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NOVEMBER 29 1917. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. THE following is an official list, published in Germany, ofBritish machines which the Germans claim fell into their hands during the month of September, 1917 :— 65 Sopwiths. Single-sealers. '" ... No. B1795, Lieut. A. F. Bird, prisoner. No. B3917, Occupant dead. No. A7333, Lieut. F. W. Williams, prisoner. No. B1754, Occupant wounded. No. B3796, Occupant prisoner. No. unknown, Lieut. Harper, prisoner. No. unknown, Capt. C. Scharp, wounded. No. B3773 Lieut. I. C. Huggard, prisoner. No. B3928, Lieut. Saward, prisoner. No. C2229, Occupant unknown. No. B3875, 2nd Lieut. Ecerton B. Denison, prisoner. No. B3933, Lieut. Ed. Dickson Abbott, wounded. No. 2333, Lieut. Sen, prisoner. No. A8918, Lieut. Hammond, prisoner. No. B6250, Lieut. J. Wyman, wounded. No. A673, 2nd Lieut. Shadwel, prisoner. No. 3383, Occupant unknown. No. 3753, Lieut. McMichael, prisoner. No. CC17737, Occupant dead. No. A9208, 2nd Lieut. A. I. Chapman, dead. No. B6226, Lieut. S. H. Broughall, prisoner. No. A7321, 2nd Lieut. Ascher, dead. No. B3914, Lieut. Cooke, prisoner. J No. B4857, W. Jansoil Potts, dead. No. B5150, 2nd Lieut, Ec. Stuart, prisoner. No. A9258, 2nd Lieut. G. R. Baynton, prisoner. No. B6279, Lieut. Edgar Fosterf prisoner. No. B1826, Lieut. Noir Paton, dead. No. 6355, Lieut. Devilde, dead. No. unknown, Lieut. I. W. Boumptrey, prisoner. In the case of 23 Sbpwith single-seaters the numbers of the machines and the names of the occupants could not be ascertained. Two-seaters. No. 6242, Lieut. Sutcliffe, Lieut. Humble, both prisoners. No. B2571, Oxly (cadet), both occupants dead. In the case of three Sopwith two-seaters the numbers of the machines and the names of the occupants could not be ascertained. Triplanes. No. 5388, Occupant dead. No. 5429, Occupant prisoner. No. unknown, 2nd Lieut. Milliam, prisoner. No. 5459, Lieut. E. W. Desbarats^ prisoner. Motor No. 143,461, Occupant dead. No. 5421, Lieut. Jacques Acester, prisoner. In the case of one Sopwith triplane the number of the machine and the name of the occupant could not be ascer- tained. 13 Spads. Single-seaters. - . • No. 3102, Lieut. W. A. Spencer, wounded. No. 5399, Occupant dead. No. Si 786, B3506, Occupant prisoner. No. S7 3557, Motor No. 346, 153/46, Occupant dead. In the case of 8 Spads the numbers of the machines and the names of the occupants could not be ascertained. 9 R.E.'s. Two-seaters. No. 4309, Sergt. Foulcham, wounded, 2nd Lieut. A. C. Gickett, prisoner. No. unknown, Heedy, name of other occupant unknown, both dead. No. A7530, Lieut. J. W. F. W. Neilli, Lieut. T. M. Webster, both -Wounded.No. A3597. j ...... No. A36i7.-> (No. A3862, Lieut. Hall, Lieut. Patric Casey, wounded. In the case of three RE. two-seaters the numbers of the 51 IS The King at the N.P.L. T i5 A BUSY morning was spent by H.M. the King on November 23rd at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, and the instructional workshop in the Twickenham district. It was explained to the King that the workshop had been established to meet the serious shortage of suitable labour for the requirements of engineering firms for work of high standard, principally the construction of aeroplane engines. They were most successfully training, in a very short time, highly specialised workers. Aeroplane engines, in various stages of completion, were examined by the King, who took great interest in the measures taken to ensure dead accuracy. In spite of the difficulties it had been found , I machines and the names of the occupants could not beascertained. 10 de Havilland Scouts. '" » Single-seaters.No. A9435, Lieut. Robertson, prisoner. No. 9409, Occupant dead.No. A9410, Occupant dead. No. unknown, Lieut. Taylor, wounded.No. 9276, 2nd Lieut. I. L. Haight, prisoner. In the case of one de Havilland 5 the number of the machineand the name of the occupant could not be ascertained. Two-sealers.No. A7439, Lieut. E. T. Hearn, Serjt. Stanley, both dead. No. 7582, Lieut. Mackay, Lieut. Halliwell, both dead. In the case of two de Havilland 4's the numbers of themachines and the names of the occupants could not be ascertained. 7 Nieuports. Single-seaters. No. unknown, Lieut. C. Pickstone, dead*—-~No. B3558, Occupant wounded. No. 3448, Lieut. Ed. Gtyzack, dead.No. A6721, Lieut. Grey, wounded. , Motor No. 13040, Lieut. H. Rothery, prisoner.No. unknown, Lieut. Fenwick. In the case of one Nieuport the number of the machineand the name of the occupant could not be ascertained. 6 Martinsvdes. Single-seaters. No. unknown, Lieut. S. H. Taylor, prisoner No. A6251, Lieut. Skinner. No. 113, Occupant dead. Two-seaters. Motor No. 1,190,511. No. A6287. In the case of one Martinsyde the number of the machine and the names of the occupants could not be ascertained. 4 F.E.'s. Two-seaters. No. 5627, Capt. Hetfeyld, Lieut. Macgregor, both wounded. No. A822, Lieut. L. A. Calbert, Lieut. J. Bushe, both prisoners. No. R510 G. F. West-Cott, E. Ellerbeck, both prisoners. No. unknown, Wattler, Gunner, both dead. 3 S.E.'s. The numbers of the machines and the names of the occu- pants could not be ascertained. 3 B.E.'s. Two-seaters. No. 7187, Lieut. Badson, Sergt. Roebuck, both dead. No. 22170, both occupants wounded. No. A7224, 2nd Lieut. Fitzgerald Patrick, prisoner. Name of second occupant unknown, wounded. 2 Fuselage Biplanes. The numbers of the machines and the names of the occupants could not be ascertained. 1 Bristol Fighter. No. A7130, 2nd Lieut.-Neil Josef Taylor, Lieut. G. W. Mumford, both wounded. 1 Avro. No. A211, Lieut. Thomas George Deason, 2nd Lieut. Georg Logt, both prisoners. 1 Morane-Saulnier.No. A234, 2nd Lieut. Golding, Leonhard Gozz, both dead. 3 English Aeroplanes. No. B782. No. A3976, single-seater, occupant prisoner. No. A 7210, George Tester, Capt. Campel, both dead. 4 English Aeroplanes. The numbers of the machines and the names of the occu- pants could not be ascertained. [SI d possible to teach girls to make and gauge important parts of aeroplanes to the thousandth of an inch. At the N.P.L. the King, who opened the Laboratory in 1902, was received by the Director, Sir R. T. Glazebrook. His Maiesty saw aeroplane parts being tested in the wind channel and witnessed the delicate operation of gauging the gauges. Towards the end of the visit the King was shown three similar looking bars of metal, one of ordinary steel, another of aluminium and a third of a new and secret alloy. The third was not much more than a featherweight in comparison with the first, and it was explained that by a series of ex- haustive tests and experiments an extraordinarily light metal had been produced which, in many of its attributes, was equal to the finest steel. 251 ' •.-,..
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