A Jacobs victim

Josef Jacobs of Jasta 7 kept No. 6489 of a British a/c he had shot down. However, I could not find this number in TSTB.
There is no error possible: I saw this "souvenir" with my own eyes.

Is anyone able to identify this victim?

Mosen

[StephenLawson]

'... Josef Jacobs of Jasta 7 kept No. 6489 of a British a/c he had shot down. Mosen.'

18Jun18 *Obfm. Schönfelder-12 *
Sopwith Camel #D.6487, 54 Sqn.
RAF, 2/Lt. S.M. Connolly, POW.

Certainly a Sopwith Camel. Jacobs had more than one encounter with the flying hump. He also had several to his credit that we are lacking serials for. Possibly 54 Sqn was the unit it was attached to. More later.

[Gregvan]

Dear Mosen & Stephen,

Well, it doesn't appear that Jacobs' souvenir came from Camel D.6489 (If Jacobs had included the letter prefix that probably went with this number, it would have made things easier !)

According to "The Camel File", D.6489 was a Boulton & Paul-built Camel, powered by a Le Rhone 9J. It was delivered to No. 3 Aeroplane Acceptance Park, Norwich, by 15 March 1918. By 25 March 1918, it was at No. 46 Squadron. It was shot up on a patrol (from 0620 hrs to 0745 hrs) on 29 March (Capt. S P Smith unhurt). It was sent to No. 2 Aeroplane Supply for repair on the 30th, then from Advance Salvage Dump to Repair Park 1 Aeroplane Supply Depot; from there it was struck off charge on 23 July 1918 as not worthy of repair.

F6489 would seem to have been another Boulton & Paul-built Camel, from a batch ordered 18 June 1918, but there is no info to be found on this a/c in the Camel File (am I reading that right ?? page 190).

C6489 was an S.E.5a from Wolseley Motors Ltd. It was transferred from No. 1 Aeroplane Acceptance Park, Coventry, to 92 Squadron at Tangmere on 29 April 1918. There is no further information on it available in "The S.E.5a File", but 92 Squadron did go to France in July 1918.

I do not have the huge J.M. Bruce book on all British serials of WWI, so this is all the info I can locate right now. Sorry !!

Greg