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| Date: | Friday 8 September 1916 |
| Time: | 18:25 |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Flying Corps (RFC) |
| Registration: | 4921 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flers, Orne department in north-western France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down 8.9.1916 by air ace Oswald Boelcke, this was claimed as being his 21st "kill" in air-to-air combat
Sources:
1. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.php
2. https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?19689-100-Years-Ago-Today/page35&styleid=22
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2017 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
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