DEMOBILISATION
The latter half of November and the first week of December was a period
of suspense. No one quite knew what was to happen, nor did the first
circulars on the subject, even the famous one beginning, “And Joshua
bade the people disperse every man to his own place,” clear up the
situation very much. It was not, in fact, until Mr. Churchill had been
appointed Secretary of State for War and Air, and had laid down the
broad principle that men over thirty-five and those who had enlisted
before January 1, 1916, were to be allowed to go and that the rest
must stay, that we knew where we were at all. It was difficult, also,
to find employment from day to day for the men. Association football,
however, was always popular, concerts and boxing contests were
frequently held, while horses and dogs were borrowed and hare-hunting
was attempted.
One form of hare-hunting became very popular: the idea--which
originated with Louis Strange, then commanding a wing--was to proceed
as follows: All officers and men in the wing who wished to take part
assembled, to the number of two or three hundred, at “the meet,” and
filed away in opposite directions, the leaders of each file turning
gradually inwards until a circle nearly a mile in diameter was enclosed
by men about twenty yards apart. The circle being completed, they
began to walk towards the centre. Usually three or four hares, and
sometimes many more, got up within the cordon and ran frantically round
until they either broke through or were knocked over with sticks. The
shouting and noise arising during the proceedings testified to the
popularity of this form of sport. Despite these diversions, time hung
rather heavily on their hands until, at last, by the end of February
1919, all the demobilisable officers and men had gone, and those who
remained were sent up by train as reinforcements to the R.A.F. with the
Army of the Rhine. On a bitterly cold evening this remnant entrained in
covered trucks, under sad skies with snow falling heavily, to commence
their eastward journey, in typically military fashion, by travelling
due west to Etaples. After this nothing remained but to dispatch the
cadre with the records back to England, and the two officers and ten
men remaining accordingly departed on February 28, bound for Sedgeford,
in Norfolk.
The squadron remained dormant for a time, but was re-formed towards
the end of the year, and is now equipped with De Havilland 10s, large
twin-engined machines, and is stationed in India.
[Illustration: BRITISH BATTLES DURING 1918
8^{TH} AUG. TO 11^{TH} NOV.
The following diary will help to elucidate the map, which shows
the ground gained by the British Allied Armies, and the series of
battles from July to November, 1918.
THE BATTLES AND THEIR EFFECTS.
[Sidenote: _8th Aug.--12th Aug._ 13 Inf. and 3 Cav. Divs. defeated
20 German Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF AMIENS disengaged Amiens, until then in range of the
German guns, and freed the Paris-Amiens railway. Our attack was
then transferred to the north in
[Sidenote: _21st Aug.-31st Aug._ 23 Divs. defeated 35 German Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF BAPAUME which, turning the flank of the German
positions on the Somme, compelled the enemy to withdraw to the east
bank of the river. His new positions were then turned from the
north by
[Sidenote: _26th Aug.-3rd Sept._ 7 Divs. defeated 13 German Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF ARRAS by which the Drocourt-Quéant line was broken
and the enemy was forced to fall back on the outer defences of the
Hindenburg line. As the direct result of these battles
The LYS Salient was evacuated by the enemy and we regained
Lens-Merville-Bailleul-Kemmel Hill and freed Hazebrouck and the
important railways there. Then came
[Sidenote: _18th Sept.-19th Sept._ 14 Divs. defeated 15 German
Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF EPEHY which broke through the outer Hindenburg
defences and brought us into position for attack on the main line in
[Sidenote: _27th Sept.-10th Oct._ 35 Inf., 3 Cav. and 2 American
Divs. defeated 45 German Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN which in ten days of victorious
fighting broke through the last and strongest of the enemy’s fully
prepared positions, opening the way to a war of movement and an
advance on the German main lines of communication. These great
assaults fell into three main phases:--
1. The storming of the Canal du Nord on the left of our attack and
the advance on Cambrai, followed immediately by
2. THE GREAT BLOW WHICH SHATTERED THE HINDENBURG LINE AND TURNED
THE DEFENCES OF ST. QUENTIN.
3. The development of these successes by a general attack on the
whole front which broke through the last of the German defences
in the rear of the Hindenburg Line, forcing the enemy to evacuate
Cambrai and St. Quentin and fall back on the line of the River
Selle. These battles, striking at vital enemy communications,
created a huge salient in his lines. Meanwhile further north in
[Sidenote: _28th Sept.-29th Sept._ 9 Divs. defeated 5 German Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF YPRES British and Belgians forced the enemy back
from Ypres and drove a salient into his lines which endangered his
positions on the Belgian Coast. This success was extended by
[Sidenote: _14th Oct.-31st Oct._ 7 British Divs. defeated 6 German
Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF COURTRAI which widened and deepened this salient and
resulted in the capture of Halluin, Menin and Courtrai. This series
of battles north and south had as their immediate result, in the
south,
THE EVACUATION OF LAON and the retreat of the enemy to the line of
the Aisne, and, in the centre,
THE WITHDRAWAL TO THE SCHELDT in which Lille and the great
industrial district of France were freed there, and in the north.
THE CLEARING OF THE BELGIAN COAST, whereby the enemy was deprived
of his important submarine bases at Ostend, Zeebrugge and Bruges.
The enemy was now back on the line of the Selle and Scheldt rivers.
[Sidenote: _17th Oct.-25th Oct._ 26 British Divs. defeated 31
German Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF THE SELLE forced him from the line of that river and
drove still another salient into his defences. It was followed by
the final blow--
[Sidenote: _1st Nov.-11th Nov._ 26 British Divs. defeated 32 German
Divs.]
THE BATTLE OF MAUBEUGE, which struck at and broke the enemy’s
last important lateral communications, turned his positions on
the Scheldt and forced him to retreat rapidly from Courtrai. This
victory completed the great strategical aim of the whole series of
battles by dividing, in effect, the enemy’s forces into two parts,
one on each side of the great natural barrier of the Ardennes. The
pursuit of the beaten enemy all along the Allied line was only
stopped by the Armistice.
]
Most of the officers and men are new, but such veterans as are
available will be drafted back when circumstances allow, and there
is no old member of the squadron who is not confident that the new
formation will add to that high reputation which 60 has enjoyed from
the day of its birth, and which we, who served in it, have helped to
build, or, at all events, have tried our hardest not to damage.
Though the records, owing to a fire in the squadron office in November
1916, may perhaps be not quite complete, yet the destruction of 274
enemy aircraft can be traced.
The honours gained by officers or men, whilst serving in the squadron,
are:
1 V.C.
5 D.S.O.s.
1 Bar to D.S.O.
37 Military Crosses.
5 Distinguished Flying Crosses.
The map which will be found at the end of this chapter is published
by permission of Field-Marshal Earl Haig, and shows very clearly the
ground gained and the prisoners taken by the victorious British armies
during the last three months of the war.
APPENDIX I
LIST OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN 60 SQUADRON
TOGETHER WITH THE DECORATIONS GAINED BY THEM, NOT NECESSARILY IN
THE SQUADRON; ALL OFFICERS ARE SHOWN IN THE HIGHEST RANK TO
WHICH THEY ATTAINED DURING THE WAR.
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Name. | Casualty.| Date.
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2/Lieut. A. R. Adam | Missing | July 1917
Lieut. J. R. Anderson | Killed | Aug. 1918
Capt. D. V. Armstrong, D.F.C. (151 Sqdn.) | Killed | May 1916
Lieut. J. L. Armstrong. | -- | Jan. 1918
Lieut. (A/Capt.) F. L. Atkinson | Injured | April 1917
2/Lieut. W. R. Ayling | -- | Nov. 1918
Lieut. J. Baalman | -- | Aug. 1917
Lieut. D. H. Bacon | Missing | Nov. 1916
Lieut. C. G. Baker | -- | Jan. 1917
Major H. H. Balfour, M.C. and Bar, Croix de | |
Guerre (French) | -- | May 1916
Capt. A. Ball, V.C., D.S.O. and 2 Bars, M.C., | |
Order of St. George (Russian, 4th Class), | |
Croix de Chevalier (French) | Killed | Sept 1916
Lieut. A. C. Ball | Missing | Feb. 1918
Lieut. H. J. O. Barnett | -- | Jan. 1918
Lieut. J. N. Bartlett | -- | June 1918
F/Officer H. F. V. Battle | Wounded | Sept. 1918
Capt. A. Beck, D.F.C. | -- | June 1918
Capt. J. D. Belgrave, M.C. and Bar | Missing | April 1918
Major A. D. Bell-Irving, M.C. and Bar, | |
Croix de Guerre | Wounded | May 1916
2/Lieut. I. Bigood | -- | May 1916
Capt. A. Binnie, M.C. | Missing | April 1917
Lieut.-Col. W. A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O. and | |
Bar, M.C., D.F.C., Croix de Chevalier, | |
Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre with | |
Palm (French) | -- | April 1917
Capt. C. T. Black | -- | March 1917
Capt. C. L. Blake | -- | June 1917
Lieut. R. C. W. Blessley (U.S. Air Service) | Wounded | Sept. 1918
2/Lieut. F. Bower | Killed | April 1917
Lieut. H. S. Brackenbury | Injured | March 1917
Capt. N. A. Browning-Paterson | Killed | May 1916
Capt. W. E. G. Bryant, M.B.E. | Wounded | May 1916
Lieut. H. E. W. Bryning | -- | June 1918
2/Lieut. H. Buckley | Wounded | Aug. 1918
2/Lieut. E. A. Burbidge | -- | Sept. 1918
2/Lieut. C. M. H. M. Caffyn | Killed | March 1917
Major K. L. Caldwell, M.C., D.F.C. and Bar, | |
Croix de Guerre (Belgian) | -- | Jan. 1917
Lieut. K. T. Campbell | Died | June 1918
Lieut. L. H. T. Capel | -- | Feb. 1918
Capt. C. W. Carleton, A.F.C. | -- | Dec. 1916
2/Lieut. W. M. Carlyle | Missing | Oct. 1916
Lieut. A. Carter, M.M. | -- | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. W. E. Cass | Died | Aug. 1916
Lieut. G. F. Caswell | Missing | Sept. 1918
Capt. J. C. A. Caunter | Missing | Oct. 1917
2/Lieut. L. C. Chapman | Missing | April 1917
Capt. L. S. Charles | Missing | July 1916
Capt. R. L. Chidlaw-Roberts, M.C. | -- | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. E. W. Christie | Missing | April 1918
Capt. S. Clare, M.B.E. | -- | Jan. 1918
Capt. F. W. Clark, A.F.C. | -- | Jan. 1918
2/Lieut. L. L. Clark | Killed | May 1916
2/Lieut. R. B. Clark | Died of |
| Wounds | April 1917
Major A. C. Clarke | -- | Aug. 1918
Lieut. J. H. Cock | Missing | April 1917
A/Capt. E. S. T. Cole, M. C. | -- | Sept. 1916
Capt. J. Collier, D.F.C. (80 Sqdn.) | -- | July 1917
Capt. W. H. K. Copeland | -- | March 1918
Lieut. G. F. Court | -- | Nov. 1917
2/Lieut. G. B. Craig | Missing | Feb. 1918
Lieut. F. D. Crane | -- | Jan. 1918
Capt. K. Crawford | Missing | April 1918
Lieut. H. D. Crompton | -- | Sept. 1917
Lieut. (A/Capt.) J. B. Crompton | -- | Sept. 1917
Major C. M. Crowe, M.C., D.F.C. | -- | July 1918
Lieut. C. F. Cunningham | -- | Jan. 1918
F/Lieut. A. P. V. Daly | -- | Nov. 1916
Capt. I. Meredyth Davies | -- | April 1918
Lieut. W. B. Day | -- | Oct. 1918
Capt. G. C. Dell-Clarke, M.C. | Killed | July 1918
2/Lieut. E. W. C. Densham | -- | Sept. 1918
F/Lieut. G. W. Dobson, O.B.E. | -- | Oct. 1916
Capt. J. E. Doyle, D.F.C. | Missing | Sept. 1918
Lieut. L. Drummond | -- | Aug. 1916
Capt. J. M. Drysdale | Wounded | Aug. 1916
Lieut. G. L. Du Cros | -- | June 1918
Capt. G. M. Duncan, D.F.C. | -- | Aug. 1918
Capt. W. J. A. Duncan, M.C. and Bar | -- | Nov. 1917
2/Lieut. (Hon. Lieut.) J. Elgood | -- | July 1916
Lieut. G. F. Elliott | -- | Sept. 1917
Lieut. J. McC. Elliott | Missing | April 1917
Lieut. C. D. Evans | -- | Jan. 1918
2/Lieut. J. J. Fitzgerald | Missing | Oct. 1917
2/Lieut. H. T. Flintoft | -- | July 1918
2/Lieut. J. H. Flynn | Killed | Sept. 1917
Major E. L. Foot, M.C. | -- | Oct. 1916
2/Lieut. C. V. Forsyth | -- | Nov. 1918
Lieut. C. W. France | -- | Aug. 1918
Capt. W. M. Fry, M.C. | -- | Jan. 1917
Capt. P. E. M. Le Gallais, A.F.C. | -- | Aug. 1916
Lieut. W. P. Garnett | Missing | March 1917
Lieut. F. O. Gibbon | -- | July 1917
Major E. J. L. W. Gilchrist, M.C., D.F.C. | Wounded | Dec. 1916
Lieut. W. Gilchrist | Missing | May 1917
Capt. G. A. Giles | -- | Jan. 1917
Lieut. H. Good | -- | May 1916
Capt. F. E. Goodrich, M.C. | Killed | Sept. 1916
Lieut. H. A. Gordon | Missing | July 1918
2/Lieut. R. J. Grandin | Missing | July 1917
Major E. P. Graves | Killed | March 1917
Hon. Capt. D. B. Gray, M.C. | -- | May 1916
F/Lieut. E. O. Grenfell, M.C., A.F.C. | Wounded | Dec. 1916
F/Officer J. S. Griffith, D.F.C. and Bar, | |
Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class | Wounded | July 1918
2/Lieut. W. H. Gunner, M.C. | Missing | July 1917
Capt. H. W. Guy, Croix de Guerre (Belgian) | -- | June 1917
Lieut. C. S. Hall | Missing | April 1917
Lieut. J. G. Hall | Missing | Nov. 1918
Lieut. H. Hamer, A.F.C. | -- | Feb. 1917
Capt. H. A. Hamersley, M.C. | -- | Sept. 1917
Lieut. H. T. Hammond | Missing | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. L. P. Harlow | -- | Nov. 1918
Lieut. H. Harris | -- | May 1916
2/Lieut. R. M. Harris | Killed | June 1917
2/Lieut. J. J. A. Hawtrey | Missing | Sept. 1917
Lieut. J. Headlam | Killed | May 1918
Major J. N. D. Heenan | -- | June 1916
Capt. H. G. Hegarty, M.C. | -- | Jan. 1918
Lieut. G. W. Hemsworth | -- | Jan. 1918
Lieut. C. R. Henderson | -- | March 1918
Lieut. N. P. Henderson | Wounded | April 1917
Capt. E. G. Herbert | Wounded | Jan. 1917
Lieut. H. E. Hervey, M.C. and Bar | Missing | April 1917
2/Lieut. F. A. Hickson | -- | Sept. 1918
Sqdn.-Ldr. R. M. Hill, M.C., A.F.C. | -- | Aug. 1916
Capt. C. Holland, M.C. | -- | Dec. 1916
2/Lieut. R. Hopper | Killed | Jan. 1917
F/Lieut. S. B. Horn, M.C. | -- | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. E. S. Howard | Killed | May 1917
2/Lieut. G. D. Hunter | Missing | May 1917
2/Lieut. W. E. Jenkins | Killed | Nov. 1917
Lieut. O. P. Johnson | -- | July 1918
Lieut. B. S. Johnston | -- | Aug. 1918
Lieut. R. N. K. Jones, M.C. | -- | July 1916
Lieut. P. S. Joyce | Missing | March 1917
Capt. R. C. Kean | -- | Jan. 1917
Capt. G. D. F. Keddie | -- | May 1916
Lieut. S. W. Keen, M.C. | Died of |
| Wounds | Aug. 1916
Lieut C. M. Kelly | -- | Aug. 1916
2/Lieut. W. M. Kent | Missing | Feb. 1918
Lieut. J. F. M. Kerr | -- | Aug. 1918
2/Lieut. J. L. Kight | -- | Aug. 1916
2/Lieut. R. E. Kimbell | Missing | April 1917
2/Lieut. C. H. M. King | Killed | Sept. 1916
Capt. A. N. Kingwill | -- | Feb. 1917
Lieut. R. A. Kirkpatrick | -- | April 1918
Capt. H. Kirton | -- | Jan. 1917
Capt. M. B. Knowles | Missing | April 1917
Lieut. R. H. Knowles | -- | --
Lieut. T. Langwill | Missing | April 1917
Capt. J. D. Latta, M.C. | -- | Nov. 1916
2/Lieut. J. Laurie-Reid | -- | May 1916
Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) J. K. Law | Missing | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. L. H. Leckie | -- | April 1917
Lieut. H. M. Lewis | -- | July 1917
Lieut. R. G. Lewis | Missing | March 1918
Lieut. D. R. C. Lloyd | Missing | June 1917
Capt. E. A. Lloyd | -- | Jan. 1917
Major G. L. Lloyd, M.C., A.F.C. | -- | June 1917
Lieut. L. B. Loughran, American Air Service | Killed | July 1918
2/Lieut. J. C. Louw | -- | March 1918
Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) R. J. S. Lund | -- | Sept. 1918
Capt. J. D. McCall | -- | Nov. 1917
Lieut. W. F. McCarthy | Wounded | Nov. 1918
Lieut. E. J. C. McCracken | Missing | Aug. 1918
Major J. B. McCudden, V.C., D.S.O. and Bar, | |
M.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre, Mil. Medal | Killed | July 1918
F/Lieut. B. McEntegart | -- | Aug. 1918
Lieut. I. C. MacGregor | Injured | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. N. C. Mackey | -- | Sept. 1918
2/Lieut. C. W. McKissock | Missing | May 1917
2/Lieut. R. D. McLennan | Killed | Dec. 1917
Lieut. J. E. C. MacVicker | Killed | June 1918
2/Lieut. H. E. Martin | Killed | Nov. 1916
F/Officer S. J. Mason | -- | Sept. 1918
Major H. Meintjies, M.C., A.F.C. | -- | May 1916
Capt. P. Middlemas, M.B.E. | -- | Feb. 1917
2/Lieut. S. C. Millar | -- | July 1918
Major J. A. Milot | Missing | April 1917
Capt. W. E. Molesworth, M.C. and Bar, Italian | |
Medal (Silver) for Military Valour | -- | March 1917
Capt. H. A. S. Molyneux, D.F.C. | -- | March 1918
Lieut.-Col. B. F. Moore | -- | Jan. 1918
Lieut. A. W. Morey, M.C. | Killed | Jan. 1918
Lieut. D. H. Morris | -- | Oct. 1917
Capt. F. J. Morse, Croix de Guerre (French) | -- | Dec. 1918
Lieut. A. W. M. Mowle | Injured | July 1917
Lieut. D. C. G. Murray | Missing | June 1917
2/Lieut. W. B. Newth | Killed | Sept. 1918
2/Lieut. H. J. Newton | Missing | May 1916
Lieut. B. Nicholson | -- | Sept. 1917
Lieut. J. I. M. O’Beirne | -- | May 1916
Lieut. A. R. Oliver | -- | Aug. 1918
Lieut. J. A. N. Ormsby | Missing | July 1916
Lieut. H. C. M. Orpen | -- | Sept. 1918
Lieut. E. R. Ortner | -- | March 1918
Lieut. F. H. Osborne | -- | Sept. 1918
Lieut. G. E. Osmond | -- | March 1917
Lieut. C. F. Overy | -- | May 1916
Capt. G. A. Parker, M.C., D.S.O. | Missing | Nov. 1916
Major S. E. Parker, M.B.E., A.F.C. | -- | Aug. 1916
2/Lieut. F. C. Parkes | -- | June 1917
Lieut. G. A. H. Parkes | Missing | July 1917
Capt. C. Parry, D.F.C. | Wounded | July 1918
Major C. K. C. Patrick, D.S.O., M.C. and Bar | -- | Aug. 1917
Major C. Patteson, M.C., A.F.C., Croix de | |
Guerre (French) | -- | May 1917
Capt. A. R. Penny, M.C. | -- | June 1917
Lieut. E. W. Percival | -- | May 1917
2/Lieut. R. M. Phalen | Missing | May 1917
Capt. G. Phillippi, M.C. | Wounded | Sept 1916
F/Officer G. A. H. Pidcock, Croix de Guerre | |
(French) | -- | Jan. 1917
F/Officer S. L. Pope | -- | May 1917
Sqdn.-Ldr. C. F. A. Portal, M.C., D.S.O. and | |
Bar | -- | May 1916
2/Lieut. O. Price | -- | June 1918
Lieut. J. O. Priestley | -- | Nov. 1917
Lieut. H. N. J. Proctor | -- | March 1918
Capt. E. B. A. Rayner | -- | Jan. 1917
Capt. J. W. Rayner | -- | Aug. 1918
Lieut. F. K. Read, American Air Service | -- | June 1918
2/Lieut. D. M. Robertson | Missing | April 1917
Lieut. N. McL. Robertson | Killed | Oct. 1916
Lieut. H. G. Ross | Injured | May 1917
Lieut. J. A. Roth, United States Air Service | -- | Oct. 1918
Capt. B. Roxburgh-Smith, D.F.C. and Bar, | |
Croix de Guerre (Belgian) | Injured | Feb. 1917
Lieut. N. C. Roystan | Injured | Feb. 1918
Lieut. W. O. Russell | Missing | April 1917
Capt. W. J. Rutherford | -- | May 1917
Lieut. A. W. Saunders, D.F.C. | -- | Feb. 1918
Capt. O. J. F. Scholte, M.C. | Killed | July 1918
Grp.-Capt. A. J. L. Scott, C.B., M.C., A.F.C. | Wounded | April 1917
Capt. J. Seabrook, A.F.C. | -- | Oct. 1916
Capt. F. H. B. Selous, M.C., Italian Silver | |
Medal | Killed | Sept. 1917
Lieut. W. B. Sherwood | Missing | Oct. 1917
Lieut. R. G. Sillars | -- | May 1917
F/Lieut. J. H. Simpson | -- | May 1916
2/Lieut. M. D. Sinclair | -- | June 1918
2/Lieut. G. O. Smart | Missing | April 1917
Sqdn.-Ldr. H. G. Smart | -- | May 1916
Lieut. J. E. Smith | Missing | Sept. 1918
2/Lieut. L. H. Smith | Missing | Oct. 1918
Lieut. R. H. Smith | -- | Sept. 1918
Lieut.-Col. R. R. Smith-Barry, A.F.C., | |
Chevalier de l’Ordre de Leopold | -- | May 1916
F/Lieut. F. O. Soden, D.F.C. | -- | July 1917
2/Lieut. L. V. Southwell | Injured | March 1918
Sqdn.-Ldr. W. Sowrey, A.F.C. | -- | Nov. 1916
Lieut. J. M. J. Spencer | Missing | Oct. 1916
Lieut. F. Stedman | Missing | April 1917
2/Lieut. R. B. Steele | Injured | Sept. 1917
2/Lieut. L. G. Stockwell | Missing | Oct. 1918
T/Capt. V. A. Stookes, M.C. | -- | Oct. 1916
2/Lieut. H. S. Stuart-Smith | Missing | Sept. 1918
Lieut. E. A. Sullock, A.F.C. | -- | March 1918
Capt. A. S. M. Summers | Missing | Sept. 1916
2/Lieut. H. E. Talbot | -- | Dec. 1918
Capt. H. S. Taylor | -- | Aug. 1916
Capt. G. J. Temperley | Injured | Oct. 1917
Lieut. G. E. Tennant | -- | Sept. 1918
Lieut. O. Thamer | Missing | Jan. 1918
2/Lieut. S. A. Thomson | Missing | Sept. 1918
F/Officer E. Thornton | -- | Jan. 1918
Capt. H. C. Tower | Missing | May 1916
F/Lieut. E. J. D. Townesend | Missing | April 1917
Lieut. J. W. Trusler | -- | Feb. 1918
2/Lieut. F. E. Upton-Smith | -- | Feb. 1918
Capt. S. F. Vincent, A.F.C. | -- | July 1916
Lieut. B. M. Wainwright | Missing | July 1916
Major F. F. Waldron | Killed | May 1916
Lieut. Walker | -- | Aug. 1916
Lieut. A. M. Walters | -- | Sept. 1916
Capt. L. S. Weedon | -- | Sept. 1916
2/Lieut. A. N. Westergaard | -- | June 1918
2/Lieut. M. West-Thompson | Killed | Sept. 1917
Lieut. A. D. Whitehead | Missing | March 1917
Capt. L. E. Whitehead | Wounded | June 1916
Lieut. J. O. Whiting | Missing | Sept. 1917
Lieut. R. K. Whitney, D.F.C. | Wounded | Aug. 1918
2/Lieut. R. C. R. Wilde | -- | Oct. 1918
Lieut. C. Williams | Missing | May 1916
2/Lieut. V. F. Williams | Missing | April 1917
2/Lieut. J. Winslow | -- | Oct. 1918
Lieut. C. O. Wright | -- | Aug. 1917
Lieut. G. C. Young | -- | May 1917
APPENDIX II
BATTLE CASUALTIES
In this list each officer is given in the rank which he held at the
time he was wounded or missing. It is very apparent that it was during
April 1917 that the squadron went through the bitterest fighting. There
were 20 casualties in this month alone. The worst month after this was
September 1917, with 8 casualties, while in July and again in September
1918, 6 pilots “went west.”
These figures show clearly the increase in the intensity of air
fighting as the contest wore on. In August 1916, when 60 was still a
two-seater squadron with only one scout flight, we lost 5 pilots and 2
observers; this was thought at the time to be high, as indeed it was
according to the standard of those days, though several other squadrons
lost more heavily during the Somme. Nevertheless, the figures show only
too clearly that the Arras fighting was far the severest trial 60 ever
had, for during April 1917 the losses were 105 per cent. The total
number of Battle Casualties is 115, sustained during 29 months of war
flying, giving an average of just under 4 per month, or nearly one a
week.
An analysis of the figures shows that 76 of these 115 were killed,
while 39 are alive, unless, indeed, they were killed with another
squadron later in the war: but this could only have happened to the 21
wounded who got back to their own side of the lines.
Of the 72 missing, 54 are dead, 17 were repatriated from Germany, while
one, Ridley, escaped.
Though it was true to say that roughly half of our missing in the Air
Force were alive, it will be seen that in 60’s case the average was
much smaller, only 25 per cent. instead of 50 per cent.
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Name. |Casualty.| Date. | Details.
--------------------------+---------+----------+----------------------
Major F. F. Waldron | Killed | 3.7.16 | Died whilst Prisoner
| | | of War.
Lieut. N. A. | Missing | 21.7.16 | Officially reported
Browning-Paterson | | | killed.
Lieut. L. E. Whitehead | Wounded | 30.7.16 | (Missing 20.5.18--65
| | | Sqdn.) Death
| | | presumed.
Lieut. W. E. G. Bryant | Wounded | 30.7.16 |
Capt. L. S. Charles | Missing | 30.7.16 | Died whilst P. of W.
Lieut. C. Williams | Killed | 30.7.16 |
2/Lieut. L. L. Clark | Missing | 2.8.16 | Death accepted.
Lieut. J. A. N. Ormsby | Missing | 2.8.16 | Officially reported
| | | killed.
2/Lieut. H. J. Newton | Missing | 2.8.16 | Death accepted
| | | 2.8.16.
F/Lieut. C. A. Ridley | Missing | 3.8.16 | Escaped from Germany
| | | 13.10.16.
2/Lieut. J. M. Drysdale | Wounded | 25.8.16 |
2/Lieut. B. M. Wainwright | Missing | 28.8.16 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 1.1.19.
Capt. A. S. M. Summers | Missing | 15.9.16 | Killed.
Capt. H. C. Tower | Missing | 19.9.16 | Death accepted.
2/Lieut. G. Phillippi | Wounded | 26.9.16 |
Lieut. N. McL. Robertson | Killed | 17.10.16 | Died of wounds.
2260 Sergt. A. Walker | Killed | 25.10.16 |
Lieut. W. M. Carlyle | Missing | 26.10.16 | Death accepted.
Lieut. J. M. J. Spencer | Missing | 3.11.16 | Killed.
Lieut. A. D. Bell-Irving | Wounded | 9.11.16 |
2/Lieut. H. E. Martin | Killed | 16.11.16 |
Lieut. D. H. Bacon | Missing | 16.11.16 | Death accepted.
Capt. G. A. Parker | Missing | 27.11.16 | Death accepted.
Capt. E. D. Grenfell | Wounded | 11.12.16 |
2/Lieut. E. J. L. W. | | |
Gilchrist | Wounded | 11.12.16 |
2/Lieut. R. Hopper | Killed | 11.1.17 | Savy.
2/Lieut. E. G. Herbert | Wounded | 28.1.17 | While salving a
| | | wrecked machine.
Major E. P. Graves | Killed | 6.3.17 | Rivière.
2/Lieut. P. S. Joyce | Missing | 6.3.17 |
Lieut. A. D. Whitehead | Missing | 11.3.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 20.1.18.
Lieut. C. McH. M. Caffyn | Killed | 28.3.17 | Le Hameau.
Lieut. W. P. Garnett | Missing | 30.3.17 | Death accepted.
2/Lieut. F. Bower | Died of | 31.3.17 | Died of wounds.
| wounds | |
2/Lieut. V. F. Williams | Missing | 2.4.17 | Death accepted.
Lieut. E. J. D. Townesend | Missing | 5.4.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 20.1.18.
2/Lieut. G. O. Smart | Missing | 7.4.17 | Killed.
2/Lieut. C. S. Hall | Missing | 7.4.17 | Killed.
Capt. M. B. Knowles | Missing | 7.4.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 14.12.18.
Lieut. W. O. Russell | Missing | 14.4.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 2.1.19.
2/Lieut. L. C. Chapman | Missing | 14.4.17 | Died of wounds.
Capt. A. Binnie | Missing | 14.4.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 7.1.18.
2/Lieut. J. H. Cock | Missing | 14.4.17 | Death accepted.
2/Lieut. H. E. Hervey | Missing | 15.4.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
Major J. A. Milot | Missing | 15.4.17 | Reported dead (German
| | | source).
Lieut. J. McC. Elliott | Killed | 16.4.17 |
2/Lieut. D. N. Robertson | Missing | 16.4.17 | Death accepted.
Lieut. T. Langwill | Missing | 16.4.17 | Death accepted.
2/Lieut. R. E. Kimbell | Missing | 16.4.17 | Killed in action.
Lieut. T. L. Atkinson | Wounded | 20.4.17 |
2/Lieut. N. P. Henderson | Wounded | 26.4.17 |
2/Lieut. F. Stedman | Missing | 27.4.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 31.12.18.
2/Lieut. H. G. Ross | Wounded | 28.4.17 |
2/Lieut. R. B. Clark | Died of | |
| wounds | 30.4.17 | Died of wounds
| | | 1.5.17.
2/Lieut. C. W. McKissock | Missing | 6.5.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 14.12.18.
Lieut. G. D. Hunter | Missing | 6.5.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 20.1.18.
2/Lieut. E. S. Howard | Killed | 18.5.17 | Tilloy-les-Hemaville.
2/Lieut. R. J. Grandin | Killed | 18.5.17 | N. Rémy.
2/Lieut. W. Gilchrist | Missing | 25.5.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 17.11.18.
2/Lieut. R. M. Phalen | Missing | 28.5.17 | Killed.
2/Lieut. R. M. Harris | Killed | 7.6.17 | Le Hameau.
Lieut. D. R. C. Lloyd | Missing | 16.6.17 | Reported dead (German
| | | source).
Lieut. D. C. G. Murray | Missing | 27.6.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 9.12.18.
Lieut. A. R. Adam | Missing | 3.7.17 | Killed.
Major A. J. L. Scott | Wounded | 10.7.17 |
2/Lieut. G. A. H. Parkes | Missing | 15.7.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 23.12.18.
Lieut. A. W. M. Mowle | Wounded | 22.7.17 |
2/Lieut. W. H. Gunner | Missing | 29.7.17 | Death accepted.
Lieut. H. T. Hammond | Missing | 14.9.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 18.12.18.
2/Lieut. J. J. A. Hawtrey | Missing | 16.9.17 | Reported died (German
| | | source).
19130 Sergt. J. W. | | |
Bancroft | Missing | 20.9.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 19.12.18.
Capt. J. K. Law | Missing | 21.9.17 | Death accepted.
Lieut. J. O. Whiting | Missing | 22.9.17 | Death accepted.
Lieut. I. C. MacGregor | Wounded | 22.9.17 |
89279 2/A.M. H. H. Bright | Missing | 23.9.17 | Reported killed
| | | 19.10.17.
2/Lieut. J. H. Flynn | Killed | 30.9.17 |
2/Lieut. J. J. Fitzgerald | Missing | 5.10.17 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 18.12.18.
Lieut. W. B. Sherwood | Missing | 27.10.17 | Death accepted.
Capt. J. C. A. Caunter | Missing | 28.10.17 | Killed.
Lieut. W. E. Jenkins | Killed | 23.11.17 |
2/Lieut. M. West-Thompson | Killed | 23.11.17 |
2/Lieut. R. W. McLennan | Killed | 23.12.17 |
Capt. F. H. B. Selous | Killed | 4.1.18 | Collision in the air.
2/Lieut. O. Thamer | Missing | 6.1.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 22.11.18.
Lieut. A. W. Morey, M.C. | Killed | 24.1.18 |
2/Lieut. A. C. Ball | Missing | 5.2.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 14.12.18.
2/Lieut. N. C. Roystan | Wounded | 18.2.18 |
2/Lieut. C. B. Craig | Missing | 21.2.18 | Death accepted.
2/Lieut. W. M. Kent | Missing | 21.2.18 | Death accepted.
Lieut. L. V. Southwell | Wounded | 6.3.18 | Died of wounds
| | | 14.3.18.
2/Lieut. E. W. Christie | Missing | 2.4.18 | Presumed dead.
Capt. K. Crawford | Missing | 11.4.18 | Presumed dead.
2/Lieut. H. N. J. Proctor | Missing | 16.5.18 | Presumed dead.
Lieut. J. Headlam | Killed | 30.5.18 |
Capt. J. D. Belgrave | Missing | 13.6.18 | Presumed dead.
Lieut. R. G. Lewis | Missing | 13.6.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 13.12.18.
Lieut. H. A. Gordon | Missing | 7.7.18 | Presumed dead.
Capt. G. C. Dell-Clarke | Killed | 16.7.18 |
Lieut. J. S. Griffith | Wounded | 18.7.18 |
Lieut. J. E. C. MacVicker | Missing | 22.7.18 | Presumed dead.
Lieut. L. B. Loughram | Killed | 28.7.18 |
Capt. C. Parry | Wounded | 29.7.18 | Wounded.
2/Lieut. J. G. Hall | Missing | 8.8.18 | Presumed dead.
2/Lieut. H. Buckley | Wounded | 10.8.18 |
2/Lieut. R. K. Whitney | Wounded | 11.8.18 |
Lieut. J. R. Anderson | Killed | 13.8.18 |
Lieut. E. C. J. McCracken | Missing | 13.8.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 14.12.18.
Lieut. S. W. Keen | Killed | 21.8.18 | Died of wounds at 3rd
| | | Can. C.C.S.
2/Lieut. S. A. Thomson | Missing | 5.9.18 | Presumed dead.
Capt. J. E. Doyle | Missing | 5.9.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 30.12.18.
Lieut. J. E. Smith | Missing | 17.9.18 | Reported killed in
| | | action.
2/Lieut. H. S. Smith | Missing | 15.9.18 | Killed in action.
Lieut. G. F. C. Caswell | Missing | 20.9.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 9.12.18
2/Lieut. H. F. V. Battle | Wounded | 20.9.18 |
Lieut. L. H. Smith | Missing | 26.10.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 9.12.18.
2/Lieut. L. G. Stockwell | Missing | 28.10.18 | Repatriated P. of W.
| | | 9.12.18.
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FOOTNOTES
[1] By means of which the machine is tilted sideways.
[2] Anti-aircraft or high-angle guns on the ground.
[3] All flying machines were known as “grids” in the squadron.
[4] The F.E.8 was a “pusher” machine, that is with the engine and
propeller behind the pilot. It was used for reconnaissance work at this
time, but later became one of our night-bombing aeroplanes.
[5] Used for signals. It fired a kind of cartridge from which a flaming
ball was discharged of red, green, or white lights.
[6] The weekly official record of work done by the R.F.C., including
all scraps in which the Hun “crashed” or “went down out of control.”
[7] Anti-aircraft guns or shells.
[8] It is very difficult to fly by compass in clouds for any length of
time.
[9] Kite balloon.
[10] These machines were some of the first to be used for
reconnaissance purposes. They did about ninety miles an hour “all out,”
and were therefore difficult to handle against the faster Albatros. It
is very often the duty of reconnaissance machines not to engage in a
fight, as their news may be lost.
[11] When every machine gets mixed up in a sort of mêlée.
[12] Either of the D3 or D5 type, which was generally used by the enemy
at this time. It was an efficient machine for speed, but could not
climb as well as our scouts.
[13] A machine is spinning when it is diving towards the ground turning
in a corkscrew fashion.
[14] Most fighting is now done in “formation,” that is in an organised
pack. Either the machines fly in the shape of a wedge or a diamond, or
in some order which is most convenient to the “leader.”
[15] It is very often impossible to watch a machine after it has been
hit until it “crashes.” It is, therefore, counted as out of control.
Sometimes this was used as a “blind” by some pilots to escape. They
simply let the machine do what it liked, and when near the ground took
control again.
[16] A vehicle used for moving dismantled aeroplanes by road.
[17] A pet name used for artillery machines of the B.E. type.
[18] The Huns always used to bombard certain areas in the morning and
evening. These bombardments were known as the morning and evening hate.
[19] These rockets were invented by a Frenchman and used for balloon
strafing. They were placed in cases on the struts, and were fired by
electricity. The rocket was about 1½ feet long and the stick about 3
feet.
[20] These are used, generally in the ratio of one to four ordinary
or armour-piercing bullets, to show the general direction in which
the burst of fire is going. Instead of being filled with lead like
the ordinary bullet, they contain phosphorus, which commences to burn
as soon as the bullet is discharged from the machine gun, and leaves
behind it a trail of smoke and fire to mark its course.
[21] A number of balls of fire fastened together and shot up into the
air in order to fall over the attacking machine and bring it down in
flames.
[22] A type of machine gun. The bullets are fed from a “drum” which is
automatically turned when the gun fires.
[23] The tail plane which is used to direct the machine up or down.
[24] Tennis.
[25] A pilot who has brought down five or more enemy machines.
[26] Corresponds to an Adjutant in an infantry battalion.
[27] Bishop.
[28] _A.M.L.O._: Assistant Military Landing Officer.
[29] Bishop, who got his V.C. for this.
[30] An indefinitely large number.
[31] Trick flying.
[32] A formidable line of trenches branching off from the main
Hindenburg line of Quéant and defending Douai.
[33] A stream flowing north of Arras.
[34] Same as wind up, or fright.
[35] One of the most famous formations of enemy scouts, composed of the
“crack” German pilots. Their machines generally had red bodies.
[36] A piece of aluminium shaped so as to cover the engine.
[37] A main plane is made up of two spars on which the ribs are fixed.
[38] Body of the machine.
[39] A barbarous word invented by the Army, and which means “alighting
from an omnibus.”
[40] This, I am afraid, is not quite accurate, as a glance at Appendix
II will show.
[41] Ypres.
[42] Cassel.
[43] A type of hangar invented by a Frenchman and generally used on our
aerodromes in France.
[44] A method used to bring a machine down quickly without gaining
speed.
[45] Air mechanics.
[46] Bishop.
[47] Scott.
[48] Scott.
[49] G. L. Lloyd.
[50] Penny.
[51] The S.E.5s.
[52] Bishop.
[53] Bishop.
[54] Home Establishment.
INDEX
“Ace,” a French, 60 _and note_[25]
Adam, Lieut. A. R., 128, 136
Adinfer Wood, 35;
German trenches, 37-8
Aeroplane Supply Depot, No. 1, 112
Air Board Training Division, 87
Air Force Mechanical Transport, work of, 116-17
Albatros machines, 29-30, 31-2, 38, 42 _note_[10], 43 _and
note_[12], 54, 55, 88, 103
Albert, 30
Allenby, General, inspection of 60 Squadron, 53, 56-7;
sent to Egypt, 106
Americans, the, at Beugnatre, 118;
men serving in English scout squadrons, 121-2
Amiens, 13, 106, 115-16;
a dinner in, 118
Anderson, Lieut. J. R., 128, 137
“Archie” gunners, 8, 22, 34 _and note_[7], 35, 51-3
Armistice, the, 90, 122-4
Armstrong, Capt. D. V., 3, 8, 11, 15, 17-19;
death, 72-3, 128
-- Lieut. J. L., 128
Army of the Rhine, 126
Arras, 26, 56, 67;
battle of, 22, 30-64
Arras-Albert Sector, the German retreat, 32-3
Arras-Cambrai road, 11-12
Artillery horses, 83
Artillery registration, German, 58-9, 61-2
Aspinall, Sergt.-Major, 4-5, 23
Atkinson, Lieut. F. L., 128, 136
Ayling, 2/Lieut. W. R., 128
B.E. machines, 9, 41
B.E.2C. machines, 2
Baalman, Lieut. J., 128
Bacon, Lieut. D. H., 128, 135
Bailleul aerodrome, 105
Baisieux, 116
Baker, Lieut. C. G., 128
Balfour, Major H. H., 3, 90, 128;
description of a flight, 11-13
Ball, Captain A., 15-17, 39, 73, 81, 128
-- Lieut. A. C., 88-9, 128, 137
“Balloon strafing,” 20-1, 38, 47-48;
account by Captain Molesworth, 50-3
Bancroft, Sergt., 69, 136
Bapaume, 15, 17, 18, 36, 94, 118
Barnaby, Capt. H. O., of the “archie” gunners, 22
Barnett, Lieut. H. J. O., 128
Barrington-Kennet, Basil, 4
Bartlett, Lieut. J. N., 106, 128
Baths, camp, 95, 96
Battle, F/Officer H. F. V., 128, 138
Beck, Capt. A., 115, 122, 128
Belgian troops, rations and ammunitions for, 116
Belgrave, Capt. J. D., 73, 111, 128, 137
Bellevue, 105-6
Bell-Irving, Major A. D., 3, 15, 17, 21, 23, 128, 135
Bessoneau hangars, 94 _and note_[43]
Beugnatre, 116, 118
Bigood, 2/Lieut. J., 3, 128
Binnie, Capt. A., 39, 44-5, 128, 136
Biplanes, Morane, 5, 6
Bishop, Lieut.-Col. W. A., 40, 45, 47, 49, 61-3, 66, 73, 81, 90, 97,
101-2, 104, 112, 128
Black Boy, dog, 96
Black, Capt. C. T., 39, 128
Blake, Capt. C. L., 128
Blessley, Lieut. R. C. W., 128
Boffles, 60 Squadron at, 106, 116
Boisdinghem, 60 Squadron moved to, 8
Booby traps, 36, 38, 123
Boulogne, 83
Bourlon Wood, 118
Bower, 2/Lieut. F., 47-8, 129, 135
Brackenbury, Lieut. H. S., 45, 129
Breguet machine, 119-21
Bright, 89279 2/A.M. H. H., 137
Bristol machines, 2, 39, 115
Browning-Paterson, Capt. H. A., 3, 129, 135
Bruay mines, 57
Brussels, 9
Bryant, Capt. W. E. G., 3, 129, 135
Bryning, Lieut. H. E. W., 129
Buckingham bullets, 21, 51
Buckley, 2/Lieut. H., 115, 129, 137
“Bullets,” Morane, 5, 6-8, 11
Burbidge, 2/Lieut. E. A., 129
Burke, _Reflections on the Revolution in France_, _quoted_,
74-5
Burning machine, a, described, 102-3
Busigny, 15
Caffyn, Lieut. C. McH. M., 45-6, 129, 135
Caldwell, Major K. L., 28, 31, 39, 57, 66, 70, 73, 129
Callaghan, Lieut. L. K., 118
Cambrai, 15, 50, 56, 118, 122;
attack November 20, 79
Camel machines on the Somme, 18;
for 151 Squadron, 71;
for 148 Squadron, 117
Campbell, Lieut. K. T., 129
Canada, the elections, 84
Canadian cavalry, 40
Canadians, first contingent, 40;
in the R.A.F., 81
Capel, Lieut. L. H. T., 129
Carleton, Capt. C. W., 129
Carlyle, Lieut. W. M., 129, 135
Carter, Lieut. A., 70, 129
Cass, 2/Lieut. W. E., 129
Cassel, 70, 86
Casualties, the first Flying Corps, 13;
list of, 134-8
Caswell, Lieut. G. F., 129, 138
Caudry Station blown up, 123
Caunter, Capt. J. C. A., 129, 137
Cavendish, Lord John, ideal of a gentleman’s character, 74, 78-9
Cecil, Lord Hugh, on the education of the future R.A.F. officer, 74,
124
Cemeteries, German, 36
Central Flying School, Uphaven, 3, 81
Chapman, 2/Lieut. L. C., 129, 136
“Character of a gentleman,” 74-9
Charles, Capt. L. S., 129, 135
Chidlaw-Roberts, Capt. R. L., 70, 73, 129
Chinese coolies, 83-4
Chipilly, 47
Christie, 2/Lieut. E. W., 129, 137
Church Army huts, 84
Churchill, Mr., 125
Cinema, the, 101
“Circus,” the, red-painted German machines, 30, 38, 54, 67 _and
note_[35]
Cizancourt Bridge, 19
Clare, Capt. S., 129
Clark, Capt. F. W., 89, 129
-- 2/Lieut. L. L., 3, 129, 135
-- 2/Lieut. R. B., 48-9, 129, 136
Clarke, Major A. C., 114, 129;
Armistice dinner, 123-4
Clay, T., Flight Commander, 118
Clouds, difficulties of flying in, 34-5
Cock, Lieut. J. H., 129, 136
Cole, A/Capt. E. S. T., 129
Collier, Capt. J., 129
_Comic Cuts_, 27 _and note_[6]
Compass, use in clouds, 34 _and note_[8]
Compass stations, 58-9
Conrad, on the west wind, 109-10
Cooper bombs, 18, 19, 70
Copeland, Capt. W. H. K., 106, 129
Courcelette, 15
Court, Lieut. G. F., 129
Craig, 2/Lieut. G. B., 129, 137
Crane, Lieut. F. D., 129
Crashes, 91
Crawford, Capt. K., 129, 137
Creech, Lieut. J. O., 118
Croisille, 34
Crompton, Lieut. H. D., 89, 90, 129
-- Lieut. J. B., 70, 129
Cros, Lieut. G. L. Du, 129
Crowe, Major C. M., 114, 129
Cunningham, Lieut. C. F., 129
Dainville, 32
Dalmeny, Lord, 106
Daly, F/Lieut. A. P. V., 31, 129
Davies, Capt. I. Meredyth, 111, 129
Day, Lieut. W. B., 129
De Havilland machines, 115;
60 Squadron equipped with, 126
“Debussing,” term, 72 _and note_[39]
Delay-action mines, 36, 123
Dell-Clarke, Capt. G. C., 129, 137
Demobilisation, 125-7
Densham, 2/Lieut. E. W. C., 129
Devastation by the enemy, 35-6
Dixmude, 119
Dobson, F/Lieut. G. W., 24-5, 129
Doby, batman, 14
“Dog-fights,” 43 _and note_[11], 54
Dogs of 60 Squadron, 84, 96
“Dope” treatment for aeroplane fabric, 28
Douai, 9, 42, 47, 54, 66 _note_[32], 88, 94
Doullens, 105
Doullens-Amiens road, 8
Doyle, Capt. J. E., 115, 129, 137
Drocourt Switch, 66 _and note_[32]
Drocourt-Quéant Switch, 94
Drummond, Lieut. L., 129
Drysdale, Capt. J. M., 129, 135
Duck-boards, 83
Dug-outs, German, 36-8
Duncan, Capt. G. M., 115, 116, 129
-- Capt. W. J. A., 73, 89, 90, 106, 111, 129
Dutch frontier escapes, 9
Eleventh Wing, the, 60 Squadron moved to, 65, 69
Elgood, 2/Lieut. J., 129
Elliott, Lieut. G. F., 129
-- Lieut. J. McC., 47, 130, 136
Engines, air-cooled rotaries, 25, 65;
water-cooled stationaries, 25, 65-6
Epinoy aerodrome, 114
Estrées-en-Chaussée, attacks on, 18-20
Etaples, 63, 126
Evans, Lieut. C. D., 89, 130
“Evening hate,” 49 _and note_[18]
F.E.8 machines, 26 _and note_[4], 94, 95
Fampoux, 47
Fienvilliers, 106
Fifth Army, 70
Fighting in the air, conditions, 108-9
Filescamp Farm, 60 Squadron established at, 24, 57, 69-70
First Army front, night-bombing, 72;
the Cambrai attack, 79
Fitzgerald, 2/Lieut. J. J., 130, 137
Flintoft, 2/Lieut. H. T., 130
“Flying Pig,” the, 43
Flynn, 2/Lieut. J. H., 130, 137
Foch, Maréchal, 119-20
Fokkers, produced autumn 1915, 2;
not distinguishable from the “bullets,” 8;
on the Somme, 12;
the D7, 115;
low-flying, 117-18
Folkestone, 62
Foot, Major E. L., 8, 15, 130
Football teams, 23, 82-3, 125
Formation, fighting in, 43 _and note_[14]
Forsyth, 2/Lieut. C. V., 130
France, Lieut. C. W., 130
French Flying Corps, 119-20
Frost, effect on Hun flying, 25, 31
Fry, Capt. W. M., 46, 50, 130
Gallais, Capt. P. E. M. Le, 130
Gallipoli, 39
Garnett, Lieut. W. P., 130, 135
Gavrelle, 67
German Flying Corps, 117, 122
German retreat, March 1917, 33, 34;
prisoners at Cassel, 86-7;
courtesy, 88
Gibbon, Lieut. F. O., 130
Gilchrist, Lieut. W., 130, 136
-- Major E. J. L. W., 8, 15, 17, 21, 31, 130, 135
Giles, Capt. G. A., 23, 130
Gnome Martinsyde scout, 23
Good, Lieut. H., 3, 130
Goodrich, Capt. F. E., 130
Gordon, Lieut. H. A., 111-12, 130, 137
Gosport School of Special Flying, 2, 14, 17
Gotha biplanes, 18
Gramophone Company factory at Hayes, 5
Grandin, 2/Lieut. R. J., 45, 130, 136
Graves, Major E. P., command of 60 Squadron, 23, 24;
death of, 30, 31, 130, 135
Gray, Capt. D. B., 3, 130
Grenfell, Capt. E. O., 8, 15, 31-2, 130, 135
“Grids,” the term, 26 _and note_[3], 28
Griffith, Lieut. J. S., 90, 106, 111, 130, 137
Gunner, 2/Lieut. W. H., 130, 136
Gun-oil, non-freezing, 31
Guy, Capt. H. W., 130
Haig, Field-Marshal Earl, 116, 127
Hall, Lieut. C. S., 41, 47, 66, 130, 136
-- Lieut. J. G., 130, 137
Hamer, Lieut. H., 130
Hammersley, Capt. H. A., 70, 73, 89, 90, 106, 130
Hammond, Lieut. H. T., 130, 136
Hare-hunting, 125-6
Harlow, 2/Lieut. L. P., 130
Harris, Lieut. H., 3, 130
-- 2/Lieut. R. M., 130, 136
Havrincourt Wood, 15, 117
Hawtrey, 2/Lieut. J. J. A., 130, 136
Hayes, 5
Headlam, Lieut. J., 130, 137
Heenan, Major J. N. O., 3, 130
Hegarty, Capt. H. G., 89, 106, 111, 130
Hem, 106
Hemsworth, Lieut. G. W., 84-6, 130
Henderson, Lieut. C. R., 130
-- Lieut. N. P., 130, 136
Herbert, Capt. E. G., 31, 130, 135
Hervey, Lieut. H. E., 45, 130, 136
Hickson, 2/Lieut. F. A., 130
Higgins, Brig.-Gen. J. F. A., 22, 23, 57;
account of Ball’s feats, 16-17
Hill, Sqdn.-Leader R. M., 8, 15, 17, 21, 130
Hindenburg Line, 34, 94, 99;
German retreat to, 123
Hispano Suisa engine, 65, 66, 90
Holland, Capt. C., 130
Honours gained by 60 Squadron, 127
Hopper, 2/Lieut. R., 31, 130, 135
Horn, F/Lieut. S. B., 57, 66, 130
Hôtel Continental at Paris-Plage, 63
Howard, 2/Lieut. E. S., 130, 136;
an adventure at Roeux, 46-7
Hun _Jagdstaffeln_, 65
Hunter, Lieut. G. D., 130, 136
Hussars, the 19th, 3, 24
Incendiary bombs, 19, 21
Independent Air Force, 120
India, 60 Squadron stationed in, 126
Iron Cross, 27
Izel le Hameau aerodrome, 21-4, 91
Jenkins, Lieut. W. E., 66, 69, 70, 130, 137
Johnson, Lieut. O. P., 116, 130
Johnston, Lieut. B. S., 130
Jones, Lieut. R. N. K., 130
Joyce, Lieut. P. S., 131, 135
Kate, dog, 96
Kean, Capt. R. C., 131
Keddie, Capt. G. D. F., 3, 131
Keen, Lieut. S. W., 131, 137
Kelly, Lieut. C. M., 131
Kemmel Hill, 120
Kent, 2/Lieut. W. M., 89-90, 131, 137
Kerr, Lieut. J. F. M., 131
Kight, 2/Lieut. J. L., 131
Kimbell, 2/Lieut. R. E., 131, 136
Kindley, F. E., 18
King, 2/Lieut. C. H. M., 131
Kingwill, Capt. A. N., 131
Kirkpatrick, Lieut. R. A., 131
Kirton, Capt. H., 131
Kite balloons, hostile, firing of, 20-21, 38
“Kite,” name applied to the Morane biplane, 6
Knowles, Capt. M. B., 41, 131, 136
-- Lieut. R. H., 3, 131
Langwill, Lieut. T., 47, 131, 136
Latta, Capt. J. D., 15, 17, 131
Laurie-Reid, 2/Lieut. J., 3, 131
Laurier, election of, 84
Law, Capt. J. K., 70-1, 131, 137
-- Mr. Bonar, 70
Le Cateau, 122
Le Hameau, 56
Le Prieur rockets, 20, 21, 51 _and note_[19]
Le Quesnoy, 123
Le Rhone engine, 6, 7, 28, 65
Leckie, 2/Lieut. L. H., 131
Lens, 44
Lewis, Col., 22
-- Lieut. H. M., 131
-- Lieut. R. G., 111-12, 131, 137
Lewis guns, 7, 28, 52 _and note_[22], 55, 90
Lille, 14
Lloyd, Capt. E. A., 131
-- Lieut. D. R. C., 50, 57, 131, 136
-- Major G. L., 50, 57, 66, 98-9, 131
Lobo, dog, 66
Locre Château, 72
London Colney, in Herts, 118
London, defence of, 19
Loraine, Robert, 22
Losses, calculation of, 107-8;
German method, 108
Loughram, Lieut. L. B., 131, 137
Louw, 2/Lieut. J. C., 131
Low flying, 47
Lucheux, Château of, 98
Lund, Lieut. R. J. S., 131
Lys, the, 120
McCall, Capt. J. D., 131
McCarthy, Lieut. W. F., 131
McCracken, Lieut. E. J. C., 131, 137
McCudden, Major J. B., 112-4, 131
McEntegart, F/Lieut. B., 116, 131
MacGregor, Lieut. I. C., 70, 131, 137
Machines, faulty, 45-6
Mackey, 2/Lieut. N. C., 131
McKissock, 2/Lieut. C. D., 131, 136
McLean, Lieut. C. T., 118
Maclennan, 2/Lieut. R. D., 131, 137;
his letters _quoted_, 80-7
MacVicker, Lieut. J. E. C., 131, 137
Marie Capelle aerodrome, 70, 80, 88, 91;
described by 2/Lieut. R. W. Maclennan, 81-7
Marlborough in Flanders, 98
Marquise, 112
Martin, 2/Lieut. H. E., 131, 135
Martinpuich, 15
Mason, F/Officer S. J., 116, 131
Maubeuge, 123
Meintjies, Major H., 3, 8, 15, 17, 23, 31, 39, 131
Menin, 73
Mesopotamia, 70
Message-dropping, novel system, 72-3
Messines Ridge, 65
Metz, 120
Middlemas, Capt. P., 23, 131
Millar, 2/Lieut. S. C., 131
Milot, Major J. A., 45, 131, 136
Moislans, 19
Molesworth, Capt. W. E., 38, 47, 57, 131;
letters of, describing fights, _quoted_, 25-7, 35-8, 42-4,
50-3, 66-9;
on the feelings and emotions of a scout pilot, 92-105;
honours for, 66, 105
Molyneux, Capt. H. A. S., 131
Monchy-au-Bois, 35
Monchy-le-Preux, 55
Mons, 13, 14
Moore, Major B. F., 88, 112, 131
Moranes (French machine) supplied to 60 Squadron, 3, 5, 6-8, 11, 91
Morey, Lieut. A. W., 88, 131, 137
Morris, Lieut. D. H., 131
Morse, Capt. F. J., 131
Mowle, Lieut. A. W. M., 132, 136
Murray, Lieut. D. C. G., 132, 136
Nancy, 118
Netheravon, 23
Newman, “Idea of a University” _quoted_, 74, 76-8
Newth, 2/Lieut. W. B., 132
Newton, 2/Lieut. H. J., 3, 132, 135
Nicholson, Lieut. B., 14, 132
Nicod, Sergt., 22
Nieuport machines, given to 1 Squadron, 2;
60 Squadron equipped with, 21-2, 54-5;
description, 27-9, 65, 91;
the Albatros and, compared, 38;
given to 29 Squadron, 41
Night bombing, Hun, 71-2
Night Flying Squadron 151, 17
Ninth Division in Gallipoli, 39
Nissen huts, 24, 96
O’Beirne, Lieut. J. I. M., 3, 132
Offensive, March 1918, 92-124
Oliver, Lieut. A. R., 132
“Onions, flaming,” 52 _and note_[21]
Ormsby, Lieut. J. A. N., 132, 135
Orpen, Lieut. H. C. M., 116, 132
Ortner, Lieut. E. R., 132
Osborne, Lieut. F. H., 132
Osmond, Lieut. G. E., 132
Overy, Lieut. C. F., 3, 132
Oxford, 85
Painting the “grids,” 97
Parachutes, 115-16
“Parasols,” Morane, for 60 Squadron, 5-6
Paris, machines from, 45
Paris-Plage, 63
Parker, Capt. G. A., 132, 135
-- Major S. E., 132
Parkes, Lieut. F. C., 132
-- Lieut. G. A. H., 132, 136
Parry, Capt. C., 132, 137
Passchendale, 65-91, 119
Patrick, Major C. K. Cochrane, 65, 70, 87, 132
Patterson, Major C., 132
Penny, Capt. A. R., 46, 47, 100, 132
Percival, Lieut. E. W., 132
Pfalz scouts, 112
Phalen, 2/Lieut. R. M., 132, 136
Phillippi, Capt. G., 15, 21, 132, 135
Photographs taken by 60 Squadron, 42
Pidcock, F/Officer G. A. H., 50, 132
“Pink Lady,” the, 30
Pope, F/Officer S. L., 79, 132
Poperinghe, 66, 71
Portal, Lieut. C. F. A., 3, 132
Pretyman, Col., 22, 57
Price, 2/Lieut. O., 132
Priestley, Lieut. J. O., 89, 132
Proctor, Lieut. H. N. J., 132, 137
Quéant, 66 _note_[32]
Quievy, 116, 122
R.A.S., No. 1, 3
Radford (Basil Hallam), 11
Ransart, 35
Rayner, Capt. E. B. A., 132
-- Capt. J. W., 116-18, 132
Read, Lieut. F. K., 132
Recording Officer, work of the, 66 _and note_[32]
Richthofen, 38
-- Freiherr von, 30
Ridley, 2/Lieut. C. A., 3, 9-10, 132, 134, 135
Robertson, Lieut. N. McL., 132, 135
-- 2/Lieut. D. M., 132, 136
Roeux, attack on, 46-7
Ross, 2/Lieut. H. G., 46, 47, 132, 136
Roth, Lieut. J. A., 132
Roulers, 70
Roxburgh-Smith, Capt. B., 132
Royal Air Force, official formation, 88
Royal Flying Corps, number of squadrons, 2;
ground operations, 46;
amalgamation with the R.N.A.S., 88
Royal Military College, 40
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 92
Royal Naval Air Force, 2
Royal Naval Air Service, 88
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 88
Roystan, Lieut. N. C., 132, 137
Rumpler or L.V.G., 113
Russell, Lieut. W. O., 132, 136
Rutherford, Capt., 66, 69, 70, 73, 132
S. E. 5s, 39, 54, 112;
60 Squadron equipped with, 65-6, 73, 81, 90-1, 101
St. André, 21
St. Omer, 3, 5, 83
St. Pol, 22, 88
St. Quentin, 15
Salmond, Gen. Sir J., 14, 88
Saunders, Lieut. A. W., 111, 112, 115, 132
Savy aerodrome and village, 22, 23
Scarpe, the, 67;
valley, 41, 46
Scholte, Capt. O. J. F., 73, 111, 132
Scott, Major A. J. L., 132, 136;
commander 60 Squadron, 30-1;
wing commander, 65;
honour for, 97-8;
wounded, 98-101
Scouts, method of work in 1916, 8-9
Seabrook, Capt. J., 132
Second Army in Ypres Sector, 65;
report centre, 70, 72
Sedgeford in Norfolk, 126
Seely, Gen., 14
Selous, Capt. F. H. B., 73-4, 132, 137
Sergt.-Major, technical work, 5
Sherwood, Lieut., 70, 132, 137
Sillars, Lieut. R. G., 132
Simpson, Lieut. J. H., 3, 11, 133
Sinclair, 2/Lieut. M. D., 116, 133
Small, Lieut.-Col. B. C. D., account of Capt. Armstrong, 17-20
Smart, 2/Lieut. G. O., 41, 133, 136
-- Sqdn.-Leader H. G., 3, 133
Smith, Lieut. J. E., 133, 137
-- Lieut. L. H., 133, 138
-- Lieut. R. H., 133
-- 2/Lieut. H. S., 137
Smith-Barry, Lieut.-Col. R. R., 133;
flight commander, 3, 8, 11-13, 13-15;
at Gosport, 17;
a farewell dinner, 22-3
Smyrk, 5
Soden, Lieut. F. O., 73, 89, 133
Somers, Capt. A. S. M., 3
Somme, the, work of 60 Squadron, 11-29
Sopwith two-seaters, 30, 42 _and note_[10]
Southwell, Lieut. L. V., 133, 137
Sowrey, Sqdn.-Leader W., 133
“Spad,” a, given to Major Foot, 15
Spandau guns, 38, 55
Spencer, Lieut. J. M. J., 133, 135
Spies, method of landing, 9-10
Springs, Lieut., 118
Squadron, No. 1 Reserve Aeroplane, 2;
3 Squadron, 114;
7 Squadron, 40;
11 Squadron, 41, 114;
17 American Squadron, 118-9;
20 Squadron, 23, 70;
23 Squadron, 65;
29 Squadron, 41, 50, 71, 113;
40 Squadron, 66;
43 Squadron, 30, 90;
48 Squadron, 39;
56 Squadron, 39, 54, 113, 114, 119-20;
70 Squadron, 71;
74 Squadron, 39;
85 Squadron, 112, 114;
148 American Squadron, 117-119;
151 Squadron, 17-20, 71-2;
201 Squadron, 118
Squadron, 60, formation, 1-10;
inspection by Gen. Allenby, 53, 56-7;
honours gained by, 127
Stedman, Lieut. F., 133, 136
Steele, 2/Lieut. R. B., 69, 133
Stockwell, 2/Lieut. L. G., 133, 138
Stookes, T/Capt. V. A., 133
Strange, Louis, 125
Stuart-Smith, 2/Lieut. H. S., 133
Sullock, Lieut. E. A., 133
Summers, Capt. A. S. M., 15, 21, 73, 133, 135
Sussex Yeomanry, 30
Synchronising gear, none on the Moranes, 7
Talbot, 2/Lieut. H. E., 133
Taylor, Capt. H. S., 133
Temperley, Capt. G. J., 133
Tennant, Lieut. G. E., 133
Tennis at Files Camp Farm, 57
Tetus, M., demesne of, 24, 57
Thamer, Lieut. O., 133, 137
Third Army Front, Arras, 30, 31;
night bombing on, 72;
the Cambrai attack, 79
Third Corps attack, Aug. 1917, 69
Thirteenth Wing, 105, 117, 119
Thomson, 2/Lieut. S. A., 133, 137
Thornton, F/Officer E., 133
Tounshend, Mr. Thos., 79
Tower, Capt. H. C., 3, 15, 133, 135
Townesend, F/Lieut. E. J. D., 133, 135
Tracer bullets, 51 _and note_[22], 52
Trailers, 49 _and note_[16]
Trenchard, General, 2, 88, 120;
orders of, 108
Trenches, German, 36-8
Triplanes, German, 89
Trusler, Lieut. J. W., 133
Two-seater fighters, 115
Uphaven Central Flying School, 3
Upton-Smith, 2/Lieut. F. E., 133
Valenciennes, 123
Vert Galant, 60 Squadron at, 8, 12, 21
Very lights, 104;
pistols, 27 _and note_[5], 35, 38
Vickers gun, 90
Vimy Ridge, 50
Vincent, Capt. S. F., 15, 22, 133
Vis-en-Artois, 54
Vitry, 66
Wainwright, Lieut. B. M., 133, 135
Waldron, Major F. F., 2-4, 11-13, 133, 135
Walker, Lieut., 133
-- Sergt. A., 135
Walters, Lieut. A. M., 15, 133
Weedon, Capt. L. S., 31, 133
West Wind, Conrad on the, 109-10
Westergaard, 2/Lieut. A. N., 133
West-Thompson, 2/Lieut. M., 66, 69, 133, 137
Whitehead, Capt. L. E., 133, 135
-- Lieut. A. D., 31, 133, 135
Whiting, Lieut. J. O., 70, 133, 137
Whitney, Lieut. R. K., 115, 133, 137
Wilde, 2/Lieut. R. C. R., 133
Williams, Fleming, 106
-- Lieut. C., 133, 135
-- Lieut. G., 3
-- 2/Lieut. V. F., 133, 135
Winslow, 2/Lieut. J., 133
Wireless interception, work of 60 Squadron, 57-62
Wotan line, 123
Wright, Lieut. C. O., 133
Young, Lieut. G. C., 45, 70, 133
Ypres Sector, 65;
desolation of, 85
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