Sault's Basil Hobbs downed zeppelin

Bringing down a zeppelin that bombed England during the First World War was a pretty big deal.Sault Ste. Marie resident Basil Deacon Hobbs did just that in June 1917.The British native co-piloted a Curtis flying boat that brought down the German raider when returning from a patrol over the English Channel.His accomplishment is detailed in Aviation in Canada: Fighter Pilots and Observers 1915-1939 by Larry Milberry and Hugh Halliday.The airships were a “terror weapon” which caused &ld