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1918
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2nd Lieut. J. Ferguson, S.R.; Nov. 15th, 1917. 3rd Cl.—Capt. W. H. Stronge,Lond. R. (T.F.), and to be seed.; Dec. ist, 1917. Temp. 2nd Lieuts. (on prob., Gen. List, and to be confirmed in their rank :—J. P. Crichton ; Oct. 27th, 1917.L. G. Sewell; Dec. 12th, 1917. G. W. A. Watson, L. G. Morris ; Dec. 15th. 1917. Schools of Instruction.—Schools of Military A eronautics.Assistant Commandant (graded as a Park Commander).—Temp. Major A. C. £. S. Bowlby, Gen. List, a Flying Officer; Nov. 17th, 1917. ,A School of Technical Training.Commandant (graded as a Depfit Commander).-—Lieut.-Col. J. Attenborough, C.M.G., Lond. R. (T.F.) ; Dee. 7th, 1917.Assistant Instructor (graded as an Equipment Officer, 3rd Class).—Temp. Lieut. J. W. Lawlor, Gen. List, a Flying Officer; Dec. 12th, 1917.General List.—Capt. E. C. Carver, D.S.O., ret. R.N., to be Temp. Major; Jan. 5 th. Temp. 2nd Lieuts. Gen. List, to be Temp. Lieuts. whilst serving withR.F.C. :—G. W. Doolittle, H. A. R. Biziou, H. H. Berry, W. S. Wright, A. JANUARY IO, 1918. Baillie, G. D. Buckeridge, A. W. Wood, G. C. Holman, E. A. Welch, A. McKim-mie, W. W. Scott-Davidson, S. T. Payne, A. Ralphs, H. C. Calvey, T. Langwill, P. W. Chambers, G. H. Haydock, L. C. Tyson, M. A. S. Vaile, C. G. Eccles,J. R. S. Proud. Now Temp. Capts. :—J. A. Slater, C. J. Dickinson, H. O. W. Hill, A. C. Randall ; April 1st, 1917. Temp. 2nd Lieuts. relinquish their com-mns. on acct. of ill-health contracted on active service, and are granted the hon. rank of 2nd Lieut :—H. M. Gardiner, E. W. Larby ; Jan. 6th. The surname ofTemp. 2nd Lieut. E. O. Ockerby is as now described, and not as in Gazette of Aug. 8th and Nov. 30th, 1917. To be Temp. 2nd Lieuts.:—Sgt. E. H. Welford,from R.F.A. (T.F.) ; Nov. 30th, 1917. Sgr.-Major R. Adams, from Training Res.; Dec. 28th, 1917. To be Temp. 2nd Lieuts. (on prob.) :—N. L. S. Kilpin ;Oct. 23rd, 1917. M. L. Dobbin ; Oct. 25th, 1917. S. V. Daley, late Sub-Lieut., R.N.R.; Nov. 27th, 1917. V. P. Pereth ; Dec. 3rd, 1917- H. 0. Keenan;Dec. 6th, 1917. J. B. Martin, late 2pd Lieut., R.F.C. S.R.; Dec. 14th, 1917. H. Webb, ; Dec. 28th, 1917. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—2nd Lieut, (on prob.) L. V. Rothschild isconfirmed in his rank. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT.OFFICIAL INFORMATION. Hritlsb. General Headquarters, January ist." On December 31st very little flying was possible, owing to the mist. During the night, although the improvement in the weather was slight, our aeroplanesdropped over 100 bombs on hostile billets in the neighbourhood of Roulers and Menin. Several direct hits were obtained, and a train in movement was alsobombed and hit. All our machines returned." War Office, January ist." Italian Front.—British artillery and aircraft continue their efforts daily to destroy the enemy's batteries." In retzliation for the loss they suffered on December 26th, when they lost n machines, enemy aircraft have been very active lately in bombing raids.The damage inflicted by their bombing raids has been slight." " Salonica.—Our aeroplanes have bombed Mirsla and Bujukmah (west ofDemirhissar) and Tchernishte (west of Lake Doiran)." General Headquarters, January 2nd." On the ist inst., out aeroplanes were very active. Much registration work was carried out with the artillery, and many photographs were taken of theenemy's front lines and back areas. Over 200 bombs were dropped by us on< various targets, including a large ammunition depot neat Courtrai and Ingel-miinster aerodrome. In air fighting two hostile machines were brought down and two Others driven down out of control. Another hostile machine was shotdown in our lines by our anti-aircraft guns. One of our aeroplanes is missing." War Office, January 3rd."Italian Front.—-Our artillery have carried out several successful destructive shoots on enemy batteries since my last communique, and splendid work is beingdone by our R.F.C., who have destroyed several enemy aircraft, and hnve suc- cessfully carried out several bombing raids and long distance reconnaissances." The enemy is continuing his bombing activity at right on undefended towns.'" General Headquarters, January 3rd." On the 2nd instant thick mist greatly hindered the work of our aeroplanes, but during the night a few bombs were dropped by us on Camin in spite of verybad weather. One hostile machine was brought down in air fighting." War Office, January 4th." Mesopotamia.—During the last week of December our aeroplanes dropped bombs on a Turkish camp at Kifri and fired into another camp at Chaman Kupri,13 miles south of Kifri; we bombarded also the Turkish aerodrome near the juncton of the Lesser Zab with the Tigris. During the night of December 30th-31st Turkish aeroplanes dropped bombs near Samarra and Kizil Robat, but with insignificant results." Palestine.—A successful bombing raid has been carried out at Afuleh, direct hits being obtained on rolling stock, hangars, and camp. One machinewas shot down." General Headquarters, January 4th." The fine weather on the 3rd instant led to great aerial activity on both sides. Our aeroplanes observed for the artillery throughout the day, and tooka great many successful photographs both in the enemy's forward and back areas. A total of 200 liombs were dropped on two hostile aerodromes, on Ledeg-nera railway junction, on hutments in the neighbourhood of Houthubt Forest, and on billets south of Lille. Six hostile aeroplanes were brought down in airfighting, and two others were driven down out of control. Three of our aeroplanes are missing." During the night of the 3rd-4th instant, further 300 bombs were dropped on six of the enemy's aerodromes, including Gontrode aerodrome. Successful raidswere also carried out, in spite of very bad weather, against the factories at Maizieres-les-Metz, the railway communications at Woippy, and the railway June"tion at St. Privat, all of which are in the neighbourhood of Metz. All our machines returned." French. Paris, December 31st. " Salonica.—French airmen dropped bombs on the station of Mrzentzi." Paris, January ist." During aerial fighting in the last few days Sub-Lieut. Guerin and Lieut. Hugues each brought down his 10th German aeroplane."Paris, January 2nd. " Our pilots, in the course of numerous aerial fights, brought down duringyesterday four German aeroplanes, and in addition two other enemy machines, which were seriously damaged, fell in their own lines."" Salonica.—Enemy aeroplanes bombarded ambulances behind the Monastir front." Paris, January 4th. "During yesterday our pilots brought down two German aeroplanes and acaptive balloon. Six other enemy machines fell in their own lines as the result of air fights. The same day our squadrons bombarded the factories of Rombachand the railway stations of Metz-Sablons, Conflans, Arnaville, &c. Seven thou- sand five hundred kilogrammes (about 7I tons) of projectiles were dropped inthe course of these expeditions." Belgian. Havre, January 4th. " Enemy airmen dropped torpedoes and bombs towards one of our hospitalsin the region of Adinkerke." Italian. Rome, January 1st." During the night enemy airmen attacked the aviation camp of Istrana and repeated the aggression against inhabited and open cities. Vicenza, Bassano.Castelfranco, and Treviso were bombed. Altogether we have registered 13 dead and 44 wounded, for the most part belonging to the civil population. Thedamage is slight. Our air squadrons bombarded enemy aviation camps. Two hostile machines were brought down during the day by French and British air-men." Rome, January 2nd." Airmen and English batteries brought down three enemy aeroplanes, and two others fell down as the result of aerial battles with the Italian and Frenchairmen. During the course of the night enemy airmen dropped a few bombs on Mestre and Treviso, without causing any damage or victims. They also bombedBassano, where the death of one person and the wounding of five others and slight damage must be deplored. Our squadrons bombed the aviation campsat La Comina and Aviano, causing extensive fires. Enemy movements at the railway station of S. Stino de Livenza and the barracks have been bombedeffectively by one of our dirigibles." Rome, January 3rd." During the night of January ist-2nd enemy airmen dropped bombs on Castelfranco, Veneto, obtaining direct hits on two hospitals. Eighteen of thepatients were killed." German. Berlin, January 4th." Since January ist the enemy has lost in aerial fighting and by gunfire 23 aeroplanes and two captive balloons. First Lieut. Loerzer obtained his 20thvictory in the air." Turkish. Constantinople, January 4th. " The enemy undertook air attacks against Afuleh." Fatal Accidents. r-":-: ' :. 2ND LIEUT. W. WILCOX, who returned from the front recently, was killed in an eastern county on January ist through his machine falling from a height of 200 feet. Lieut. J. R. Nickson, R.F.C., the pilot, and Lieut. W. S. Ely, R.F.C., were killed while flying on January 2nd, at Wytham, near Oxford. Sec. Lieut. Cumberland, R.F.C., was killed while flyingover Tarporley, on January 3rd. Evidence was given by Colonel Greene Cherry at theinquest on January 7th on Capt. Durrant Capper, who was killed in a flying accident in Essex, that immediately aftergetting into the air the engine went wrong, and in a forced descent at a bad place, a gust of wind caught the machineand swung it into a tree, The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and expressed the view that the pilot wasnot to blame. Lieut. Cecil Olcher Feddon, Ind. Inf., attd. R.F.C., waskilled on January 7th while making a flight during a snow- storm. He was obliged to descend into the North Sea, anddied of exposure before he could be rescued. Lieut. Feddon was an experienced pilot, and had seen service in Meso-potamia and on the Western front, and had been wounded. Bombs on Dutch Territory. THE Dutch Foreign Office, in a communique issued on January 3rd, stated that enquiry had shown that the bombs dropped at Goes, in the province of Zeeland, on December 22nd fatally injuring one resident, were entirely different in con- struction from those found in former cases, but that a label found on one of the stabilisation wings bore an English inscription, " The bombs were, therefore," the communique proceeds, " evidently of English make. The Dutch Minister in London has been charged to request the British Govern- ment to institute a thorough enquiry into the question whether this violation of Dutch territory was committed by a British airman." And Some on Switzerland. SHORTLY before seven o'clock on January 6th, several incendiary bombs were dropped in the neighbourhood of the rail- way station at Kallnach (Berne), which is situated a few miles from the lake of Neuchatel, on the railway from Morat (Freiburg) to Lyss (Berne). There were no casualties, and the material damage was confined to the destruction of telegraph wires and the shattering of window panes. As no aeroplane was visible the nationality of the aggressor remains a mystery. Fragments of the bomb have been forwarded to the authorities for examination. A military train having left the station shortly before the bombardment, it is thought that this may have attracted the airman, who apparently had lost his bearings.
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