FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1916
1916 - 0883.PDF
OCTOBER 12, 1916. every respect with the machine described in our issue oi June 22nd this year, the scale drawings of which were done under great difficulties, being, in fact, done by a special method of perspective which "' FLIGHT " has developed It was gratifying to find that all the dimensions tallied with \Fssm SI IS THE ROLL REPORTED by the Admiralty :— Killed (Accidentally). Po 15757 F. W. G. Tavlor. Mlaaing. Flight Sub-Lieut. A. J. Chadwick, R.N. Previously reported Missing, now reported Prisoner of War in Turkey. Flight-Corn. G. B, Dacre. D.S.O., R.N. Slightly Wounded. F. 2363 G. Holloway. F. 2381 G. B. Hughes. F. 10126 T. G. Shepherd. F. 3005 R. H. Whiting. Reported by the War Office :— Killed. and Lieut. C. H. M. King, RFC. Previously reported Wounded, now reported Died of Wounds. Capt. K. A. Brooke-Murray. A.S.C., attd. R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed. Lieut. E. C. Jowett, R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War in German hands. Lieut. R. Burgess, Army Cyclist Corps, attd. R.F.C. Died of Wounds. 2422 2nd Air-Mech. C. E. Norman, K.F.C. 5569 Corpl. D. B. Walker. R.F.C. Wounded, and Lieut. C. H. Bell, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. F. C. Biette, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. L. V. Drake, Yeomanry and R.F.C. those found hy n* The machine described had .1 Mercedes engine while the MM on vu w .1! :lu- il A C grounds was fitted with a MSB h.p liens. A I-ang propellei had re placed the original German one. but that wax not noticed by the majority of the victor*. RH fa! OF HONOUR. Capt. A. W. Field. Mach. Gaa Corp*, attd K 1 I Lieut K \ I .nklin R I 2nd Lieut R S. H.iward. K 1 1 2nd I.u-ut. A. F. UviOgStOM, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. Phihppi. Dftamoaa, attd. R.F.C. sod Lieut C P v Roche, R I I 2nd Lieut \. E S Simon. R I 211.i I.nut B V S Ssdth.ll Wtrw. R. and RFC. Capt. P. B WeUiiman. R.E sad K.F.C. 11206 and Air-Mech. J. Howcroft, K.F.C. 797I 2nd An Me. h. t., C. Tjvlol. K.l I Previously reported Missing, now reported Wounded and Prisoner 01 War In German hands. Lieut. J. G. Robertson. K 1 < Previously reported Prisoner of War, now reported Wounded and Prisoner of War la German hands. tad Lieut. 1. 1L Firstbrook. R.F.C. Missing. Lieut. B. T. Collcr. R I 1 2nd Lieut. S. Dendrino. RFC. and Lieut. A. T. Easom. R.F.C. and Lieut. F. St. J. F. N I • Uia, Ri Fas., attd, R.F.C. Capt IV B. Gray. Indian Infantry, attd. R.F.C. Lieut. E. E. Lansdale. AS.C. and R.F.C. Lieut. J. H. feowson, R. Scots, attd. RFC. 2nd Lieut. T. E. G. Scalfe. Dragoon Gds.. attached R.F.C and Lieut. H. A. Taylor, R. West Kent and R.F.C. 1864 Sergt. J. E. Glover, R.F.C. 3389 Sergt. B. Irwin. R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Prisoners of War. 10387 and Air Met h IN Robinson. R.F.C. 1746 Sergt. <; TopUfie, R.F.C. Improvement in the Russian Flying Services. AT the Staff here, writes the Daily Telegraph correspon dent at Petrograd, the gratifying statement is made that during the recent fighting in Galicia the Russian air service has had great successes, not only widening the sphere of its activity, but even changing its character as a military instru ment. As on the Western Front, so here tin- aeroplane has •ceased to be merely a means of scouting, and is becoming ever more and more a fighting weapon for use in the very thickest of the fray. This news is all the more welcome, because until lately the air service was one of the weak spots in Russia's military equipment. Bigger German Anti-Aircraft Guns. ACCORDING to the Echo de Paris a tendency has been observed among the Germans to strengthen seriously their air services as well as to increase the size of their anti-aircraft guns. With their 5-in. guns, which have a range of 8J taBes, fusing (? incendiary) shells succeed from time to time in reaching our machines. Funerals of the Burnt Zepp. Crews. THE bodies of the 22 Germans who perished in the Zeppelin which came down in flame-, in Essex on Septem ber 24th were buried on September 27th. The coffin of the commander bore the inscription. " Commander Brodruck, killed on service. September 24th, 1016." According to the Kreuzzeiiung he was Naval Lieut. Karl Brodruck, a son of Lieut.-General Georg Brodruck, and possessed the Iron Cross of the First and Second Class. On the 5 th inst. the 19 bodies recovered from the wreck of Zeppelin L31, brought down at Potters Bar on October 1st, were buried at the local cemetery alongside those who perished in the destruction of L21 at Cuffley. The coffin of the commander bore a brass plate with the inscription " Com mander Mathy, died on service, October 1st, 1916." At the inquest on the preceding day it was stated in evidence that a tablet on the body of the commander bore the inscription " Kptln. Mathy. L31." The verdict was to the effect that death was due to injuries received whilst traveling m • hostile airship. The evidence showed that none •>! the victim* wet* .dive when found. A Missing Zepp. Commander. A REPORT, under date October nth, from Constance, asserts that the cnminandei ol the last Zenpetio brought down in F.ngland was named Bemhard Sehreil. M11. for his earlier exploit- had Iwen decorated with the Iron Cross of the ist and 2nd Classes and the Bavarian tad Kaaaaatfc medals Before entering the Army he was an ofitoai ol the Lake Constance Navigation Co possibly tins rata to tha commander of the Zeppelin wrecked near the Essex Coast. Another Zepp. Commander Killed. \iniRinM, to oai of the latest German casualty lists. Naval Lieut Werm .nimandcr of a naval airship, has been killed in action. More Zeppelins Reported Wrecked. I 1 itKRMEN arriving at Ksbjerg last week reported that at midday OS < >. t.,lxr 2nd they sighted a partly submerged Zeppelin about 35 miles north-west of List, on the Island of Sylt. The airship was surrounded by German torpedo l»«i destroyers, and two larger vessels were on cither side of the envelope attempting to keep the airship afloat According to reports bom Amsterdam a Zeppelin, appa rently returning from England, was seen on Octobi 1 about 5.30 a.m. over the Frisian village of Zwaagwesteiae with the cigar-shaped stern end missing. Part of a 1 abin ap peared to be projecting beyond the flat end. Its course was very erratic. In its issue of October 4th the Dutch paper Let Sauvellet stated that it was in a position to affirm that in the Frete li aerial attack on Mannheim on September aand bombs fell on one of the principal hangars and destroyed a Zeppelin, 230 metres long, fitted with eight engines. A gas reservoir standing on the aerodrome was also hit and exploded The paper adds that to prevent news of the disaster getting abroad the town has been isolated till October 10th, 879
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
