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Victory 68

Event ID: 264

25 March 1918

50.029726484258134, 2.7126929683904444
above Bapaume-Albert road, near Contalmaison
Bapaume

Source ID: 58

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

From “Under the Guns of the Red Baron, Franks et al”: “1555 hrs, above Bapaume-Albert road, near Contalmaison. Sopwith 1; burnt. Englishman (beginner). With five planes of Jasta 11, I attacked several low-flying English one-seaters north-east of Albert. I approached to within 50 metres behind one of the Englishmen and shot him down in flames with a few shots. The burning machine crashed betwee Contalmaison and Albert, and continued to burn on the ground. The bombs apparently carried, exploded a few minutes later. Weather: started fine, becoming cloudy; wind later.

From “Jagd in Flandrens Himmel, Bodenschatz”: “Mit 5 Flugzeugen der Jagdstaffel 11 griff ich einige niedrig fliegende englische Einsitzer nordöstlich Albert an. Ich kam bis auf 50 m hinter einen der Engländer heran und schoß ihn mit wenigen Schuß in Brand. Das brennende Flugzeug stürtzte zwischen Contalmaison und Albert ab und brannte auf dem Boden weiter. Die scheinbar mitgeführten Bomben explodierten einige Minuten später.

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