• picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art
  • a group of men standing next to each other
    Das erste Dutzend der von Richthofen abgeschossenen Apparate wird zum Abtransport in die Heimat verladen. (picture source: Der rote Kampfflieger von Rittmeister Manfred Freiherrn von Richthofen, 1917, 351.000 - 400.000, Verlag Ullstein & Co, Berlin-Wien)

Victory 12

Event ID: 147

Categories: 

Air Combat
English
Under the guns of the Red Baron

11 December 1916

50.246000022052705, 2.789244703041792
above Mercatel
Arras

Source ID: 13

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

Opponent was  Benedict Hunt

flying the Airco D.H.2 5986   

VS

MvR was flying the Albatros D.II 491/16 

Combat Report: 1155 hrs, above Mercatel, near Arras. Vickers one-seater, No. 5986. Rotary Motor 30372. Occupant: made prisoner, wounded, Lieutenant Hund. About 1145 I attacked with Leutnant Wortmann, at 2.800 metres altitude, and south of Arras, enemy one-seater Vickers squadron of eight machines. I singled out one machine and after a short curve fight I ruined the adversory’s motor and forced him to land behind our lines near Mercatel. Occupant not seriously wounded. Weather: fine morning with some mist; rain later.

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