... Tadcaster, entered the R.N A. learned to fly at Brooklands. He won the D.SO. for leading his fighter squadron into the Battle of the Somme. The first U-boat sunk by an Azores-based aircraft was destroyed by Fortress within two weeks of our forces beginning ...

... for his service in command of a squadron of 18 fighter 'planes lent from Dunkirk for duty with the Army during the battle of the Somme in 1916. He has directed the British offensive in the Bay of Biscay struggle during this war. commanding the R.A.F. ...

... THIS WORLD OF OURS Somme Anniversary IHE thoughts of many old soldiers will to-day turn to that July 1 27 years ago when the ridges the Somme burst in one moment into such a flaming inferno of war the world had never seen. It Is hardly possible for anyone ...

... 1914-18 who were both first-class commanders in the field and personal heroes. He not only collected his V.C. in the Battle of the Somme but his D.S.O. with two bars, nine wounds, and six mentions in despatches. He gained his D.S.O. for his lamous midnight ...

... been air forces on either side? suggested that the fight would still going on with casualties something like those the Battle of the Somme. A third aspect of our air power was that a tremendous number of guns and trained German troops were being kept cn the ...