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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 1917 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d |
| Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | 6252 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South of Berneville, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
4.3.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d 6252 8 Squadron, RFC. Shot down in flames by air ace Werner Voss South of Berneville, Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France (at approximate Coordinates: 50°15′59″N 2°40′20″E). Both crew - Sergeant Reginald James Moody (Service Number 626, aged 22) and Second Lieutenant Edmund Eric Horn (aged 19 on attachment from 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment) - were Killed In Action (KIA). The incident was Werner Voss' 12th 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/91478/moody,-reginald-james/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/91257/horn,-edmund-eric/
5. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/moody-r.j.-reginald-james
6. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/horn-e.e.-edmund-eric
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2019 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2019 11:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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