Lot Essay
ENTERED FOR THE 1912 AERIAL DERBY AT THE LONDON AERODROME, HENDON, BY W.B. MOORHOUSE WHERE IT FINISHED IN THIRD PLACE.
WILLIAM B. MOORHOUSE
WILLIAM B. MOORHOUSE ATTENDED THE BLERIOT FLYING SCHOOL AT HENDON IN 1912. IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18, AS LT. MOORHOUSE R.F.C., HE WON THE FIRST VICTORIA CROSS TO BE AWARDED TO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS FOR MAKING A LOW LEVEL (300FT) ATTACK ON COURTRAI RAILWAY STATION ON 26/4/15 BUT DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY HAVING SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT BACK HIS B.E. 2B AIRCRAFT NO.687 OF THE NO. 2 SQUADRON R.F.C. DESPITE INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING HIS DARING ATTACK.
WILLIAM B. MOORHOUSE
WILLIAM B. MOORHOUSE ATTENDED THE BLERIOT FLYING SCHOOL AT HENDON IN 1912. IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18, AS LT. MOORHOUSE R.F.C., HE WON THE FIRST VICTORIA CROSS TO BE AWARDED TO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS FOR MAKING A LOW LEVEL (300FT) ATTACK ON COURTRAI RAILWAY STATION ON 26/4/15 BUT DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY HAVING SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT BACK HIS B.E. 2B AIRCRAFT NO.687 OF THE NO. 2 SQUADRON R.F.C. DESPITE INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING HIS DARING ATTACK.