August 2, igi7 
LAND & WATER 
By C. R. "• yetinson 
Swooping on a Taube 
proceed year in and year out, and a valuable winter source of 
supply for other theatres provided. 
No account of the expansion of the R.F.C. in these two years 
of war is complete without reference to the increasing share 
taken in it by our overseas dominions. South Africa, Canada, 
and Australia have all played their part, each with an enthu- 
siasm and devotion consonant with the resources at their 
cnm'nand. South Africa led the way , with the despatch 
ot a South African Squadron for service in East Africa. 
This very month units of the Australian Flying Corps are 
taking their place in the lin? on the Western Front, though 
for more than a year past, their corps has played a leading 
and gallant part in the Middle East. Canada is meanwhile 
developing a vast training organisation, and rapidly evolving 
a complete and independent Flying Service of her own, ready 
to stand in the near future alongside our war-tried squadrons. 
Sea-girt island that we are, and menaced as we may be 
by submarines, bright indeed lies the Empire's future so 
long as all parts continue to contribute their quota to the 
long line of air heroes, who have given their lives, aye, and 
more than their lives, the memory of those Uves, on the altar 
of their country's service. 
