'"Strafed" by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson, V.C.', 1916

Photograph by Rotary Photographic.

The caption continues, '(showing "Plough" Inn and Church), Cuffley, 3rd Sept. 1916.'.

William Leefe Robinson (1895-1918) was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down a German airship over Britain during World War One (1914-1918).

Robinson was flying a converted Blériot Experimental 2c over Cuffley, Hertfordshire on the night of 2 September 1916 when he spotted the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL11. He made an attack at a height of 11,500 feet and approaching from below he caused the ship to burst into flames.