• Victory 74 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)
  • Wearing a parachute harness and pear-shaped from thick layers of protective clothing, Richthofen (under the 'X') walks toward 127/17, now displaying his triplane's usual red markings. Note the ground crewman holding Richthofen's deerskin boots and that an entrance ladder has been set up next to the cockpit. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Victory 74

Event ID: 270

Categorieën:

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

28 maart 1918

49.9233480228239, 2.688543447408779
Near Mericourt
Mericourt

Source ID: 1

Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery p. 189

ISBN: 9781898697275

Tegenstander was Joseph Taylor

vliegend met de F.K.8 C8444

VS

MvR vloog met de Fokker Dr.I 127/17

“Combat Report: 1220 hrs. Forest near Mericourt. Armstrong – 2, burned; Englishman. Flying at a very low height, I saw shell explosions near the scene of a victory. Coming nearer I recognised an Englishman at 500 metres altitude, flying home. I cut himm off and approached him. After 100 shots the enemey plane was burning. Then it crashed down, hit the ground near the small wood of Mericourt and continued to burn. Weather: high winds all day; some rain in the afternoon.”

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