ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142527
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 May 1917 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Flying Corps (RFC) |
| Registration: | 6281 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shot down 2 May 1917 by air ace Max Ritter von Müller (Jasta 28); it was his eighth victory. Lts John Francis Turner and Percy Strothard crash on their own side of the lines. Plane totally destroyed. The experience is too much for pilot Turner who suffers a concussion in the crash, and later reported to be "Unfit as a pilot or observer due to stress" and moved to ground duties at an RFC depot. by September he will be back with the infantry. Observer Laughton is wounded. When recovered he will receive an assignment as an instructor until the end of the war.
Sources:
1. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/muller3.php
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ritter_von_M%C3%BCller_(aviator)
3. http://www.flieger-album.de/geschichte/portraits/portraitmaxrittervonmueller.php
4. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214193&page=152
5. https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/49223-happened-100-years-ago/?p=680660
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2018 22:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2021 20:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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