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12 August 2007, 01:08 PM
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Forum Ace of Aces
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Frank Luke's 15. victory ....
Hello!
After all this searching and the valuable help you gave me I now believe that Frank Luke attacked an enemy aircraft he identified as a "Hannover CL.". He got a confirmation of this victory but from what we know now it seems that it was one of the many OOC kills. The attacked German 2-seater escaped (damaged or undamaged) and most probably flew back to his airfield - at least we have no reports about a German 2-seater lost on that day in that region. Thank you very much for clearifying this question (and maybe Stephen has seen the results of our search).  .
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28 August 2007, 10:56 AM
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Dear Volker,
You might want to get in touch with Captain Lewis-- I know that he is planning a trip to Murvaux at the end of this coming September, again to check the evening light on the anniversary of Luke's demise, so please be patient and give him time to reply... This particular victory, the two-seater reported on 28 September 1918, was originally reported in the General Orders as having come down on September 30th (!!!), the day after Luke was killed-- you can read this account in Sloan's WINGS OF HONOR... Captain Lewis might be able to give you some more information on the place name as well; for one thing, I know that the spelling and misspellling of Montblainville gave him more than one sleepless hour. Nevertheless, the Forum's own intrepid feline did uncover one fact regarding the area you are presently looking at (Apremont): there was a German balloon emplacement located nearby. That is to say, this is where the "drachen" were stationed, not set aloft to observe, but where they were daily towed to and from, serviced, and repaired... The Captain also knows of one account-- albeit, not from the most reliable of sources, but there it is-- where Luke may have shot down a D-7 on the evening you are looking at-- unreported, unconfirmed, uncredited-- but, again, there it is... And please don't forget, Volker, how once a few years back, the pitchblended Captain gave you credit for pointing out the effect of that balloon [machine] gun on those German soldiers that Luke supposedly strafed on the ground in Murvaux; I guess you could say that the Captain admires you, inasmuch a noble cat can admire a mere bi-ped... VBR, Skippy
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