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CaptainLewis · 22 March 2002, 09:53 PM

Dear Hugh,
*This is from Profile 74, THE SHORT 184, page 5:
"On 12th August 1915 Flight Commander C.H.K. Edmonds scored a hit at 350 yards range on a 5,000-ton Turkish supply ship off Injeh Burnu. At the time Edmonds did not know that his victim had been immobilised four days earlier by the submarine E.14. This did not diminish the significance of his achievement, which he repeated on 17th August when he torpedoed a Turkish supply ship bringing stores and reinforcements to Ak Bashi Liman. Both Shorts were out that day; the other, piloted by Flight Lt. G. B. Dacre, torpedoed a large steam tug in False Bay."
* The above, of course, refers to the Gallipoli Campaign; hope it was of some help...

22 March 2002, 09:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
CaptainLewis Scout Pilot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Belle Harbor, New York Posts: 478	Dear Hugh, This is from Profile 74, THE SHORT 184, page 5: "On 12th August 1915 Flight Commander C.H.K. Edmonds scored a hit at 350 yards range on a 5,000-ton Turkish supply ship off Injeh Burnu. At the time Edmonds did not know that his victim had been immobilised four days earlier by the submarine E.14. This did not diminish the significance of his achievement, which he repeated on 17th August when he torpedoed a Turkish supply ship bringing stores and reinforcements to Ak Bashi Liman. Both Shorts were out that day; the other, piloted by Flight Lt. G. B. Dacre, torpedoed a large steam tug in False Bay." The above, of course, refers to the Gallipoli Campaign; hope it was of some help... __________________ HOORAY FOR CAPTAIN LEWIS! (sung to the tune of "Hooray for Captain Spaulding!") Hooray for Captain Lewis, Historical Researcher! Jon Guttman's besmircher! Hooray, hooray, hooray! He set off in defiance, FAA non-compliance, And risked nine lives for science, hey hey! He's the one-eyed kitty who drank in every meter-- "And Beaujolais by the liter!" Hooray, hooray, hooray!