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| Date: | Sunday 1 April 1917 |
| Time: | 11:45 LT |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | 2561 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E of St. Leger, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
1.4.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c No.2561 from 15 Squadron. Shot down by air ace Werner Voss; aircraft strafed on ground, East of Saint-Léger, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. (At approximate Coordinates: 50°11′13″N 2°51′31″E). Both crew - Captain Arthur Meredith Wynne Wounded In Action; Lieutenant Adrian Somerset MacKenzie (Royal Flying Corps and 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry) was Killed In Action. The incident was Werner Voss' 23rd 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://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/73303/mackenzie,-adrian-somerset/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9ger,_Pas-de-Calais
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2019 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2019 05:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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