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Forum Ace
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 898
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Greg,
Report F57 was filed by Quested alone. Reports F58 to F67 are all by individual crews, sometimes by the pilot, others by the observer. F57 gives the time as 11.0 - 11.25am.
Report F58, 11.15-11.40am, over Monchy, Lowe+Masters. No claim. Several Halberstadts and 2 type "L".
Report F59, 11.20am, near Arras, Curling+Guy. No claim. 1 Type "L".
Report F60, 3.15pm, over Adinfer Wood, Dowling+Griffith. No claim. 2 Type M, 1 Halberstadt.
Report F61, 11.15am, near Fampoux, Middleton+Tollerfield, no claim (?), Type L, very fast, fixed gun shooting through the propeller.
Report F62, 11.15am, Map 51B H.28, Woodman+Hallitt, 2 Type "L", 1 Halberstadt, 6 other machines. One machine seen to go down under control, a little later another fell apparently out of control.
Report F63, 11.15am, Monchy, Sargood+Smith, several Halberstadts, one type L, one seen going down under control and one in a spinning nose dive and crashed near Monchy le Preux.
Report F64, 10.40-11.15am, Graham+Dyer, Monchy le Preux, Halberstadt Scout Type L & M, one seen to go down OOC first in a spin which turned into a dead leaf glide, then into a another spin, as we were again attacked this machine was not seen to crash or land.
Report F65, 11.15, Taylor+Boddy, between Arras & Monchy le Preux, Type L and M (?) & Halberstadt, one machine down under control "I think it eventually landed", one seemed to go down OOC.
Report F66, 11.40am, Read+Holman, between Arras & Monchy le Preux, about 6 Halberstadts, very fast; no claim. "Also engaged a machine with front gun type unknown rather like an Albatross. Tracers were seen to hit 3 machines one of which immediately went down in a steep nose dive."
Report F67, 3?.30pm, Woodman+Hallitt, Map 51C X15, two type M, red in colour, no claim.
Enjoy!
Frank.
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