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ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO THE DELAGRANGE AEROPLANE. The Delagrange aeroplane went out again on the 7th inst., having been repaired since its accident on the 28th ult., and was just expected to leave the ground, after running for some 30 nletres along the surface, when the engine seemed to give a jump, and two vertical struts gave way, fouling the pro- peller, which was thrown out of the true. Fortunately M. Voisin, who was at the wheel, escaped without injury. M. JOSE WEISS' MODELS. M. Weiss is not only an artist, but is interested in aero- JSIARCH 15, nautics as well. He has been very successful in designingmodel gliders, which closely resemble birds on the wing in soaring flight. At a meeting last week of the AeronauticalSociety, of which he is a member, several of these models flew successfully. In his lecture upon " The Theory ofSailing Flight," M. Weiss explained that one of these models had been timed when hovering in the air, against a freshbreeze, for 40 seconds by a stopwatch. He displayed a small flock of models, many of which flew for some 40^ft.across the room with remarkable steadiness. n 0 PERSONALS Casualties. MajorjMAURiCE ADAM BLACK, Dragoon Guards, attachedR.F.C., previously officially reported " missing, believed killed," now unofficially reported killed on February nth,during an air fight, was the elder son of the late Adam William Black, of Edinburgh, and Mrs. Black, of Aston Park, Wem,Shropshire. In October, 1914, he was severely wounded in France, and was unable to rejoin his regiment till August,191S, but in two months' time he was invalided home again through complications of his old wound. Finding himselfincapacitated from again serving with his regiment in an active capacity, he joined the R.F.C., soon gaining hiswings. He went to France, and was shortly promoted Flight Commander, and went to another front last September.Major Black, as stated on March 1st, was a splendid all-round athlete and sportsman, representing Cambridge at Rugbyfootball in 1897-8, and afterwards he played for his regiment in all inter-regimental polo tournaments. He was a keenbig-game shot and cross-country rider, winning many point- to-point races and the Army " Point-to-Pomt " run nearRugby in 1914. He married in 1903 Ethel Maude Goldney, younger daughter of Mr. George Goldney, of ChippenhamHouse, Exmouth, Devon, and leaves a daughter. Major EVELYN PAGET GRAVES, R.F.C., and Capt. R.F.A.,killed in an air fight on March 6th, was 26 years of age and the eldest son of Major the Hon. A. E. P. Graves, of QueenAnne's Mansions. Major Graves passed out of Woolwich into the Royal Artillery in December, 1910, and had promotionin December, 1913. He entered the R.F.C. in October, 1914, and in June of last year was appointed Squadron Com-mander. Lieutenant THOMAS SEAMAN GREEN, R.F.C., who was killedon February 13th, aged 22, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Green, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. He was educatedat King William's College, Isle of Man, and on the outbreak of war enlisted in the 5th North Staffordshire Regiment, andwas granted a commission in another battalion of the same regiment in December, 1914, being transferred to the RoyalFlying Corps in January, 1916. He had been serving as a pilot at the front since June, and for the last few weeks hadbeen acting commander of his flight. Lieutenant Green was the officer who was deputed to carry over and drop a wreathto the memory of the late Captain Boelke, the famous German airman. His senior officer writes :—" Your son was loved byus all, and his death has left a gap in our mess which can never be filled. His courage was magnificent, and it is impossibleto estimate too highly his splendid work out here. His death was just as magnificent, and it was brought about whileengaging Hun machines in considerably superior numbers. His greatest joy was a fight with enemy machines.I say with absolute sincerity that I have never met anyone out here possessing greater courage. It was an honourindeed to command such a son as yours." Lieutenant BERESFORD WINNINGTON HILL, R.F.C., who was killed on March 4th, was the only son of Thomas Hill, of East View, Uxbridge (formerly of Parkside, Ewell). Born in 1892 he was educated at Mr. Worsley's, Evelyns, Hillingdon, and at Malvern College, where he held a classical scholarship. On leaving Malvern he was given a leaving scholarship, and he also won an open classical scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and went up in October, 1911, taking his degree in 1914. He served in the Cambridge O.T.C. for three years, and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade. He went to the front in July, 1915. and was wounded in October, 1915. On his recovery he entered the Royal Flying Corps in April, 1916, and returned to the front as a pilot last February. Lieutenant WILLIAM FREDERICK WALLER HILLS,'R.F.C.,killed in action on March 6th, was the elder son of'Colonel E. H. Hills, C.M.G., F.R.S., and of Mrs. Hills, I, CampdenHill. Born in 1893, he was educated at Horris Hill and Eton, and at the outbreak of war he had just completed hissecond year as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cam- bridge. He obtained a commission as Second Lieutenantin the R.F.A., and was a member of the first Salonica Ex- peditionary Force, taking part in the advance into Serbia.He returned to England in May, 1916, in order to join the R.F.C. Immediately on completion of his training he wasappointed Instructor, and after a short period joined a service squadron and went to the Front in January last.Lieutenant Hills married in October, 1914, Agnes, daughter of the late the Hon. Walter Sugden and of Lady AgnesSugden, and leaves.an infant son. His younger brother, Second "Lieutenant Charles Herbert Hills, the ManchesterRegiment, was killed on the Somme front last September. Midshipman EDWARD RUPERT SNOW, R.N., who was killedon active service on March 3rd, aged 18, was the eldest son of the late Coloael E. B. Snow, R.M.L.I., and of Mrs. Snow.He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, passing into Dartmouth just before war broke out. Afterone term there he was posted to the " Lord Nelson," and in addition to other service was present at both the evacuationsof the Gallipoli Peninsula. Then his great desire to fly led him to offer himself for the Naval Air Service, in which heunfortunately met his death while flying. He was a good all-round athlete, and at Osborne was in the elevens of histerm. He was a born sailor and keen on his profession, and his popularity at school and Osborne followed him into theNavy. His father, who was in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, served in the Baltic 1857 and 1858, and was speciallypromoted by Queen Victoria in an Order in Council for services during the visit of the late King Edward, when Prince ofWales, to India, on which occasion Colonel Snow commanded the koyal Marines forming the guard of honour on the" Serapis." Flight Sub-Lieutenant JOHN ERIC NORTHORP, R.N.A.S.,accidentally killed while flying, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Northorp, of Blenheim Lawn, Manningham,Bradford. He was educated at Uppingham and Glare College, Cambridge, and was 22 years of age. Married and to be Married. The marriage between Lieutenant PAUL FRANCIS WHELER BUSH, R.F.C., eldest son of the late Robert Francis Evans Bush, of Oakfield, Rugby, and KATHLEEN, youngest daughter of the late WYKEHAM BOURNE and Mrs. BOURNE, of 53, Oxford Gardens, W., will take place on the 29th inst., at 11 o'clock, at St. Stephen's Church, Westbourne Park. The marriage took place quietly on March 13th at Stanton* on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire, of Capt. H. LLOYD CHAD- WICK, R.F.C., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chadwick, of Warwick, to DOROTHEA MORFETT, youngest daughter of the late Charles KNIGHT and Mrs. KNIGHT, of Stanton-on-the- Wolds, Nottinghamshire. The marriage of Lieutenant RALPH ERSKINE, R.F.C., and JANE LENNOX, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM HIGGINS, Glenafton, Wimbledon, took place at St. Columba's Church, Pont Street, on March 9th. The engagement is announced of Captain W. LEEEE ROBINSON, V.C., Worcester Regiment, attached R.F.C., to Mrs. JOAN U. WHIPPLE, widow of Captain H. C. Whipple, Devonshire Regiment, and daughter of Mr. Gerald Stapylton- Smith, of Hutton, Essex. 252
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