In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 34, 7 September 1916, Page 2

In the Air

BILL ROBINSON, V.C. | ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Loudon, September 6. | 1 Robinson was scouting when the ‘ searchlights revealed the Zeppelin. 1 He followed the invader for twenty imputes and then signalled the anti-' 'aircraft guns to stop firing. The intrepid airman narrowly escaped the flaming debris after dropping the fatal bomb. Robinson, who is twenty-one years of age, was born in India. He obtained his certificate last year. Ho visited the wreckage after the feat, and was presented with an Iron Cross found therein. Robinson also earned £3500 in prizes for bringing down the first Zeppelin in Britain. The inquest disclosed that members of the crew were very young. At the inquest on the Zeppelin victims, evidence was given that sluapnel from anti-aircraft guns was seen bursting around, and a few minutes later the Zeppelin burst into flames but it was stated that if the aeionlanes had been absent the Zeppelin ( would have escaped. There was nothing whereby it was possible to identify the corpses. A verdict was returned that the Zeppelin was brought down by an aeroplane, piloted by Robinson. The coroner announced that the victims would receive a military funeral at the nearest cemetery. Some newspapers protest again?, t the War Office ordering a mihtvy funeral of the Zeppelin crew.