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FEBRUARY 22, 19I7. (1) The minimum of the tractive force takes place whenthe resistance of sustentation is equal to the resistance of penetration (head resistance of wings and body), increased bythe resistance of sustentation corresponding to the best angle of the wings. (2) The minimum of the power takes place when the resist-ance of sustentation is equal to three times the resistance of penetration (head resistance of wings and body) increased by three times the resistance of sustentation corresponding tothe best angle of the wings. To sum up, the formute (C,) suffice for the rational dis-cussion of the problem of the conditions of flight in the case of the aeroplane with non-variable surface, but they wouldnot suit for the same stud*y in the case of the aeroplane with alterable wings which is the preoccupation of the presentand will be the reality of the future. Casualties. Captain CHARLES MOLVNEAUX CARBERT, Canadian Infantry, attached R.F.C., previously reported massing, now reported killed, was awarded the Military Cross, the official account of the award stating that " he led his men in the attack with great gallantry. Later he assumed command of his company, displaying great courage and determination. He materially assisted in the success of the operation." The award was gazetted in November of last year. Lieutenant HORACE J. DAVIS, who has been killed whileflying at the Front, was 23, and was on the staff of the Capital and Counties Bank. He joined the Forces early in the war,and after going through the O.T.C., was gazetted to the Lincolnshire Regiment. He saw much active service, andwas afterwards transferred to the R.F.C. At the time of his death he was engaged in photographing and locating enemyposts. His pilot, M. Patman, was also killed. Lieutenant Davis, who was a native of Kent, was married to a daughterof the manager of Messrs. Barclay's Bank at Spilsby. Second Lieutenant STEPHEN DENDRINO, R.F.C., who wasreported missing after an air fight on September 28th last, is now reported as having been killed. The fact has also nowbeen established that he was the aviator mentioned by Boelcke, the German f|yer, in his recently published logbook,as having been killed by him in an air fight on September 28th, but whose machine nevertheless continued to fly round ineven circles owing to the controls having been fastened in position by rubber bands. This was recently referred to in" FLIGHT," and it will be remembered that Boelcke's logbookquoted the number of the British aviator's machine, which corresponded with that which Lieutenant Dendrino wasflying when killed. Lieutenant Dendrino was educated on the " Worcester," and entered the mercantile marine. Subse-quently he was an officer in the P. and O. service, in which he held a Second Mate's certificate when he left in 1916 to jointhe R.F.C. He twice escaped shipwreck through being transferred from vessels which sank in the Channel imme-diately after, the last of these being the " Moloya." Second Lieutenant Dendrino was first under fire (as a P. and O.officer) at the landing and re-embarkation of the Indian Expeditionary Force at Tanga, in East Africa, where he wasin charge of boats. His career in the R.F.C. was, perhaps, a record one. Without any previous knowledge of flying hegained his wings as a flying officer in less than six weeks, and in eight weeks was at the Front on active service, takingpart in the bombing of Mons. He was the son of Mrs. Woodiwiss, and stepson of Mr. S. Woodiwiss, of Graveleys,Great Waltham, near Chelmsford, and a nephew (by marriage) of Major-General J. W. G. Tulloch, C.B., a distinguishedAnglo-Indian soldier. Second Lieutenant HERCULES RALPH LANGRISHE, Yeo-manry, attached R.F.C., killed while flying on duty on February 16th, was the eldest son of Sir Hercules Langrishe,of Knocktopher Abbey, County Kilkenny. He was 29 years of age, and Ms commission in the Yeomanry was datedAugust 29th, 1914. Lieutenant H. MATTHEWS, R.F.C., is reported as killed atthe Front. Mrs. Harry Tindall, sister of Lieutenant Matthews, who resides in Falsgrave Road, Scarborough, has receivedthe following letter from Lieutenant Douglas F. Woodford : " I regret to say that Leu tenant Matthews was killed onJanuary 15 th in a combat with two German aeroplanes over the enemy's lines. His pilot also was killed. A messagedropped later by the German Flying Corps informed us of their fate." A further letter states that Lieutenant Matthewsdied fighting against overwhelming odds. Lieutenant Matthews was in business in Hull when war broke out, andlie enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment, subsequently receiving a commission and being transferred to the R.F.C.He was the son of Mr. Alfred Matthews, of Newboro Street, Bootham, York. Second Lieutenant F. W. NISBET, R.F.C, killed whileflying at the Front, aged 19, was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nisbet, of 8, Palace Road, Kingston-on-Thames. He was educated at Shrewsbury House School, Surbiton, and Marlborough, and enlisted in the YorkshireDragoons in August, 1914, being granted a commission in the same regiment in June, 1915. He transferred to theR.F.C. last September, and gazetted a flying officer in December, 1916. His elder brother, Lieutenant D. G. Nisbet,was killed last year. Lieutenant N. W. STEWART, Royal Scots, attached R.F.C., who died of wounds on January 23rd, was the elder son of the Rev. Alexander Stewart, Hartington Place, Edinburgh, Minister Emeritus of Newton Stewart. He was a student of science and medicine at Edinburgh University, where he took first and second class certificates and a medal. He also had a gold medal and other prizes from the University O.T.C. He was a keen athlete. Lieutenant SPENCER JOHN MEADOWS WHITE, NorfolkRegiment and R.F.C., reported killed, was the eldest son of the Rev. L. Meadows White, vicar of Potter Heigham andRepps, and Mrs. White, and eldest grandson of the late Prebendary Borrett White, of St. Paul's Cathedral. He wasborn in 1889, and was educated under Mr. J. Bruce Payne at St. Aubyn's, Lowestoft, and afterwards at Bishop's Stortford.He joined the Norfolk Regiment as dispatch rider in the first month of the war, obtained his commission in September, 1914, and took part in the landing at Gallipoli in August, 1915. He was removed, seriously ill, just before the evacua-tion, and spent some months in hospital and convalescent home in Alexandria. Later he was stationed in the desertnear the Suez Canal, and joined the R.F.C. last summer. He was killed on January 15 th in a fight with two fastGerman machines when on escort duty. Second Lieutenant GORDON IVOR WILSON, Yeomanry,attached R.F.C., who died on February 12th as the result of a flying accident, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. AlexanderMills Wilson, of Shovell, sear Bridgwater. He had his com- mission in the Yeomanry in March, 1915. Married and to be Married.A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Captain CEDRIC BOUSTEAD, Middlesex Regiment,attached R.F.C., third surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boustead, Westfield, Wimbledon Common, and DOROTHEA JOYCE, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. HUSEY-HUNT, of Hove,Sussex. The marriage between Lieutenant C. S. J. GRIFFIN, theGordon Highlanders and R.F.C., only son of Lieutenant- Colonel C. P. G. Griffin, D.S.O., and Mrs. Griffin, BerridonHall, Bradworthy, Devon, and SYBIL K. E. OXENHAM onlydaughter of the late Samuel Oxenham, 8, Devonshire Place, Eastbourne, and Mrs. Glynn, wife of Colonel T. G. P. Glynn,C.M.G., The Grenfalls, Cheltenham, took place at St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, on Tuesday. The marriage arranged between Lieutenant H. C. HIGGIN- BOTHAM, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached R.F.C.,eldest son of R. K. Higginbotham, Braehead House, Bearsden, and CHRISTIAN, elder daughter of J. K. CATTO, J.P., WillastonHouse, near Chester, will take place shortly. I9O
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