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On the approach of the British machine, the airship rapidly climbed to a height of 10,000
feet, whereupon the chase had to be abandoned. The first real success to be gained
against hostile airships occurred on June 7, 1915, when Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford,
R.N.A.S., attacked a Zeppelin in mid-air over Ghent, while another pilot of the R.N.A.S.
poldenhoek CHATEAU IN OCTOBER, 1917.
bombed an airship in its shed in the neighbourhood of Brussels which resulted in its com
plete destruction. Lieutenant Warneford left his aerodrome at Furnes at i a.m. with
orders to look for Zeppelins and to attack Berchem St. Agathe airship sheds with six 20-lb.
bombs. Soon after leaving the ground he sighted a Zeppelin near Ostend and immediately
gave chase. On his approach a heavy fire was opened from the airshiphe succeeded,
