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 Grandcourt at 1.800 metres altitude, several low f...
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November 20, 1916
Victory 10
Combat Report: 1615 hrs, above Grandcourt. Vickers two-seater, fallen near Grandcourt, No. 4000 Motor No. 36574. Plane cannot be secured as under fire. Occupants: One killed : Lieutenant George Doughty. Lieutenant Gilber...
Combat Report: 1500 hrs, south of Bapaume. Vickers one-seater, plane lying near Bapaume. Occupant: Major Hawker, dead. I attacked, together with two other planes, a Vickers one-seater at 3.000 metres altitude. After a lo...
Major Hawker I was proudest of all when I heard one fine day that the Englishman I had shot down on 23 November 1916 was the British Immelmann. Judging by the aerial combat, I could have guessed that it was a hell of a g...
...Before I went to bed, I read my sons' letters again. The eleventh Englishman Manfred shot down was a Major Hawker, 26 years old. Prisoners said that he was the ‘English Immelmann’. He fought back desperately; Manfred...
The pilot of the bullet-nosed Albatros that now followed Hawker around a tight circle at 3,000 feet near Bapaume, two miles inside German lines, did not know who his opponent was, but he knew the Lord's airplane intimate...
Combat Report: 1155 hrs, above Mercatel, near Arras. Vickers one-seater, No. 5986. Rotary Motor 30372. Occupant: made prisoner, wounded, Lieutenant Hund. About 1145 I attacked with Leutnant Wortmann, at 2.800 metres alti...
December 20, 1916
Victory 13
Combat Report: 1130 hrs, above Menchy. Vickers one-seater No. 7929. Motor: Gnôme 30413. Occupant: Arthur Gerald Knight, Lieutenant RFC killed. Valuables enclosed; one machine gun taken. About 1130 I attacked, together wi...
"Combat Report: 1345 hrs, above Moreuil. Vickers two-seater: A5446. Motor: Beardmore No. 791. Occupants: Pilot Lieut. D'Arcy, observer, unknown, had no identification disc. Occupants dead, plane smashed, one machine gun...
"Combat Report: 1625 hrs, above Ficheux, south of Arras. FE two-seater was smashed, number etc. not recognisable. At 1615, five planes of our Staffel attacked enemy squadron south of Arras. The enemy approached our lines...
"First is a list of 29’s six pilots on this patrol, who took off from their base at le Hameau, at 1350 hours: Name DH2 Time Down Captain H. J. Payn 7849 1535 Lieutenant Dickson A2591 landed at le Bellevue Lieutenant C. H...
"Combat Report: 1615 hrs, near Metz-en-Coûture. Sopwith one-seater (lying south of this place), No. LTR5193. Motor: 80 hp Le Rhône No. 5187. A new type plane, never seen before, but as wings broken, barely discernable. O...
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"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 this. During one battle, which took place...
"Combat Report: 1610 hrs, above trenches south-west of Lens. No details, plane fell on the enemy's side. About 1610 I attacked, together with seven of my planes, enemy squadron, west of Lens. The plane I had singled out...
Just to show them how it was done, he led them over the English lines for the first time on January 23d and 'knocked down' the first victim to be registered on the unit's victory book. For Richthofen it was his seventeen...
"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) Lieutenant McLennan. Accompanied by Fe...
"Combat Report: 1600 hrs. BE two-seater No. 6742. Over trenches, one kilometer south-west of Thelus. Occupants: Lieutenant Murray - Lieut McBar, both wounded and died 2 Feb. About 1600 I spotted, flying with Leutnant All...