ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80016
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Date: | Friday 6 April 1917 |
Time: | 09:30 |
Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e |
Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RFC |
Registration: | A3157 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | S of Lagnicourt-Marcel, Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-Franc -
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:6.4.1917: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c A3157 from 15 Squadron, RFC. Shot down by air ace Werner Voss south of Lagnicourt-Marcel, Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras, at approximate Coordinates: 50°09′30″N 2°57′24″E. Both crew - Second Lieutenants Albert Higgs Vinson and Everard Champion Gwilt - survived, as they crash landed within British lines. The incident was Werner Voss' 24th 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagnicourt-Marcel Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2019 22:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
07-Feb-2019 05:19 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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