Hansa Brandenburg W.12 - Attack on the C.17 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) REG537 The centre of the battle

The centre of the battle (as depicted here) was fought at close quarters

Kelly flew northward to the northern most tip of the island of Luzon

Of the nineteen aircraft that took part in the mission

Sir John Tover

Hansa Brandenburg W.12 - Attack on the C.17 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) REG537 The centre of the battleDHM1813AP. Hansa Brandenburg W. 12 Attack on the C. 17 by Ivan Berryman. On the morning of 21st April 1917, coastal airship No C. 17 was on a routine patrol captained by Sub Lieutenant E G O Jackson, when sometime around 8. 00am, she was attacked by German seaplanes and shot down. Such was their vulnerability that these huge battlebags were an easy target for marauding enemy scouts, their single Lewis guns achieving little by way of defence. The Hansa