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| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 1917 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A2785 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Souchez, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
6.3.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c A2785 of 16 Squadron, RFC. Shot down by air ace Manfred von Richthofen in Albatros D.II. over Souchez, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France
Both Crew of B.E.2c A2785 were killed:
2nd Lt Gerald Maurice Gosset-Bibby (aged 19)
Lt Geoffrey Joseph Oglivie Brichta (Canadian, Aged 32, on attachment from the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion)
Sources:
1. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.php
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souchez
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_victories_of_Manfred_von_Richthofen
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/469668/bibby,-gerald-maurice-gosset/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/469708/brichta,-/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2011 11:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jul-2013 00:25 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Nov-2013 17:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Country, ] |
| 26-Jan-2019 16:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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