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Victory 57 – The Witnesses

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Jagd in Flanderns Himmel, Karl Bodenschatz, Verlag Knorr & Hirth München, 1935

02 July 1917

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Deûlémont

Source ID: 58

Jagd in Flanderns Himmel, Karl Bodenschatz, Verlag Knorr & Hirth München, 1935 p.   

‘The witness statements that had to be sent with the report of a shoot-down were just as brief and of the barest words, witness statements from the air and from the ground.

After a short air battle, the enemy aircraft crashed and burned. Bockelmann, Lt.

10.25 a.m. 1 R.E. in the direction of Deulemont shot down burning by Albatros. Two occupants jumped out during the crash. Hauptmann Kuhlmann, Flackgruppenkommando 21.

10.25 a.m. in the direction of Hollebeecke 1 R.E. shot down burning by red Albatros. Lt Mann, Fluna, observer.

10.20 1 R.E. shot down by red Albatros crashed burning in the direction of Warneton. Lt Schröder, Luftschuß-Offz-Gruppe Wijtschate.’

 

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