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MARCH 27, 1919 PeisoriittB Casualties Capt CECIL GEORGE RUSHTON, R.A.F., previously reported missing, now officially assumed killed over Bruges in action on May 16, 1918, at the age of 34, was the only son of George Alfred and Florence Rushton, of 14, Penywern Road, Earl's Court, S.W. Lieut. JOHN VICTOR REED JACOB, R.A.F., who died at Wimereux on March 16, at the age of 21, of cerebro-spinal meningitis, was the youngest son of Maj. J. E. Jacob, Alder- shot. Lieut. LESLIE W. T. D. TRATMAN, R.A.F., who died at the 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln, at the age of 20, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Tratman, of Uleymount, Duncombe Hill, Forest Hill. Married Capt. KIVAS BURTON FORSTER, D.F.C., 27th Manitoba Bn., attached R.A.F., youngest son of Maj.-Gen. J. B. Forster, C.B., Colonel, the Royal Irish Regt., was married on Febru ary 4, at St. Paul's, Vancouver, B.C., to DOROTHY A., only daughter of Mrs. and the late Capt. ALLAN TAYLOR, British Service, 1256, Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. Capt. H. J. LARKIN, D.F.C., R.A.F., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. G. Larkin, of Bailey's Hotel. W., and Melbourne, was married on March 15 at St. Saviour's, Paddington, to VERA GRACE RUSSELL, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. DOMAN, 70, Portsdown Road, Maida Vale, W. Capt. T. R. G. ROBERTS, R.F.A., only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Roberts, was married on March 17 at St. Saviour's, Walton Place, to ETHEL FRANCES (KIT), only daughter of the late GRANVILLE GORDON, and of Mrs. Gran ville Gordon. DOUGLAS C. S. WILLIAMS, R.A.F., son of the late W. S. Williams, of Weddell Island, Falkland Islands, was married on March 19 at St. Thomas', Canterbury,1"Catholic" Church, St. Leonards, to HELEN ELIZABETH DOROTHEA, daughter of the late Louis H. BARNARD, formerly of State College, Penn., U.S.A., and of Mrs. Barnard, Kenilworth, St.-Leonards- on-Sea, and granddaughter of the late " Dr." Helen Barnard - Densmore, of London and New York. To be Married An engagement is announced between Capt. RUPERI FORBES-BENTLEY, D.S.C., R.A.F., of Masslands, Beckley, Sussex, and RUTH HARRIETT, eldest daughter of CHARLES- BRISTOW, Bank House, King's Lynn. The marriage arranged between Maj. MAURICE WRIGHT, R. A.F., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wright, of 3, Addison Road, Kensington, and WINIFRED MAY, younger daughter of the late CHARLES HOLFORD COWLES, and of Mrs. W. R. Waller, of Buckhurst Hill, will take place at Christ Church, Woburn Square, on April 5. Items After the Investiture at Buckingham Palace on March 20, the following officers of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Mission had the honour of being received by His Majesty :— Rear-Admiral K. Yoshida, Eng.-Commander K. Kitajima, Lieut.-Commander S. Kono, Lieut.-Commander T. Ohzeki, and Lieut.-Commander S. Hayashi. The parents of Sec. Lieut. DONALD C. TUCKER, R.F.C., 41st Squadron, 13th Wing, reported missing March 24, 1918, and who was last seen in an air fight over Bapaume, will be most grateful for definite information as to his fate. Letters should be sent to Durley Park House, Kevnsham, Somerset. The will of Maj. ERNEST WILLIS, R.A.F., of Copthall Court, E.C., stockbroker, and Garbrand Hall, Ewell, who died at Malta, has been proved at ,£25,889. Air Ministry Appointment IT is understood that General Swinton is relinquishing his post at the Ministry of Labour, in order to take up an appointment under General Sir F. H. Sykes at the Air Ministry. A Long Trip by a Non-Rigid RECENTLY a remarkable long-distance flight over the North Sea was performed by the British non-rigid airship, N.S. 11. The voyage, which took the form of a circuit embracing the coast of Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Heligo land, North Germany, and Holland, was characterised by extremely unfavourable weather conditions. The total length of the round trip was 1,285 air miles, the time taken being 40J hours. Starting from an airship station on the Firth of Forth at 3.45 p.m. on March 16, the airship laid a straight course for Denmark, the Dogger Bank Noord Lighthouse being passed at 1 a.m. The Lemvig Light Vessel, 370 miles from the base, was picked up at 5 a.m., and turning south, the airship cruised down the coasts of Denmark and Schleswig- Holstein towards Heligoland, which was reached at 8 a.m. Passing at a distance of four miles from the island, a new course was set for the Frisian Islands, and at six o'clock in the evening the airship was off Terschelling, the wind having now attained a speed of 30 knots from the north-west. After leaving the Dutch coast the wind grew stronger, and one engine broke down. It was decided to hold on, and a " landfall " was made at the North Foreland. By this time petrol was running short owing to the necessity of running at full power earlier in the voyage, and one engine only was running—this on five cylinders out of six. At 8.15 a.m. on March 18 a landing was successfully effected at an aeroplane station close by. 20-Hour Trip by "R 34." ON March 25, at 12.30 p.m., the rigid airship "R 34," built by Messrs. Beardmore and Co., returned to Inchinnan, GLisgow, afler a trip which had lasted nearly 20 hours. Leiving Glasgow at 4.55 p.m. on the previous day, she cruised along the Clyde and then across the Irish Channel to Dublin, then back over the Isle of Man, Barrow-in-Furness, and Liverpoo", across the No~th of England to Selby and Newcastle, re-crossing to Dublin and then home vid the Isle of Man to Glasgow. The New Vickers Airship SOME details are now available of the new big Vickers airship, which is being built at Barrow. She will have a cubic capacity of 1,200,000 ft., and four engines of the Wolseley-Maybach type, each of 240 nominal b.h.p. The airship will be largely constructed of Vickers' special alloy duralumin, and is designed to fly across the Atlantic, carrying passengers and a crew of 16 men. Four cars are to be attached to the hull for use of the pilots, for control, and machinery. There will be two engines in the forward machinery car, and the propeller can be driven by either or both. The new airship is to be used for patrol work, and is expected to take her first flight in May or June. Four New Airships IT is stated that the Admiralty has just placed orders for four new rigid airships with Messrs Beardmore and Co., Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., and Messrs. Short, of Bedford. The last-named firm will build two of these aircraft, which are to be bigger than the R .33 and R 34, which have recently made trial nights. The cost of the vessels will be about a million sterling, and they are expected to surpass any rigid craft yet built in England. They will be 700 ft. in length, have a capacity of 2,500,000 cu. ft., and a lifting power of about 70 tons. They will have a speed of 80 miles an hour. To Holland by Flying Boat Two members of the Dutch Aviation Commission, at the conclusion of their visit to this country, returned to Holland on March 17 in two British flying-boats, piloted by officers of the R.A.F. The boats, each carrying a crew of four officers and men, as well as a member of the Com mission, left Felixstowe at 10.45 a.m. and landed at Texel at 2 p.m., where the pasengers and crew disembarked the boats being moored for the night. The flying-boats, left Texel again on the following afternoon and landed at Felixstowe at 4.10 p.m. 417
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