Frank Arthur Brock
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Wing Commander Frank Arthur Brock was a British officer commissioned into the Royal Artillery, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Royal Naval Air Service and finally, when the RNAS merged with the
Wing Commander Frank Brock
Zeebrugge Memorial. Inscription reads: "To the glory of God and in memory of these three officers and one mechanic of the Royal Navy who fell on the mole at Zeebrugge on Saint George's Day 1918 and have no known grave Wing Commander Brock F. A. O.B.E. Lieutenant Commander Harrison A. L. V.C. Lieutenant Hawkings C.E.V. Mechanic Second Class F/50269 Rouse J"
Pomeroy bullet
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The Pomeroy bullet was designed by New Zealander John Pomeroy as an anti-zeppelin weapon. Pomeroy bullets were supposed to explode when encountering the minimal resistance of fabric envelopes containi
Frank Arthur Brock
…Bullet) – the first German airship to be shot down was destroyed by this bullet. Most British fighter aircraft machine guns used a mixture of Brock, Pomeroy and Buckingham bullets when attacking Zeppelins. Working with Archibald Low and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Experimental Works in Feltham on wireless…
Pomeroy bullets were used by fighter aircraft attacking zeppelins.