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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
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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: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
Sources:
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.
Revision history:
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] |