The Spectator at war: A magnificent man and his flying machine

From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 12 June 1915:

A MAGNIFICENT feat of airmanship was performed at three o’clock on Monday morning by Flight-Sub-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, R.N., who single-handed attacked a Zeppelin between Ghent and Brussels and destroyed it. He dropped six bombs on the Zeppelin, and had come so close to it that when the Zeppelin exploded his aeroplane was, so to speak, blown up. It turned completely over. According to some accounts, it turned over several times while falling, but Mr. Warneford regained control and landed safely, though of course within the German lines. The petrol had fallen out of his tank, and he had to refill it from his reserve supply before restarting his engine. This he had time to do without being captured, and he returned safely to his base. The Zeppelin fell in burned fragments to the ground. The crew, probably about twenty-eight in number, were of course killed.