In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 14 April 1916, Page 5

In the Air

DEFENCES IN SCOTLAND. PREPARATIONS TO DEFEAT GERMAN INVASION. Dnttwd Pbebs Association. (Received 9.10 a.m.) New York, April 13. The Danish steamer Frederic the Eighth has arrived,*from. Britain, and reports that every preparations are being Scotland to resist any German naval or aerial' invasion!. ' »

THE BRITISH SERVICE.

London, April 12. Speaking at Birmingham, Lord Montague of Beaulieu said that he and Lord Derby had resigned from the Air Committee because they were powerless to effect veal reforms, as recommendations had to be unanimous, and this was impossible. He belivcd that the war would be largely decided • in the air and under sea. NEWS OF MISSING AIRMEN. A BIT OF BAD LUCK. (Received 12.10 p.m.) London, April 13. Letters from the airmen who have been missing since the raid of the 25th March show that the seaplanes had already completed their Avork over the airsheds, and were steering homeward in a heavy snowstorm, when Lieutenant Reid saw Lieutenant Hay struggling in the water beside bis machine. He planed down and hauled Hay aboard, after terrible difficulty, owing to the heavy sea and being numbed by the cold. All the time they were under fire, and then the machine refused to leave the water. An enemy warship came up and the aviators surrendered.