The Zeppelin had broken into two pieces. The larger half was hanging over a big oak tree, which stood in the middle of the field. I saw some dead bodies lying about. One appeared to be that of an officer, for I could see gold stripes on the arm of his coat. Another was wearing the Iron Cross. Some of them had wrapped themselves up in blankets, evidently trying to avoid the flames. I had a herd of valuable dairy cows in the field, and these were very much alarmed at the blazing Zeppelin. They galloped round the field in terror, and one of them seemed determined to rush into the burning mass. I had some difficulty in keeping her away, and I was very glad when the fire brigade came on the scene and began to throw water on the ruins.’ There were many interesting incidents connected with the fall of this airship. An Iron Cross was picked up close by. The commander of the airship was wearing a wrist watch which had stopped at 1.20 (German time). One member of the crew, whose body was recovered, appeared to be a boy of sixteen or seventeen years of age. The heat of the wreckage was so great that full search was impossible till over twelve hours had elapsed after the fall. No less than thirty-nine bombs were dropped over one small area to the north of London. Most of the bombs fell, however, in fields and meadows. The airship was thwarted in its evil designs by our heroic airmen. In the course of a few days it was officially announced that Second-Lieutenant Wulstan Joseph Tempest, General List and Royal Flying Corps, had been appointed a Companion of the D.S.O., in recognition of conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in connexion with the destruction of an enemy airship. On the fateful day Lieutenant Tempest had finished his regular duties, and was spending the evening with friends at a dinner party. Before the meal was over a call reached him, and a few minutes later he was back at his aerodrome. He made a speedy start, with the idea of intercepting the airship, which was reported to be approaching. He had soon reached a height of upwards of 10,000 feet. He manœuvred around unwearying in a protracted vigil. At the end of two hours a searchlight picked out the airship and persistently stuck to it, despite its efforts to get beyond the focus of the beam. Soon other searchlights added to the volume of illumination, and anti-aircraft guns began to pepper at the airship. In a moment a great sheet of fire swept along the airship, and it began to fall at a speed increasing as the law of gravitation came into play. Immediately after the Zeppelin caught fire Lieut. Tempest travelled the complete length of the airship from stem to stern, being parallel with it all the time. Then he began to descend. But the falling airship hampered his movements very considerably. Once or twice he narrowly escaped collision with the flaming mass, and in order to avoid this he was compelled to resort to nose-diving.