• Victory 74 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)
  • Wearing a parachute harness and pear-shaped from thick layers of protective clothing, Richthofen (under the 'X') walks toward 127/17, now displaying his triplane's usual red markings. Note the ground crewman holding Richthofen's deerskin boots and that an entrance ladder has been set up next to the cockpit. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Victory 74

Event ID: 270

Catégories :

Combat aérien
Anglais
Under the guns of the Red Baron

28 mars 1918

49.9233480228239, 2.688543447408779
Near Mericourt
Mericourt

Source ID: 1

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

ISBN: 9781898697275

L’adversaire était Joseph Taylor

volant le F.K.8 C8444

VS

MvR pilotait le Fokker Dr.I 127/17

« Combat Report: 1220 hrs. Forest near Mericourt. Armstrong – 2, burned; Englishman. Flying at a very low height, I saw shell explosions near the scene of a victory. Coming nearer I recognised an Englishman at 500 metres altitude, flying home. I cut himm off and approached him. After 100 shots the enemey plane was burning. Then it crashed down, hit the ground near the small wood of Mericourt and continued to burn. Weather: high winds all day; some rain in the afternoon. »

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