Gunnar
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Do you suggest that the persons who earlier on this Forum cites combat reports from 23 sq RFC which show that the unit was fighting German Albatrosses in the right area and time are using falsified material...?
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Of course I'm not suggesting any such thing, I merely observe that the heavily loaded SPAD, whilst being a fine aircraft, was not suited to a long drawn out "turning" fight which is what Lothar and his opponent, whoever he was, indulged in.
I just looked up the "prose" of
Cecil Lewis from Saggitarius Rising - I really don't know how reliable his memory was when he wrote the book, but he was there and he mentions a flight of Naval Triplanes being sucked into the engagement - the sight of them came as something of a relief to the beleagured SE5 pilots.
Mike