Graeme
25 July 2016, 04:53 AM
Following on from my earlier post, the claims I've got for 1915, prior to the RFC Communiques being produced, are:
22 January 1915:
Capt F V Holt or Lt R P Mills, 4 Sqn, Albatros crashed at Dunkirk - Ltn Andre Hug & Ltn Bremer, BAO
5 February 1915:
2nd Lt V N H Wadham & Lt A E Borton, 3 Sqn, Aviatik C forced to land at Merville
17 April 1915:
Capt R M Vaughan & Lt J F Lascelles, 4 Sqn, Aviatik C captured near Elverdinghe at 06:30 - OffStllv Wilhelm Wohlmacher (Kia) & Ltn Joseph Seeboth (Pow), FFA 40 [?]
3 May 1915:
Lt E G S Walker & Lt C F O Master, 16 Sqn, Albatros forced to land east of Orchies at 07:30; Master was wounded by ground fire in this encounter
9 May 1915:
Lt S Graham-Gilmour & 1/AM H W Sutcliffe, 5 Sqn, Albatros crashed east of Wytschaete at 17:30 - OffStllv Karl Wipperfurth (Kia) & Hpt Hermann Thumm (Kia), FFA 3 [?]
10 May 1915:
Lt W H D Acland & 1/AM Rogers, 5 Sqn, Albatros out of control ? over Lille at 10:45 - Uffz Constantin von Schaubert (Kia) & Ltn Walter Brandt (Kia), FFA24 [?]
26 May 1915:
2nd Lt R M Pike & 2nd Lt R V de Halpert, 5 Sqn, Aviatik C crashed ? Kerselaarhoek at 05:30 - Gerhard Nette (Kia) & Oblt Busso von Bulow (Kia), FA 12 [?]
29 May 1915:
Lt W H D Acland & 1/AM H W Sutcliffe, 5 Sqn, Aviatik C crashed in Polygon Wood at 17:35
6 June 1915:
2nd Lt C H Barfield & Cpl Fineran, 5 Sqn, enemy machine out of control over Polygon Wood at 17:15
7 June 1915:
Flt Sub-Lt R A J Warneford, 1 Wing RNAS, Zeppelin LZ37 in flames near Ostende at 14:30
9 June 1915:
Lt S Graham-Gilmour + 1/AM H W Sutcliffe, 5 sqn, enemy machine crashed east of Wytschaete
20 June 1915:
Lt L G Hawker, 6 Sqn, DFW C out of control south-east of Poelcapelle at 19:45
5 July 1915:
Capt D E Stoddart + 2nd Lt M S Stewart, 1 Sqn, Fokker out of control between Belleghem and Rolleghem at 04:30
By my reckoning, that makes 18 claims since the start of hostilities.
From here on, much of what is in my database is reflected by an entry in an appropriate Communique, so supporting details can often be quoted.
To bring my posts up to a proper "100 years ago today" will require a bit of posting, since there's about another 240 claims.
If anyone's still interested, I'll get cracking.
Graeme
22 January 1915:
Capt F V Holt or Lt R P Mills, 4 Sqn, Albatros crashed at Dunkirk - Ltn Andre Hug & Ltn Bremer, BAO
5 February 1915:
2nd Lt V N H Wadham & Lt A E Borton, 3 Sqn, Aviatik C forced to land at Merville
17 April 1915:
Capt R M Vaughan & Lt J F Lascelles, 4 Sqn, Aviatik C captured near Elverdinghe at 06:30 - OffStllv Wilhelm Wohlmacher (Kia) & Ltn Joseph Seeboth (Pow), FFA 40 [?]
3 May 1915:
Lt E G S Walker & Lt C F O Master, 16 Sqn, Albatros forced to land east of Orchies at 07:30; Master was wounded by ground fire in this encounter
9 May 1915:
Lt S Graham-Gilmour & 1/AM H W Sutcliffe, 5 Sqn, Albatros crashed east of Wytschaete at 17:30 - OffStllv Karl Wipperfurth (Kia) & Hpt Hermann Thumm (Kia), FFA 3 [?]
10 May 1915:
Lt W H D Acland & 1/AM Rogers, 5 Sqn, Albatros out of control ? over Lille at 10:45 - Uffz Constantin von Schaubert (Kia) & Ltn Walter Brandt (Kia), FFA24 [?]
26 May 1915:
2nd Lt R M Pike & 2nd Lt R V de Halpert, 5 Sqn, Aviatik C crashed ? Kerselaarhoek at 05:30 - Gerhard Nette (Kia) & Oblt Busso von Bulow (Kia), FA 12 [?]
29 May 1915:
Lt W H D Acland & 1/AM H W Sutcliffe, 5 Sqn, Aviatik C crashed in Polygon Wood at 17:35
6 June 1915:
2nd Lt C H Barfield & Cpl Fineran, 5 Sqn, enemy machine out of control over Polygon Wood at 17:15
7 June 1915:
Flt Sub-Lt R A J Warneford, 1 Wing RNAS, Zeppelin LZ37 in flames near Ostende at 14:30
9 June 1915:
Lt S Graham-Gilmour + 1/AM H W Sutcliffe, 5 sqn, enemy machine crashed east of Wytschaete
20 June 1915:
Lt L G Hawker, 6 Sqn, DFW C out of control south-east of Poelcapelle at 19:45
5 July 1915:
Capt D E Stoddart + 2nd Lt M S Stewart, 1 Sqn, Fokker out of control between Belleghem and Rolleghem at 04:30
By my reckoning, that makes 18 claims since the start of hostilities.
From here on, much of what is in my database is reflected by an entry in an appropriate Communique, so supporting details can often be quoted.
To bring my posts up to a proper "100 years ago today" will require a bit of posting, since there's about another 240 claims.
If anyone's still interested, I'll get cracking.
Graeme