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Date: | Saturday 5 October 1918 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Airco DH.9A |
Owner/operator: | 110 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | F1010 |
MSN: | WA8459AMA |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Kaiserslauter, Bundesland, Rhineland-Palatinate, -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Bettoncourt airfield, Vosges, Lorraine, France |
Destination airport: | Bettoncourt airfield, Vosges, Lorraine, France |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft force landed intact near Kaiserslauter, Germany after suffering combat damage. The pilot South African
William Bodley and Observer Captain Andrew Glover Inglis escaped uninjured and became prisoners of war.
The aircraft was stored in Europe from 1918 until the remains were recovered from Poland by the Royal Air Force Museum in 1977. A full restoration was carried out by the Museum and the aircraft was put on display in 1983.
Sources:
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/77-A-921-DH-DH9A-F1010.pdf https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/17324230992/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._110_Squadron_RAF https://www.targeta.co.uk/hendon_museum.htm https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/101972-captain-andrew-glover-inglis/ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1180883 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._110_Squadron_RAF Images:
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Oct-2020 15:40 |
Peter Clarke |
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11-Oct-2020 21:21 |
Peter Clarke |
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