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Date: | Sunday 16 April 1916 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RFC |
Registration: | 2097 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | South of Maurepas, Somme department in Hauts-de-France -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down by air ace Rudolf Berthold 16 April 1916 South of Maurepas, Somme department in Hauts-de-France, France (at approximate Coordinates: 49°59′25″N 2°50′52″E). It was his fifth "kill". Of the two crew, Second Lieutenant William Sinclair Earle was KIA (Killed In Action); Second Lieutenant Cuthbert William Prideaux Selby Wounded In Action and captured, became a POW
Sources:
1.
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.php 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_victories_of_Rudolf_Berthold 3. Franks, Norman; Frank W. Bailey; Russell Guest. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
4. Kilduff, Peter. Iron Man: Rudolf Berthold: Germany's Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I. Grub Street, 2012. ISBN 1908117370, 9781908117373.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Nov-2018 00:25 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
25-Nov-2018 08:37 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |