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Volker_Nemsch · 4 May 2007, 12:18 PM

Hello and welcome!

I suggest that you put this question in the section "other WW1 aviation" and there you'll surely get some answers.

Concering your question: there were "a lot" of AA-guns in the area where Luke was killed.

He landed close to important German lines of communication and supply. The front was only a few dozen of kilometers away to the southwest in late September 1918. Additionally the hill "Côte Saint Germain" directly northwest of the village of Murvaux (Luke landed a few hundred meters southwest of this village) was an ideal place for AA-batteries.

Hope this helps a bit ...

4 May 2007, 12:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Volker_Nemsch Forum Ace Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Birken-Honigsessen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Posts: 1,317	Welcome ... Hello and welcome! I suggest that you put this question in the section "other WW1 aviation" and there you'll surely get some answers. Concering your question: there were "a lot" of AA-guns in the area where Luke was killed. He landed close to important German lines of communication and supply. The front was only a few dozen of kilometers away to the southwest in late September 1918. Additionally the hill "Côte Saint Germain" directly northwest of the village of Murvaux (Luke landed a few hundred meters southwest of this village) was an ideal place for AA-batteries. Hope this helps a bit ... __________________ . Best regards from Germany . Volker Nemsch .