WITH THE AIR FLEET.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14697, 31 August 1915, Page 3

WITH THE AIR FLEET.

AM AVIATOR OF NOTE. {Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. August ;:o. Srpiadron-Commanrler Wellesley Ilig.s’.vorth. who has just aided to liU previous laurels by destroying singlehanded a German submarine by dropping bomba from an aeroplane, is another donna soldier who has made ins ■way to this.front without any official emuuragerm .c. Haring oerved his apnrentineskij in the mercantile marine, be was anxious to eater the Navy, but ■‘red tape” of one shade and another stood in his way and most he ton d do towards gratifying his ambition was to take his him oi service in the naval renorre. Here, through the good offices of a personal friend, he was a 1 lowed to try his hatsd at flying and showing as much aptitude in the a : r as he had done on the sM he spe.siEly became m-ngm-. I'd as one of th- roost promising beginners in the new field of aefi evetrient. The war give him has opportunity, and finalEy leaving the sot with » master’s certificate he had no difficulty in finding a p’nee among the airmen now engaged at the front. Two or Ibreo months ago he was mentioned in the cables as having, in another s ngie combat, acrountid for a coiin'e of firrWan aercp'aucs, and now he h.s surpassed this feat by sinking a German submarine. In the interval he has Ixeni constantly emploved with the British and French forces and has made many notah’o excursions over the enemy's country. Fight-Commander Bigs. ircrth has relatives in We'lin.gton ana Christchurch.