• Victory 52 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)
  • Richthofen suits up pre-flight at Roucourt, presumably next to Le Petit Rouge. Photographs reveal Albatroses occasionally had their serial numbers chalked onto the ailerons, and thisd appears to have been done with this machine. Tantalizingly, the serial number is illegible. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Victory 52

Event ID: 206

Categories: 

Air Combat
English
Under the guns of the Red Baron

29 April 1917

50.4208840007932, 2.904793965679594
Between Billy-Montigny and [[Sallaumines] over Vimy]
Vimy

Source ID: 13

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

Opponent was  Albert Cuzner

flying the Sopwith Triplane N5463   

VS

MvR was flying the Albatros D.III 2253/17 

Combat Report: 1940 hrs, between Billy-Montighny and Sallaumines, this side of lines. No details concerning enemy plane as it was burnt. Soon after having shot down a BE near Rouex, we were attacked by a strong enemy one-seater force of Nieuports, Spads and Triplanes. The plane I had singled out caught fire after a short time, burned in the air and fell north of Henin Liétard.

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