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April 20, 1918
"Forty-eight years after his fall, D. G. Lewis tells of his brief and almost fatal encounter with the Kaiser's "Red Devil", as published in Dale Titler's 'The day the Red Baron Die...
November 20, 1916
"Kofl 1st Army Weekly Activity Report: Air combat successes: on 20 November 1916 at 9:40 a.m. south of Grandcourt by Lt. Frhr. v. Richthofen, Fighter Squadron 2."
March 12, 1918
"It is nine years since the greatest incident in my life happened. It finished my career as a flying officer but, as a Hun officer remarked, 'the war is finished for you', meaning...
February 14, 1917
"He said in his report that the pilot had been killed in the air and the observer seriously wounded when the B.E.2 crashed into German trenches. The opposite was true. Second Lieut...
September 1, 1917
"On 1 September, the Rittmeister climbs into one of the new triplanes for the first time for aerial combat. (Paragraph II of the army order of 12 August does not concern him, total...
April 20, 1918
‘The phone went. The ever so friendly, obliging editors of the ‘Rundschau’ announced that Manfred had defeated his seventy-ninth and eightieth opponent. A great and joyful exciteme...
March 12, 1918
‘The army report then reported laconically that Manfred had won his sixty-fourth air war, Lothar his twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth.’
April 6, 1917
"…on April 6, the Schweidnitz "Daily Review" already reported to me the thirty-sixth kill."
January 25, 1917
Jasta 11, Luftsieg 18
April 20, 1918
"Combat Report: 1843 hrs, north-east of Villers-Bretonneux. Sopwith Camel, burned; Englishman. Three minutes after I had brought down the first machine, I attacked a second Camel o...
March 18, 1918
"Combat Report: 1115 hrs. Above the Molain-Vaux-Andigny road. Sopwith Camel B5243. Engine: Clerget 35751. 1 Canadian, made prisoner. I started with 30 planes of my Geschwader and f...
March 12, 1918
"Combat Report: 1110-1115 hrs, north of Nauroy, square 2858, Bristol Fighter No. 1251. Motor: Rolls-Royce 200 hp 12 cylinder V-shaped No.275. Englishman. Together with Leutnant Lot...
April 14, 1917
"Combat Report: 0915 hrs, one kilometre south of Bois Bernard, this side of lines. Nieuport one-seater, No. 6796 ; motor No. 8341/IB Rotary. Occupant: Lieutenant W O Russell, made...
April 8, 1917
"Combat Report: 1140 hrs, near Farbus. Sopwith two-seater. Occupants: Lieutenant Heagerty, wounded; Lieutenant Heath-Cantle, killed. Details of plane not to hand, as plane is lying...
April 5, 1917
"Combat Report: 1130 hrs, Cuincy. Bristol two-seater. Occupants: Pilot : Lieutenant Adams, Observer: Lieutenant Steward - unwounded. Plane details not at hand as machine was burned...
April 5, 1917
"Combat Report: 1115 hrs, Lewarde, south of Douai. Bristol two-seater No 3340. Motor No. 10443. Occupants: Lieutenant McLickler and Lieutenant George; both seriously wounded. It wa...
April 3, 1917
"Combat Report: 1615 hrs, between Lens and Lieven. Vickers two-seater, NO. 6382. Motor unrecognisable. Occupants: Pilot: Lieutenant O'Beirne, killed. Observer: McDonald. Together w...
April 2, 1917
"Combat Report: 1115 hrs Givenchy. Sopwith two-seater A2401. Motor: Clerget Blin without number, Type 2. Occupants: Sergeant Dunn and Lieutenant Warrens. Together with Leutnants Vo...
March 25, 1917
"Combat Report: 0820 hrs, Tilloy. Nieuport one-seater - burnt. Occupant: Lieutenant Grivert - English. An enemy squadron had passed our lines. I went up, overtaking their last mach...
February 14, 1917
"Combat Report: 1200 hrs. BE two-seater. Lens-Hulloch road, west of Loos. Occupants: one killed, the other severely wounded. Name of pilot: Lieutenant Bonnet (died). No details con...
January 16, 1917
"For some reason, one fine day I had the idea of painting my bird bright red. The result was that my red bird was an absolute eye-catcher. Even my opponents seemed to be aware of t...
January 24, 1917
"Victory 18 and emergency landing after loss of upper wing Combat Report: 1215 hrs, west of Vimy. Fixed motor: Plane No. 6937; Motor No. 748. Occupants: Pilot - Captain Craig. (Obs...
November 20, 1916
"Combat Report: Jagdstaffel Boelcke. 0940 hrs, south of Grandcourt. Vickers two-seater. Together with several machines of our Staffel we attacked, on the enemy side above Grandcour...
September 3, 1917
From Under the guns of the Red Baron (N. Franks et al): " Combat report: 0735 hrs, south of Bousbecque, this side of the lines. Sopwith 1, B1795; motor no.: 35123 (80 hp Le Rhône T...