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Victoire 08

Event ID: 140

09 novembre 1916

50.13036094921185, 2.918734811322256
Beugny

Source ID: 13

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

« Rapport de combat : 1030 hrs, BE biplace, No. 2506. Moteur : Daimler n° 22082. Occupants : Grièvement blessé, pilote très grièvement ; observateur, épaule.

Au-dessus de Beugny. Vers 10h30, j’ai attaqué, avec plusieurs autres avions, une escadrille de bombardement ennemie au-dessus de Mory à 2.500 mètres d’altitude. Après un combat en courbe, ma victime s’est écrasée au sol près de Beugny.

Temps : clair et lumineux presque toute la journée.

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  1. source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016

    Richthofen’s reference to an observer being wounded begat the thought that the « observer » was Lt. Gerald Featherstone Knight. Knight was also thought to be the pilot of 2506 and Cameron his observer. However, Knight was pilot of BE.2c 2502 shot down by Oblt. Kirmaier, for his 9th victory.

    In his autobiography Der Rote Kampfflieger, Richthofen recalled that after this victory he and Imelmann drove and then hiked through mud to reach the crash site. Upon gaining Cameron’s crashed BE.2c, which still carried its bombs, Richthofen was introduced to the Sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Later that evening Richthofen was summoned to appear before the Duke and informed of the belief he had prevented the British from bombing the Duke’s headquarters (although No. 12’s stated objective had been bombing the Vraucourt sugar factory). For this he received the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Carl Eduard Medal, 2nd Class with Swords on 30 December, 1916.

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