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Victory 67

Event ID: 263

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

24 March 1918

50.01944659318077, 2.8694901721533115
Combles

Source ID: 58

Jagd in Flanderns Himmel, Karl Bodenschatz, Verlag Knorr & Hirth München, 1935 p.  74 

From “Under the Guns of the Red Baron, Franks et al”: “1445 hrs, above Combles. SE5. Brought down behind the enemy’s lines. During a protracted single-seater fight between ten SE5s and 25 machines of my own Group, I attacked an Englishman at an altitude of 2.500 metres. Under my machine gun fire, both wings broke away from the aeroplane in the air. The pieces were scattered in the vicinity of Combles. Weather: fine. Gibbons listed Lt. W Porter of 56 Sqn, although he was killed an hour earlier versus Jasta 34b. As Richthofen’s combat report states the enemy aircraft disintegrated, McCone would be the more likely victim.”

From “Jagd in Flandrens Himmel, Bodenschatz”: “In einem längeren Einsitzerkampf zwischen etwa zehn S.E. und 25 Maschinen meines Geschwaders griff ich einen Engländer in der Höhe von 2500 m an. Dem Flugzeug brachen in meinem MG-Feuer in der Luft beide Flächen ab. Die Fetzen verteilten sich in der Gegend von Combles.

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