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he dropped three-quarters of a ton of bornbs on enemy troopsand transport, and engaged ground targets with machine- gun fire from a low altitude. On one occasion whilst on abombing raid he was attacked by five enemy machines, one of which he destroyed. He set a splendid example of skilland resource. Lieut. FRANK HAROLD TAYLOR, Cent. Ont. Regt., attachedR.F.C.—For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On one occasion, whilst-on offensive patrol, he shot down ahostile scout in flames and a second out of control. On the following day he shot down an enemy triplane, which finallycrashed to earth. During the recent operations he has carried out many successful attacks on enemy -infantry from lowaltitudes, and has taken part in over eighty offensive patrols. His gallantry and good service merit the highest praise. Australian Imperial Force.Lieut. JOHN RUTHERFORD GORDON, AUS. F.C., attachedR.F.C.—For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when, as observer en an offensive patrol, he shot down anddestroyed three hostile machines. Previous to this be had shot down two enemy tri-planes, one of which crashed to theground in flames. He has also effectively and repeatedly scattered massed bodies of enemy troops by accurate shootingfrom a height of ioo ft. His skill and daring have been of the highest order. Lieut. (T. Capt.) GARNET FRANCIS MALLEY, AUS. F.C.,attaqhed R.F.C.—For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When on offensive and low-flying patrol he attacketlone of two hostile scouts, which eventually turned over and fell out of control, being seen to crash by another pilot. Later,a general engagement ensued with four enemy scouts, one of wh.ch he attacked, with the result that it fell completelyout of control and crashed. Prior to this occasion he had also shot down out of control another hostile machine. Hiscourage and able leadership have resulted in his patrol carrying out excellent work under the most adverse conditions. Lieut. ALBERT ERNEST ROBERTSON, AUS. F.C., attachedR.F.C.—For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When carrying out a low-flying bombing patrol, he observeda hostile triplane, accompanied by three scouts. He fired a burst of 30 rounds at very close range, and the hostile planeturned over on its side and crashed. Then, seeing an enemy scout below him, he fired 20 rounds into its cockpit, and it f6lldown vertically out of control. In addition to these, he has shot down one other enemy machine, which finally crashedto earth. His dash and daring have been at all tines most marked. Lieut. FRANCIS JAMES SCOTT, F.C., attd. R.F.C.—For con-spicious gallantry and devotion to duty. After carrying out a bombing attack, he observed an enemy plane, into whichhe fired 80 rounds. The hostile plane turned on its back and crashed to earth. Four days previous to this he had destroyedan enemy two-seater machine and had sent down out of con- trol a hostile scout. In addition to these, he had destroyedanother hostile twO-seater machine. He had displayed marked courage and determination. JULY 4, 1918. The fallowing are the correct descriptions Of Officers uponwhom rewards have recently been conferred :— •* Sec. Lieut. LESLIE ARCHIBALD POWELL M.C GloucesterRegt., attached R.F.C. (Bar to M.C. gazetted December 17th, 1917. The deed for which the award of the M.C. was gazetted to ~"Sec. Lieut. (T. Lieut.) FRANK WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS,Yeomanry and R.F.C., is cancelled and the following substi- tuted :— " For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Whilstreturning from a bombing raid he was attacked by four hostile machines, one of which he succeeded in bringing down.He was then severely wounded, and on two occasions lost consciousness. He nevertheless successfully brought hismachine back and landed it undamaged on his aerc drome. His pluck and determination were worthy of the highestpraise." " . ., (M.C. gazetted with deed March 7th, 1918.) - -,„ D.C.Ms, for R.A.F. •'•'.:..^\ :""• ~:.'/'.-'.. / ' :'~-:- : '-'••-'"••IT was announced in a supplement to the London Gazette, on June 26th, that the King has been pleased to award theDistinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry and distinguished service in the Field to the following :— 2565 Corpl. W. Beales, R.A.F. ; 1429 Sergt. E. J. Elton,M.M., R.A.F.; 125192 L.-Corpl. A. Stevenson, Lovat's Scouts, now R.A.F. Military Medals for the R.F.C.IT was announced in a supplement to the London Gazette, on June 27th, that the King has been pleased to approve ofthe award of the Military Medal to the following :— 428 Fit.-Sergt. C. F. Ford, R.F.C. ; Aus. 807 2nd Air-Mech.'P. Brown, Aus. F.C. ; Aus. 319 2nd Air-Mech. W. E. Ries, Aus. F.C. Albert Medal for R.N.A.S. Officer. THE KING has bsen pleased to award the Albert Medalto Acting Flight Com. PAUL DOULGAS ROBERTSON, R.N.A.S., *•*'•in recognition of his gallantry in endeavouring to save life in February last. The circumstances are as follows :— On February 28th, 1918, a seaplane got out of control ..,and spun to the ground. Acting Flight-Corn. Robertson, the observer, jumped from the machine just before it reachedthe ground and landed safely, as the ground was marshy. * The pilot. Flight Lieut. H. C. Lemon, was imprisoned in theseapl*ne, which, on striking the ground, immediately burst into flames, and, notwithstanding that the vicinity of theseaplane was quickly a furnace of blazing petrol, and that >» heavy bombs, a number of rounds of ammunition, and the ^reserve petrol tank were all likely to explode, Acting Flight- '-1 Com. Robertson returned and endeavoured to extricate thepilot, and only desisted when he had been so severely burned --- in the face, hands and leg that his recovery was for some time in doubt. • ;•••• He displayed the greatest gallantry, self-sacrifice, and dis- ••regard of danger in his efforts to extricate the pilot. Sir Douglas Haig's Thanks to the R.A.F. THE following telegram has been sent by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to G.O.C., Royal Air Force, France :— " I wish to express my high appreciation of the brilliant work performed by the Royal Air Force throughout the recent operations. By defeating the enemy's aircraft, and thereby carrying out the important work of observation without interruption, and by harassing the enemy's movements by bombing and machine-gun fire, the Royal Air Force have rendered all-important assistance to the other arms. Their constant successes have greatly encouraged their comrades in the field. " I cannot express in terms of sufficient strength my ad- miration for the gallantry and skill of all ranks of the Royal Air Force." Back from Germany. THE following soldiers, who were prisoners in Germany, have arrived in Holland for internment:— Royal Flying Corps.—10805 E. Coleman, 10387 T. N. Robinson, 4995 P. J. Shaw, 3813 H. Taylor. M.S.M. for the Royal Air Force. IT is announced in the London Gazette that the King has approved of the adoption of the Medal for Meritorious Service by the Royal Air Force, for the recognition of valuable services rendered in the field by warrant officers, non-com- missioned officers and men, as distinct from actual flying service. The first list of awards was published in " FLIGHT " of June 6th, 1918. Aerial Postal Services in Austro-Hungary. ' A POSTAL air service between Budapest and Vienna wasto start on July 4th, the despatch leaving the former place between 4 and 5 p.m., and the return delivery being madebetween 7 and 8 the next morning, Special stamps have been designed for the service. Within the next six weeks itis proposed to start a service between Budapest, Arad and Kolozsvar. New German Identification Mark. -./;'. , FROM a German source the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Ccntrant learns that a change has been made in the marking on German machines. The arms of the black cross are now straight— and not curved^-with white edges. The change is said to have been made because the previous form made recog- nition of German machines very difficult, and because it easily led to confusion with the circular signs on hostile aeroplanes. Air Fight Over Holland. IT was reported from Nes (Ameland) on Monday that two German aeroplanes passed over the island on the previous afternoon, pursued by five machines, probably French. The pursuers' fire could be continually seen and heard, as both groups were over Dutch territory and were fired at by the coastguard. One German machine flew very low, evi- dently having been hit. The five French machines returned westwards an hour and a half later. 736
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