Lieutenant Brandon is the young New Zealander who in April of the year 1915 assisted in bringing down the Zeppelin L15 in the Thames Estuary. An advertisement of the Hall Flying School at Hendon brought him to England. He answered the advertisement, and was immediately accepted as a pupil. He gained his aeroplane ticket seven weeks after joining the school. Previous to the war he was at Trinity College, Cambridge. The battle fought by the airmen was of a thrilling nature. It is recorded that a ‘ding-dong’ fight ensued, in which Lieut. Sowrey and Lieut. Brandon manœuvred for position. Lieut. Sowrey had the best of luck, and quickly seized his opportunity of emulating the feat of Lieut. Robinson. Making splendid use of his machine gun, he sent a few well-directed shots into the Zeppelin. Instantly the airship began to turn and twist, and finally crashed to earth a blazing mass. Meanwhile Lieut. Brandon stood by in case of emergency, and later attacked a second raider, which was compelled to surrender. CHAPTER XI THE CAPTIVE ZEPPELIN The Zeppelin which came down in the manner described in the foregoing chapter was on view to a party of London Press Representatives on October 8, 1916. The _Times_ representative recalled the fact that the airship lost one of her starboard propellers some while before falling. Although parts of the structure of the airship were crumpled up, the main outlines could be easily recognized. The framework or skeleton was composed of a series of longitudinal lattice-work girders running from end to end and connected at intervals by circular lattice-work ties, the whole structure being bound together and stiffened by means of a system of wires provided with arrangements which enabled them to be tightened up. The material used was an alloy of aluminium.