The Military Cross has also been earned by Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Keith Riddell Binning, for conspicuous gallantry and skill, notably when he made two patrol flights over the enemy’s trenches at a height of under 1,000 feet. His machine was repeatedly hit by machine-gun and rifle fire, but he rendered exact reports of the position of our own and the enemy’s troops. Lieutenant Allan Duncan Bell-Irving has also earned the Military Cross for gallantry and skill in attacking a hostile balloon at 1,000 feet under heavy fire and bringing it down in flames. On a previous occasion he brought down a hostile machine. Second-Lieutenant Walter Horace Carlyle Buntine is another recipient of the Military Cross. As escort to a bombing raid he attacked several hostile machines, one of which fell to the ground nose first. Later he was attacked by three enemy machines, his own machine being damaged and himself severely wounded. With great skill he managed to land in our lines, though most of his propeller was shot away and his machine otherwise much damaged. Second-Lieutenant Clifford Westley Busk has also been decorated with the Military Cross. He has taken part in many reconnaissances and fights, and on one occasion shot down an enemy aeroplane. On another occasion, when his pilot’s control wires were cut and the machine went into a spin, he helped to restore stability by leaning far out on the upper side, and remained in this position till the machine got home. Another officer in the R.F.C. to receive the Military Cross is Lieutenant (temporary Captain) James Lander Chalmers. He has done much fine counter-battery work, often flying very low under heavy fire from the ground. On one occasion one of our shells broke the main spar of his machine. On another in one flight he dealt effectively with four enemy batteries. It will be seen that the Military Cross is a much favoured decoration for officers of the Royal Flying Corps. The deeds of gallantry and skill, however, for which the Cross has been awarded vary in many cases. Second-Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes, has, for instance, been decorated for conspicuous gallantry and ability in attacking hostile machines and bombing railway lines, especially on one occasion, when he descended to 350 feet in order to accomplish his object. Second-Lieutenant Euan James Leslie Warren Gilchrist has also been decorated for conspicuous gallantry and skill when he attacked a hostile balloon and brought it down in flames, although under heavy fire and attacked by six hostile machines.