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FLIGHT FEBRUARY 27, 1919 The following Lieuts. are granted the actg. rank of Capt.:—C. H. Vernon, G. W. Harbottfe, L. C. Broughton-Head ; Oct. 2, 1918. R. H. Turner is granted a temp, commn. as Lieut.; Feb. 18. Capt. D. Ross is transfd. to unemployed list j Feb. 1. Memoranda. Hon. Lieut. R. J. Grant to be Hon. Capt. while holding a special appoint ment at the Ministry of Munitions ; May 1, 1918. Lieut. T. Griffiths is granted the hon. rank of Capt. Sec. Lient. H, S. Downs to be Lieut.; June 16, 1918. Sec. Lieut; G. Carruthers to take rank and precedtncc as ii his appointment as Sec. Lieut, bore date Nov. 28, 1918. . „ . Lieut, (actg. Maj.) F. W. M. Pedley relinquishes the actg. rank of Maj. on ceasing to be specially employed ; Nov. 28, 1918. Maj.-Gen. Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B., A.F.C., retires on retired pay ; The following are transfd. to unemployed list, from (S.O.) :—Capt. H. W. The Lost Night Bomber SOME details as to how a new Handler Page night bomb ing machine fell into the hands of the Germans on its first flight to France are now disclosed in the following account given by a member of the crew. He says :— " We left England at 11.30 a.m. on January i, 1917- When over the Channel we ran into very foggy weather, and came down to a lower altitude to find the coast, but failed. The fog went right down to the sea. We rose clear of it at 5,000 ft., but ran into what was apparently a thunder storm. This must have made our compass defective. We decided that we had better return to England, but the weather appeared to be growing worse, and we turned and made for France, steering a little west of south in hope of clearing the fog farther inland. " When we knew we must be over land we came down to a low altitude to find a landing. Flying at about 150 ft., we noticed a church steeple, and made for it as representing some village where we could get information as to our where abouts, and landed in a field near by. Not a soul was to be seen. We waited for ten minutes or so, but no one came, so the pilot and the observer set off walking and found some French children. They were unable then to ascertain the fact that place, as we afterwards learned, was called Chalandry. While the party was distributed some German soldiers who had seen the machine arrive rushed out, and captured the remainder before they had time to fire the machine or even J. Chipchasc ; Feb. 2. Maj. (actg. Lieut.-Col.) C. A. J. Butter, Lieut.-Col. L. H. Strain, D.S.C., Lieut, (aetg. Capt.) A. V. Sale ; Feb. 7; Capt. R. C. Boustead, Lieut, (actg. Capt.) A. D. Finney ; Feb. 11. Maj. Hon. L. G. W. Guest; Feb. 17. Capt. (actg. Maj.) L. L. Batten (Glouc. Yeo., T.F.) relinquishes his commn. on account of ill-health, and is permitted to retain the rank of Maj.; Feb. 22. Royal Flying Corp* (Military Wing). London Gazette Supplement, February 20. Equipment Officers, 2nd Class.—From the 3rd Class, and to be Temp. Lieuts. whilst so employed:—Temp. Sec. Lieut. H. C. C. Gates, Gen. List. , Oct. 23, 1917. Sec. Lieut. R. J. Saunders, S.R.; March 15, 1918. London Gazette Supplement, February ai. Flying Officers.—Temp. Sec. Lieuts. (on prob.), Gen. List, and to be confirmed in their rank :—F. W. Scriver ; March 12, 1918. M. Fearman ; March 30, 1918 (substituted for notification under Flying Officers (Observers) mfiautte Dec. 5, 1918). to realise that they were in territory occupied by the enemy." France Wanting Rigid Airships ALTHOUGH up to the present France has done very little in the way of rigid airships that may be rectified before long. Interviewed by the Excelsior, M. de Kerguezec, Reporter of the Naval Estimates, laid great emphasis upon the necessity of France possessing airships of this type on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, for maintaining communications between France and Toulon, Bizerta, Algiers, and even Senegal. He urged that France should follow the example of Great Britain, which was resolutely building large airships, and was apparently disposed to set about the construction of units containing 100,000 cubic metres of gas. Although be regretted they were so much behind Great Britain in that respect he suggested they could catch up by taking advantage of the renewal of the armistice to force the Germans to surrender their Zeppelins, which could be kept in the existing sheds at Maubeuge, Metz, and Namur, and on the banks of the Rhine, and could be taken rapidly to pieces and transferred to France. For High and Fast Flying WONDERFUL messages have come from Paris regarding a new turbine invented by Br. A. Rateau ; but it appears that the invention really consists of a turbine pump, designed to feed the engines of aeroplanes with compressed air, when flying at great heights. AS SEEN FROM OUR AIRCRAFT.—Top photo. : A smoke-screen with trawler in foreground and bottom photo.: H.M.S. " Onslaught M running into a smoke-screen, with a coastal boat beyond. 290
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