ROYAL FLYING CORPS - WINGS OVER CUFFLEY

 

With the RFC he flew

Over the country that he knew

Defending against the Zeppelin

Flying in the air so thin

Then in 1916 in the dark of night

He attacked an airship in flight

Amidst machine guns chattering sound

He brought the beast to ground

The first of his kind to do the deed

To attack a Zeppelin and succeed

The first Zeppelin kill in British skies

Robinson victorious after many tries

 

Flt Lt William Leefe Robinson VC

(14 July 1895 – 31 December 1918)