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| Date: | Friday 13 April 1917 |
| Time: | 08:58 |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 |
| Owner/operator: | 59 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A3190 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Vitry and Brebières Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
13.4.1917: Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 A3190. Shot down by air ace Manfred von Richthofen of Jasta 11, in his Albatros D.III, between Vitry and Brebières, Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Both crew of the R.E.8 - Capt. James Maitland Stuart Royal (aged 20, of the Flying Corps and the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) and Lt. Maurice Herbert Wood (MID, Royal Flying Corps and 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment) - were killed. The incident was Manfred Von Richthofen's 41st 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_Manfred_von_Richthofen
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1671519/stuart,-james-maitland/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/774977/wood,-maurice-herbert/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2019 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2019 16:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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