ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 79141
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| Date: | Sunday 18 March 1917 |
| Time: | 18:50 |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d |
| Owner/operator: | 13 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | 5750 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boyelles, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
18.3.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d No.5750 from 13 Squadron, RFC. Shot down by air ace Werner Voss; aircrew and aircraft strafed on ground at Boyelles, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. (At approximate Coordinates: 50°12′14″N 2°48′57″E). Of the two crew, Captain Guy Stafford Thorne Died Of Wounds; Second Lieutenant Philip Edward Hislop van Baerle taken as POW. The incident was Werner Voss' 19th victory in air to air combat
Sources:
1. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.php
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_victories_of_Werner_Voss
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/777456/thorne,-guy-stafford/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyelles
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2019 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2019 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2019 05:18 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Feb-2019 00:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration] |
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