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| Date: | Sunday 4 February 1917 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | 5927 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Givenchy-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
4.2.1917: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d of 16 Squadron, RFC. Shot down by air ace Werner Voss over Givenchy-en-Gohelle, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Of the two crew, one, Second Lieutenant Herbert Martin-Massey, was wounded in action (WIA); and the other, Second Lieutenant Noel Mark Hodson Vernham, was killed (KIA). The incident was Weber Voss's fifth 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/996772/vernham,-noel-mark-hodson/
4. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/vernham-n.m.h.-noel-mark-hodson
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2019 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2019 11:52 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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