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Dear Al,
Concerning Warneford's victory, I was wondering when you'd kindly get around to that...
From the little that I've read, the victory was seen as an explosion in the night sky; when Warneford landed to refuel at Gris-Nez, the ground crew already knew that a Zep had been downed (after all, they probably saw it).
I suppose this is circumstantial, but his account matched the eyewitnesses, the time of evening, and it was his mission to attack Zeppelin sheds at that time and place. Instead, he was separated from the rest of the flight, but found LZ.37. According to Whitehouse, the airship was on some sort of test flight, with techs, mechs, and crew; it wasn't on a bombing mission in any case...
Still can't find anything on wether it was a moon-lit night or not (but I really can't imagine it otherwise, with the spotting of LZ.37, his landing, and his subsequent repairing).
Warneford really did have "the guts of a lion"...
The VC was awarded withing 36 hours -- was this unusual?
VBR,
Captain Lewis
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