cloth aeroplane gefr thomas hermann

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Hello,

I bought 2 pieces of camouflaged cloth with a small indication paper glued to it.
It was found 20 years ago by a friend and he bought it out first hand source .
It came from a house in Gent ( Belgium)
I have found some information.
i want to show the pics from cloth and other, but I need 10 messages before I can put links for the pics in my messages.

Greetings.

frankie

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The fabric tells in french ( language used a lot in flanders WW1 era) :
Piece of cloth from the wing of a german plane, fallen in the garden of the Van Ceulenbrouck plant . Concorde street on 24/07/1918.

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Following german pilots fell on that day:

On 24 juli 1918 "Casualties of the German Air Service",
de volgende 17 verliezen:

Flg. Karl Weber - Charleroi
Uffz. Karl Jung - Compiègne
Flg. Oswald Warch - Courlaidon
Flg. Andreas Englert - Frankfurt a.M.
Gefr. Thomas Herrmann - Gent
Hermann Held - P - FBS Jütrbg - Jüterbog
Ltn. Joachim Hohmann - O - FBS Jütrbg - Jüterbog
Gefr. Peter Rudolph - Kassel
FeldUArtz. Oskar Kelch - Köningsberg
Uffz. Sebastian Gabler - Kottbus
Flg. Edgar Wick - Kottbus
Ltn.d.R. Heinrich Prössdorf - O - FA 234(A) - Loupeigne
Uffz. Erich Irrgang - Lübeck
Flg. Paul Splinter - Lüdenscheid
FugzgMtr. Erich Grossmann - Ostsee
Vfw. Kurt Beinecke - P - Jasta 51 - Pont Ronge
Uffz. Kurt Hoffmann - P - Jasta 51 - Pont Rong

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I checked a chart of Gent WW1 period :

There existed a street with the name rue de la concorde in ghent .
I also know in that street there was some old industrie/plants .

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I just have to check if there was a plant Van Ceulenbrouck.

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Hermann Thomas : first buried in Gent ( probably westerbegraafplaats ( were LZ37 personel was buried also )

Thomas Herrmann is now buried in Vladsloo .

He was part of AFP4 . armee flugpark 4 ( Gent / Ghent /Gand)

° 4/7/1897 en + Gent 24/07/1918 .

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if anyone has some more information about the plane; how he fell and something more about the pilot.

I would be gladd to receave more information .

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Hermann Thomas was born at Gauting on 4 juli 1897

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Now i am at 9

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I checked and I really need 10 messages.

Hoping the next will do right .