On victory 19

Event Summary

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Location Map

Coordinates 50.349191852759795, 2.798233965934556

Event Narrative

Twenty minutes after the pilot and his observer, both mortally wounded, were dragged from their airplane, a Canadian artillery battery blew it to splinters to deny it to the Germans. Its crew died the next day.

Combat Overview

A clearer reading of the opposing pilot and aircraft involved in this encounter.

Opponent

Percival Murray

Lieutenant · 16th Sqdr, RFC

Flying

B.E.2d 6742

VS

Manfred von Richthofen

MvR

Flying

Halberstadt D.II 4057/16

Sources

The dramatic true story of the Red Baron

Pilots

Percival Murray

MvR Airplanes

Halberstadt D.II 4057/16

Airplane Types Richthofen flew

Halberstadt D.II

Opponent Airplanes

B.E.2d 6742

Opponent Airplane Types

B.E.2d