• a painting of an airplane flying over the ocean
    picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art

Victory 22

Event ID: 163

Categories: 

Air Combat
English
Under the guns of the Red Baron

04 March 1917

50.460847735488976, 2.795852292025774
1 km N of Loos
Loos

Source ID: 13

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

Opponent was  James Crosbee 

Flying the B.E.2d 5785 

VS

MvR was flying the Halberstadt D.II 4057/16 

aircraft actually returned to base safely. Combat Report: 1250 hrs, one kilometre north of Loos. BE two-seater. Details unknown, plane fell on enemy’s side. I had started all by myself and was just looking for my Staffel when I spotted a single BE. My first attack was apparently a failure as my adversary tried to escape by curves and dives. After having forced my adversary downwards from 2.800 to 1.200 metres, he imagined himself safe and flew straight on once more. I took advantage of this, put myself behind him and fired some 500 shots at him. My adversary dived, but in such a steep way that I could not follow. According to our infantry observations, the plane crashed to the ground in front of our trenches. Weather: fine.

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