• Victory 4
  • two men standing next to an old airplane
    The wreckage of Fenwick's BE12 6618 (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Victory 04

Event ID: 132

Categories: 

Air Combat
English
Under the guns of the Red Baron

07 October 1916

50.043579366152294, 2.9920404982503865
Near Equancourt
Equancourt

Source ID: 13

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

Opponent was  William Fenwick

flying the B.E.12 6618   

VS

MvR was flying the Albatros D.I 391/16 

Combat Report: Machine Type: New and not seen up till now. Plane No. 6618: A two-deck plane (biplane) with 12 cyl. Daimler Motor No. 25 226. 0910 hrs, near Equancourt. About 0900 I attacked at 3.000 metres altitude and accompanied by two other machines, an English plane near Rancourt. After 400 shots enemy plane dashed downwards, the pilot having been mortally wounded. Occupant: Lieutenant Fenwick, killed by shot in the head. Weather: low clouds and strong winds – stormy all day.

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