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| Date: | Saturday 17 March 1917 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2g |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | 2814 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West of Vimy, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
17.3.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2g, No.2814, 16 Squadron, RFC. Shot down by air ace Manfred von Richthofen in his Halberstadt D.II, west of Vimy, Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Both crew - 2nd Lt. George MacDonald Watt (aged 27) and Sgt. Ernest Adam Howlett (Service Number L/8861, aged 26, on attachment from 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment) - were killed
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/492781/watt,-george-macdonald/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/492566/howlett,-ernest-adam/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2019 16:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2019 16:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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