Date:	Saturday 5 February 1916
Time:	day
Type:	Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c
Owner/operator:	13 Sqn RFC
Registration:	4091
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Irles, Somme department in Hauts-de-France -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c 4091, 13 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps: Shot down by 5 February 1916 by air ace Rudolf Berthold during air-to-air combat over Irles, Somme department, in Hauts-de-France (at approximate Coordinates: 50°06′01″N 2°45′16″E). Crew of the B.E.2c were Second lieutenant Leonard John Pearson (captured, taken as POW) and Second Lieutenant Edmund Heathfield Elliott Joe Alexander (also captured and taken as a POW, was also Wounded In Action)

This incident was Rudolf Berthold's second "kill"; he scored six kills between February and August 1916 while flying Fokker E.III serial number 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die Fliegertuppen

1. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.php
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_victories_of_Rudolf_Berthold
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irles
4. 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.
5. Kilduff, Peter. Iron Man: Rudolf Berthold: Germany's Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I. Grub Street, 2012. ISBN 1908117370, 9781908117373.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Nov-2018 19:37	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
22-Nov-2018 19:52	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
23-Nov-2018 16:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Nov-2018 04:12	JINX	Updated [Operator]
25-Nov-2018 18:40	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]