Victory 01

"Combat Report: Vickers No. 7018, Motor No. 701, Machine guns Nos 17314n 10372, near Villers Plouich, 1100 hrs. When patrol flying I detected shrapnel clouds in direction of Cambrai. I hurried forth and met a squad which I attacked shortly after 1100. I singled out the last machine and fired several times at closest range (ten metres). Suddenly the enemy propellor stood stock still. The machine went down gliding and I followed until I had killed the observer who had not stopped shooting until the last moment. Now my opponent went downwards in sharp curves. At approximately 1.200 metres a second German machine came along and attacked my victim right down to the ground and then landed next to the English plane. Weather: bright morning with clouds in the afternoon. Witnesses: Capt. Boelcke from above and Capt. Gaede, Lieut. Pelser and other officers from below. Pilot: N.C.O. Rees [sic], wounded, hospital at Cambrai. Observer: Killed, buried by Jagdstaffel 4."