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4th Army Report

Event ID: 787

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The Red Baron's Last Flight - Norman Franks - Alan Bennett

21 April 1918

49.932804234339855, 2.5372532
On a ridge by the Bray to Corbie road
Vaux-sur-Somme

Source ID: 39

The Red Baron's Last Flight - Norman Franks - Alan Bennett p.  73 

ISBN: 9781904943334

“The time came for the official British 4th Army Daily Report on Activity and Availability of Munitions, dated 21 April 1918 to be issued.

Under Item 11 – General, it stated:

Baron von Richthoffen (sic), the well-known German aviator, was brought down and killed by a Lewis Gun mounted over 53rd Battery A.F.A. His machine, a red triplane, crashed on the road 1000 yards north of Vaux-sur-Somme. Baron von Richthoffen on the previous day accounted for his 80th Allied machine. An account of the circumstances under which he fell is attached as an appendix.”

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