ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 79842
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Date: | Sunday 18 March 1917 |
Time: | 18:40 |
Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e |
Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RFC |
Registration: | 5784 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Neuville-Vitasse Pas de calais France -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:18.3.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e 5784, 8 Squadron, RFC. Shot down in flames by air ace Werner Voss over Neuville-au-Cornet, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France (24 miles West of Arras, at approximate Coordinates: 50°20′12″N 2°22′08″E).
Of the two crew of B.E.2e 5784, the pilot, Second Lieutenant Charles R. Dougal was Wounded In Action (WIA); the other crew member, Second Lieutenant Sydney Harryman (MID, on attachment from 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment) was POW/WIA/DOW. (Taken as Prisoner Of War, while Wounded In Action, and later Died of Wounds inflected). The incident was Werner Voss' 18th 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/585938/harryman,-/ 4.
http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/7000273309-harryman-s.-sydney Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jan-2019 20:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
21-Jan-2019 20:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
22-Jan-2019 11:49 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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