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9 November 2004, 12:57 PM
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Luke's final mission Spad
So the story goes that Luke, facing house arrest, jumped into a squadron mate's Spad on 29 September, 1918 and flew into immortality. So is it confirmed that he was not flying #26 when he was killed? And if not, does history record the particulars of the machine he was flying??
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9 November 2004, 01:31 PM
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Well, get your hands on the very latest Over the Front and see Alan Toelle's piece on Luke's non#26 Spads. But, to spoil the suspense....On September 29, Luke was flying a new and most likely unmarked Spad, Bernard built 7984.
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9 November 2004, 03:18 PM
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9 November 2004, 05:04 PM
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Exactly. Those of us that love "26" have our reasons  but I'd bet that one is no more or less noteworthy than a half-dozen others.All shot-to-hell. Those are the reference photos, correct? "26"?
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9 November 2004, 06:28 PM
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And even our old friend #26 has never been positively ID'ed, nor positively confirmed as being an airplane Luke flew. Just part of the mystique I reckon.
At the moment he's flying over the Superstition Mountains trying to avoid landing on a saguaro! RK karrart.com |
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9 November 2004, 06:42 PM
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 'fraid of that... Know what I feel certain about (ulp): the checkerboard... doesn't seem right to me but I don't want to step on toes. Given what we're talking about here, I'd guess that to be an after-the-war thing, but I don't want to make insult to historians, museum curators or volunteer craftsmen. anyhoo... 
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10 November 2004, 07:26 AM
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10 November 2004, 12:09 PM
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I'm looking at that issue now... Definitely the cover painting shows the checkerboard upperwing marking. I'll defer to the artist's knowledge, since this was new to me. However, in the same issue, there's a photo that barely shows something that could be the checkerboard marking on the upper wing of No. 26, page 131.
Interestingly, none of the Nieuport photos show such a marking. So if it was a wartime marking, it was a late war thing (1st Aug 1918 onwards). Best regards, Zeppelin |
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If I according to Cross & Cockade USA Vol. 5 #2, Pp.145-167. the stripes were accorded to AEF units that had been at the front for 1 month or receipt of a unit citation for Bombing or Observation sqdn. For a Pursuit Sqdn. 3 aerial victories or unit citation. The stripes were considered to be for above and below identification for inflight situations. They were also allowed to apply their own unit insignia at this time. These were predetermined by the unit before going to the front and were on record with the Chief of the Air Service. Last edited by StephenLawson; 10 November 2004 at 04:53 PM. |
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