Hi folks, dear Russ Gannon...
During my research to the R-Plane operations 1917 and 1918,
i met the relatives of the "first" pilot of R.26, who started his front-career
as a young pilot with FFA 23 in early 1916 (by the way - seven pilots and observers from FFA 23 joined between 1915 and 1917 the R-Kommando...).
In his photoalbum i found also the attached ones:
1. Wintgens victory from 2.8.1916 - Morane 5177
2. Franklīs victory from 2.8.1916 - Morane 5181
3. Franklīs victory from 3.8.1916 - Nieuport 17bis "X" 1442
So, i checked together with ManfredT some published dataīs - and now thereīs a problem!
All information from the last years, do
not list the 3.8.1916.
Only US C&C 26-2 (1978) has Franklīs 7. victory listed (as a Farman?).
Jastaīs, KeK & Co are not my subject, but everytime i checked some published books there are more questionmarks as before...
Perhaps there are specialists out there who can clear this case up...
Many greetings from Bonn
Hal