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Sieg 78

Event ID: 274

07 April 1918

49.878200014750455, 2.510568989517456
500m E of Hill 104, N of Villers-Bretonneux.
Villers-Bretonneux

Source ID: 13

Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery

ISBN: 9781898697275

„Gefechtsbericht: 1205 Uhr, 500 Meter östlich von Hügel 104, nördlich von Villers-Bretonneux. Spad, abgestürzt; Engländer. Ich beobachtete und bemerkte, dass eine Kette (drei) deutscher Flugzeuge, die ein englisches Flugzeug verfolgten, von hinten angegriffen wurde. Ich eilte ihnen zu Hilfe und griff ein englisches Flugzeug an. Nachdem ich mich mehrere Male hinter ihn gestellt hatte, stürzte der Gegner. Das Flugzeug stürzte auf den Boden und ich sah, wie es in Stücke zerschellte. Dies geschah 500 Meter östlich von Hügel 104. Möglicherweise handelt es sich um eine andere Camel der 73 Sqn; drei wurden verloren.“

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  1. source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016

    The confusion with the previous victory identity continues with this one. Richthofen identified his claim as a „Spad“ but British Spads were absent the front and no French Spads were lost that day. Presuming Jasta 11 was still or again fighting No. 73 Sqn Camels, two Camels were shot up but returned to base and one, flown by Adams, was shot down, the victory credited to Ltn Hans Kirschstein of Jasta 6. Under the Guns of the Red Baron authors Franks, Giblin and McCrery have postulated the possibility that Richthofen attacked and damaged either of the two Camels that returned to base but witnessed Adams crash, after he had been shot down by
    Kirchstein, and confused Adams’s crashing Camel with one he had attacked, in which case he should not have received credit for the claim. Yet they further state „The bulk of the evidence, however, is that Richthofen was in combat with Adams and was involved in his being brought down, but it was credited to Kirschstein.“ Regardless of the identify of Richthofen’s 78th victory, if this and his 77th involved Camels of No. 73 Sqn, Richthofen and Kirchstein were credited with a combined three victories but only two Camels were lost.

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