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1/LlGHTj witness suggested that the officer might have got into a cloud and lost his. bearings, and missed England altogether. (.eneral Sir H. Smith-Dorrien : Are there any other occasions on which men have lost their way similarly ?—I know a man wrho lost his way in a bad snow storm. Witness added that in the early days of the war a pilot was lost ia the same way. Colonel Beatty read the proceeding of the Court of Inquiry with reference to the death of Captain Downer and Lieutenant Burrows, who were killed whilst flying a B.E. 4 machine, and respecting whose death allegations that they were due to faulty design or bad repair had been made. The evidence ;it the inquiry was that the machine was making an abnormally steep spiral descent when the strut broke. In reply -to the Chairman, witness said that they only ' ffl " a' THE ROLL In our last week's issue, by a most regrettable printer's transposition, eight names of officers who have been wounded were classified as " Missing." We express our sincere regret for this slip, and we now repeat the names as they should have appeared under their correct heading of:— Wounded. Lieut.-Col. H. C. '['. Dowding, K.A., attached R.F.C. Second Lieut. J. E. Griffith, Dorset Regt., attached R.F.C. lieutenant H. R. Hele-Shaw, Royal Flying Corps. Captain J. U. Kelly, R.F.C. attd. Wilts Regt. 1 .iptain T. E. Longridge, A.S.C., attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant W. G. Pender, Royal Flying Corps. Captain J. C. Quinnell, R.F.A., attached R.F.C. Lieutenant G. Thompson, Royal Flying Corps. THE Secretary of the Admiralty announces the follow ing casualties :— Killed. Might Sub-Lieutenant Ian N. Carmichael, R.N. Died of Injuries. Prob. flight Sub-Lieutenant William R. Wallace, R.N. Slightly Wounded. Flight-Lieutenant Edward H. Dunning, D.S.C., R.N. The following casualties have been officially announced by the War Office :— Killed. Second Lieutenant J. Godlce, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant R. W. Settle, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant G. N. Teale, Royal Flying Corps. Died of Wounds. Second Lieut. J. L. Re id, Northumberland F.,attd. R.F.C. 5.1 Sergeant T. F. L Carlisle, Royal Flying Corps. SB viermany's Aerial Champions. AN announcement by the German War Office states that the ten most successful German aviators with their records of hostile machines brought down are : Captain Bolke, 19 ; Lieutenant Immelmann (dead), 15 ; Lieutenant Wintgens, n ; Lieutenant Hdhndorf, 10; Lieutenant Parchau (dead), 8; I.ieuten.mt Mulzer, 8; Lieutenant Baron von Althaus, 8; 1 untenant Lcffers, 5; Lieutenant Walz, 4; Lieutenant Gerlkh. 4. Lieutenant Parchau, who was recently decorated with the 1 >nler Pour le Merite. was killed in a fight with a British machine on July 24th, being shot through the heart. The machine, it is said, fell into the German lines. Zeppelins Patrolling the Jutland Coast. REPORTS from various places in Jutland report the passing of Zeppelins each day during the past fortnight. On July 27th one was observed patrolling between the island of Romo (Prussia) and Horns Reef for two hours, when it disappeared in a westerly direction. No doubt a dual purpose is being served by this journeying about—practice for visits to hated Britain's shores and scouting for the cooped-up German Nayy. Zeppelins by the Dozen. ACCORDING to the Morning Post correspondent at Stockholm, reports from Gothland indicate that the fleet of 12 Zeppelins which passed to the east of that island on the night of July 27th headed for the Gulf of Finland, as it AUGUST 3, 1916. tested the first machine of a type. As the others came along they were roughly tested by pilots in the air. The first machine of a type was put to very exhaustive tests. The Chairman : Have you special pilots for that duty ? Yes, specially for that work. Colonel Beatty said that contractors were given certain formula to which machines must approximate. A certain climb, speed, and load was specified—a practice which had only been instituted during the last year. The Chairman : And you test the machines with reference to your specifications ?—Yes. Do you find that the machines substantially comply with specifications ?—Yes, very closely. The Committee then sat in camera. After the last private sitting on August 1st it was announced that the Report would be issued shortly. m m OF HONOUR. 7131 2nd Class Air-Mechanic F. E. T. Sanders, R.F.C. 6261 2nd Class Air-Mechanic J. Simpson, R.F.C. Wounded. Captain R. Blatherwick, R. Scots Fusiliers, attd. R.F.C. Second Lieut. C. V. J. Borton, Norfolk Regt., attd. R.F.C. Captain M. G. B. Copeman, Leicestershire and R.F.C. Second Lieut. D. H. S. Davies, R. Warwickshire and R.F.C. Lieut. B. McL. Hay, Canadian Engineers, attd, R.F.C. Second Lieutenant F. G. Hogarth, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant R. Holloway, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieut, H. S. Macneil, R.F.A., attd. R.F.C. Second Lieutenant J. Manley, Royal Flying Corps. Lieutenant E. R. Manning, Hussars, attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant L. L. Richardson, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieut. C. G. Riley, Royal Fusiliers, attd. R.F.C. 9138 2nd Class Air-Mechanic W. R. Morton, R.F.C. Correction: Wounded. Second Lieut, W. E. Birch, E. Lanes. Regt., attd. R.F.C., should read Second Lieut. W. E. Birch, S. Lanes. Regt., attd. R.F.C. Missing. Second Lieutenant R. M. W. Browne, R.F.C. Lieut, N. A. Browning-Paterson, R.A., attd. R.F.C. Lieut. H. Clements-Finnerty, Lancers, attd. R.F.C. Captain J. O. Cooper, Royal Flying Corps. Lieutenant H. R. Hele-Shaw, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant D. S. C. Macaskie, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant R. C. Oakes, R..F.A., attd. R.F.C. Lieut. A. V. Oliver-Jones, R.F.A., attd. R.F.C. Second Lieut. A. H. W. Tollemache, R.E. and R.F.C. 2458 Corporal R. G. Johnstone, Royal Flying Corps. Correction: Missing. Lieutenant J. L. Whitby, Leinster Regt., attached R.F.C., should read—Lieutenant J. L. Whitty. is m ^was observed that a somewhat easterly course was taken by them. The airships travelled partly in couples and partly in single file. It is supposed that they were fired on by warships, as. soon after they had passed Gothland, heavy firing was heard in the direction in which they had gone. A tele gram from Landsort states that on July 28th a Zeppelin, supposed to be one of the same fleet, was seen close to the Swedish shore, evidently making for Aland. TheDagens Nyheter is of opinion that the main body of the airship fleet was making for the Russian naval base in the Gulf of Finland, and that while each unit had a definite goal they were all co-operating with the view of damaging the Russian ships and fortifications and breaking the power of the Russian naval offensive in the Baltic. A Zeppelin Record. WRITING on July 29th the Morning Post correspondent at Stockholm says :— " A message from Landsort states that a Zeppelin, which was sighted last night on its way north, passed here at 11 a.m. to-day, heading south. The same telegram states that the airship visited Aland Island, where it was fired at. but escaped unhurt. The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet makes a calculation as to the time and distance covered by the airship on this voyage in comparison with the time and distance of the airship raids on England, and arrives at the conclusion that a new record has been established in this instance." 654
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