Complex sentence: Willows renamed his airship the "City of Cardiff" and on 4 November 1910 left from Wormwood Scrubs for France, thus becoming the first airship to cross the English Channel at night and the first from England to France.
Split into simpler sentences: Willows renamed his airship the "City of Cardiff" and on 4 November 1910 left from Wormwood Scrubs for France. The first airship to cross the English Channel at night and the first from England to France.