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Epee
Not wishing to steal Russ' thunder, but:
There's a possibility that Frankl ran foul of a patrol of 48 Sqn's Bristols which fought a formation of German scouts east of Arras and claimed to have driven down six, two out of control. The out of control claims were by
Capt D M Tidmarsh + 2nd Lt C B Holland with 2nd Lt O W Berry + 2nd Lt F B Goodison
and
2nd Lt R E Adeney + 2nd Lt L G Lovell with 2nd Lt G N Brockhurst + 2nd Lt C B Boughton and 2nd Lt A G Riley + 2nd Lt L G Hall
Both of these machines were said to have fallen out of control over Rémy, 14 Km east-south-east of Arras.
Frankl was killed in Albatros D.III 2158/16 at 14:50, north of Vitry - Sailly. Sailly-en-Ostrevent is about 5 Km north-east of Rémy, and Vitry-en-Artois a further 5 Km to the north.
Times for the RFC claims differ; both 14:00 and 15:10 have been quoted (times were then synchronised).
As I say, it's a possibility.
Graeme
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