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LAND & WATER 
December 19, 1918 
He was killed in action, being shot down from the ground 
immediately after he and another pilot were returning at 200 
feet up after attacking and destroying an enemy machine over 
Hunland. 
Captain Little was another 
victor whose name was famous 
throughout the Force. He had 
some amazing escapes before lie 
too was brought down, one of the 
most wonderful perhaps, being in 
a fight where after attacking an 
enemy formation of twelve and 
shooting down one, he was set 
upon by six E.A. and driven 
down through a formation below. 
He spun down, but in a hot 
fire had his controls shot away. 
His machine went down in a 
steep dive and then, completely 
out of control, " flattened out " 
with such a jerk that the machine 
broke fairly in halves under the 
pilot's seat. Little, knowing he 
must crash, had undone his belt 
as the machine whirled down, 
and when it broke and hit the 
ground he was thrown clear. This, 
fortunately, was on our side of 
the lines, but while Little was 
gathering his wits and still lying 
on the ground the enemy machines 
came diving down and firing on 
him. Little pulled out his revol- 
ver, and raising himself on his 
elbow began firing up at the diving 
machines until they cleared off 
and left him. 
But of all the fighters who endeared themselves to the Force, 
Major Dallas, or " The Admiral," as he was afifectionately 
called, was amongst the first. As stark a fighter as ever flew, 
he was still as full of dare-devil pranks as a schoolboy. I be- 
MAJOR-GENERAL F. H. SYKES. 
lieve it was the Admiral who flew over on a First of April 
and dropped a football amongst Hun billets. When the ball 
hit the ground and bounced tremendously, fell and bounced 
again and again, the Huns scat- 
tered and fled in terror from tfiis 
knew,] and unknown form of 
" frightfulness." One can imagine 
their cautious approach after it 
had finally come to rest and their 
feelings on reading the " April 
Fools " painted on it. 
Another similar exploit of the 
Admiral's sent a chuckle round 
the whole Force. He flew over 
one day to a Hun aerodrome, 
and, as he said, " to stir 'em up, 
and let 'em know I meant war," 
he flew round peppering . the 
hangars and huts with bullets. 
When the Huns were swarming 
out and shooting up at him, he 
dropped in the centre of the 
drome a parcel containing an old 
pair of boots and a note " You 
must be wearing out a lot of shoe- 
leather. Why not come up and 
fight? " Herewith bcots,pairs one, 
pilot's, for the use of " Then 
he flew up into the clouds, circled 
round until a nice little crowd had 
gathered to open the parcel and 
read the note.dived down, dropped 
a'Jcouple of bombs, and emptied 
100 rounds into them, scattering 
them in panic. Then he flew 
home, meeting and destroying 
an enemy machine on the way. 
Dallas was over on special low-flying patrol with two of his 
Squadron one day, and to his great annoyance saw the old 
drome he had occupied at Ballieul going up in flames (this was 
during the Hun advance when they captured Ballieul). He 
THE BOMBER'S VICTORY 
By Joseph Simpson, R.B.A- 
It is not only inthe fighting scout class that our airmen have proved I his formation by five enemy fighters '.att^rk^H k^i^i a u , 
themselves vectors over the Hun. One of our bomber., cut ofl from | through, destroyi'^g and damaVnlthree-ofthe enemy tnthfpr^^^^^^^^ 
process. 
