• Victory 76 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)
  • a man standing next to an old airplane
    MvR preparing to take of in the Fokker Dr. I 127/17, to obtain his 76th victory. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Victory 76

Event ID: 272

Categories: 

Air Combat
English
Under the guns of the Red Baron

06 April 1918

49.88903979670288, 2.582733397652094
NE of Villers-Bretonneux, near the E edge of Bois de Hamel
Villers-Bretonneux

Source ID: 13

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

Opponent was  Sydney Smith

flying the Sopwith F.1 Camel D6491   

VS

MvR was flying the Fokker Dr.I 127/17 

1545 hrs, north-east of Villers-Bretonneux, near east edge of Bois de Hamel. Sopwith Camel, burned; Englishman. With five of my planes of Jasta 11, we attacked several enemy one-seaters at low altitude, flying north-east of Villers-Bretonneux. The English plane which I attacked started to burn after only a few shots from my guns. Then it crashed burning near the little wood north-east of Villers-Bretonneux, where it continued burning on the ground. Weather: low clouds and rain.

This Post Has 0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back To Top