Victory 79
Event ID: 275
Categories:
Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery
20 April 1918
49.883483628074394, 2.556269181538195
SW of Bois de Hamel
Villers-Bretonneux
Source ID: 13
Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery p. 200
ISBN: 9781898697275
“Combat Report: 1840 hrs, south-west of Bois de Hamel. Sopwith Camel, burned; Englishman. With six planes of Jasta 11, I attacked large enemy squadron. During the fight I observed that a Triplane was attacked and shot at from below by a Camel. I put myself behind the adversary and brought him down, burning, with only a few shots. The enemy plane crashed down near the forest of Hamel where it burned further on the ground. Weather: fine at first; cloudy and overcast later.”
source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016
Excerpts of Royal Air Force Intelligence report relevant to colors and markings of 425/17:
General: It is painted bright red all over. Date on Top Plane: 13.12.17
Machine No. 2009.
Fabric: This appears of rather better quality than usual.
Tyres: Continental, size 760 x 100.
Shock Absorber: On the undercarriage, [and] is of the elastic strand type.
Engine: This is a copy of the 110 h.p. Le Rhone by the Oberursel Company, No.2478, fitted with a Bosch magneto No.2202160, type
ZE.6. The finish of the engine is better than those captured in previous machines of this type.
Guns: Two Spandau [Maxim] guns, Nos. 1795 and 659, firing through the propeller, actuated by the new type interrupter gear.
Raymond-Barker was the last man killed by Richthofen.