purchase of aeroplanes for the use of the Royal Flying Corps. The organiser of the fund, Mr. C. Alma Baker, of Kinta, is himself the donor of one aeroplane. Funds for the provision of ten aeroplanes, which will be numbered " Malaya I " to " Malaya io," have already been gratefully acknow ledged by the War Office. Subscriptions were received from all nationalities in the Malay The 140 h.p. Sturtevant Battle biplane in flight. " While the Sturtevant Battle-plane is but a step in the development of these mighty fleets, it is a remarkable indication of the trend of aeroplane progress, and, more important than all, it has been designed primarily for Uncle Sam." ® ® OF HONOUR. Under date January 6th : Died of Wounds. Captain J. G. D. Sanders, R.F.A. and R.F.C. Missing- Lieutenant G. C. Formilli, R.G.A., attached R.F.C. Lieutenant A. L. Russell, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant W. E. Somervell, L. N. Lanes. R.,'and R.F.C. Under date January nth: Missing. Second Lieutenant F. Adams, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant J. G. McEwen, Royal Flying Corps. Previously Officially reported Missing, now Unofficially reported Killed. Second Lieutenant L. W. Yule, Royal Flying Corps. The following casualties among the Indian Forces with the Expeditionary Force are reported:— Undated: Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed. Second Lieutenant D. F. Cunningham Reid, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached R.F.C. ® ® Peninsula, several of the aeroplanes being presented by the Chinese residents. Paulhan Mentioned in Despatches. M. PAULHAN, who was attached to the French Military Mission in Serbia, has again been mentioned in Army Orders. The latest citation is as follows: "After having pursued enemy aeroplanes that had just effected a bombardment this officer pursued one of the machines that he had defeated in a battle, where he showed the greatest coolness. He hovered over the machine,, which fell in the enemy's country, to drop a bomb on it." 55 D 2
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