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Lieutenant W L Robinson Attacks an Enemy Airship and Brings it Down in Flames by W Avis (P) - Cranston Military Prints

Lieutenant W L Robinson Attacks an Enemy Airship and Brings it Down in Flames by W Avis (P)


Lieutenant W L Robinson Attacks an Enemy Airship and Brings it Down in Flames by W Avis (P)

On the night of September 2nd-3rd 1916. Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, of the Worcester Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, attacked an enemy airship under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing to the ground as a flaming wreck at Cuffley, near Enfield. He had been in the air for more than two hours, and had previously attacked another airship during his flight. For this act of most conspicuous bravery he was deservedly rewarded with the VC.
Item Code : ANT0131PLieutenant W L Robinson Attacks an Enemy Airship and Brings it Down in Flames by W Avis (P) - Editions Available
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Antique print published c.1918. Paper size 11 inches x8.5 inches (28cm x 22cm)none£25.00

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Short 184 N2976 of the Royal Naval Air Service and based at Lee-on-Solent is shown in formation with a Sopwith Camel from the Royal Flying Corps base at East Boldre in the New Forest off the coast of Cowes, Isle of Wight, circa August 1918.

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Observer / Gunner, Royal Flying Corps 1917 by Chris Collingwood. 		The enemy were soon hard on the track of Lieutenant Smylie. But, having descended at a safe distance from the burning aeroplane, Commander Davies took up Lieutenant Smylie and returned to the aeroplane. For skill and gallantry this feat of airmanship can seldom have been equalled, and Commander Davies was deservedly rewarded with the V.C. <br><i>This item depicts the event in November 1915 for which Richard Bell Davies (subsequently Vice Admiral) was awarded the Victoria Cross on 1st January 1916. During a bombing mission over Bulgaria, the aircraft of Sub Lt Gilbert Smylie was damaged by ground fire and forced to land. He jettisoned his bombs while still in the air, but one failed to release and remained with the aircraft as it crash-landed. Smylie set fire to his machine and set to depart, intending for the remaining bomb to explode in the flames, but saw Squadron Commander Bell Davies descending towards the burning wreckage. He returned to the ordnance and detonated it by means of a pistol shot from close range ensuring the safe descent and landing of Bell Davies' aircraft. With the enemy approaching, Bell Davies took Smylie into his machine in the most cramped conditions, but returned to the aerodrome safely. For this, Bell Davies was awarded the Victoria Cross and Smylie the Distinguished Service Cross. It is thought to have been the first combat rescue by aircraft of this kind in history.</i>
Squadron Commander Davies ascending in his aeroplane after taking flight Sub Lieutenant Smylie onboard.		 Undoubtedly one of the truly great Aces of the First World War, William Billy Bishop became celebrated for his technique of actively seeking out the enemy and bringing the fight to him, rather than the more usual practice of patrolling in search of enemy activity. An example of this was his single-handed attack on a German airfield in June 1917 when he destroyed not only a number of aircraft on the ground, but then successfully despatched another seven Albatross scouts that took off to engage him. For this action, he was awarded the Victoria Cross in August 1917 and his final tally when the war ended was 72 confirmed victories. He is depicted here in his Nieuport Scout B1566 in combat with a Pfalz D.III.

Captain William Billy Bishop by Ivan Berryman.
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