Accident Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b 7026,
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Date:Friday 3 November 1916
Time:15:20
Type:Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b
Owner/operator:22 Sqn RFC
Registration: 7026
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Somme, south-eastern Pas-de-Calais Départements -   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 F.E.2B No 7026, 22 Squadron, RFC: Shot down by air ace Max Ritter von Müller (Jasta 2) om 3.11.1916. This incident was von Müller's third "kill"

No 22 Sqn lost three F.E.2b crews on 3 November 1916, including the squadron commander Captain Auberon Thomas Herbert Lucas, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 11th Baron Dingwall, who was flying 7026 with Lt A Anderson as his observer/gunner. Capt Lucas was killed and Lt Anderson injured and taken prisoner.

Sources:

1. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.phpgermany/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/showpost.php?s=771cd7c1689524b0f64a5109bc5b7765&p=2444287&postcount=1898
5. https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/13475-capt-a-j-macd-pemberton-mc-rfc/?tab=comments#comment-101367
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auberon_Herbert,_9th_Baron_Lucas#Military_and_political_career
7. http://www.thepeerage.com/p17051.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF#1915%E2%80%9319

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2018 19:11 Dr. John Smith Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
30-Dec-2018 19:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
01-Jan-2019 13:03 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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