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Froggy · 15 August 2009, 01:34 AM

Bonjour à tous
Hello Jay

On 25 January 1918 at 22 hours, hit by many shells of the DCA(1), this Gotha had just bombed Dunkirq and was flying above Zuydcoote with great difficulty , then it falls on the beach.

On board a pilot a officer bomber and an observer. The first two are conducted as soon captured at the Semaphore. The observer officer, injured, was transported to Sanatorium of Zuydcoote.
The wreckage was exposed at Dunkirk Place Jean Bart

Cordialement
Bruno
N°2 Wingman

(1) the gotha was claimed by adj Merle from escadrille Spa 313

15 August 2009, 01:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
Froggy Forum Ace Contributor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: FRance Posts: 2,149	Bonjour à tous Hello Jay On 25 January 1918 at 22 hours, hit by many shells of the DCA(1), this Gotha had just bombed Dunkirq and was flying above Zuydcoote with great difficulty , then it falls on the beach. On board a pilot a officer bomber and an observer. The first two are conducted as soon captured at the Semaphore. The observer officer, injured, was transported to Sanatorium of Zuydcoote. The wreckage was exposed at Dunkirk Place Jean Bart Cordialement Bruno N°2 Wingman (1) the gotha was claimed by adj Merle from escadrille Spa 313 Last edited by Froggy; 15 August 2009 at 01:41 AM.