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19 August 2010, 11:24 AM
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Notable aces personal vehicles
This thread is about any notable ace who had a personal vehicle.
The only ones that I know is... Charles Nungesser's prized German staff car (according to The Adventures of Indiana Jones) Werner Voss' motorcycle (forgot the name of company)
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19 August 2010, 01:00 PM
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Bonsoir
here is the Mors de Nungesser- http://img42.xooimage.com/files/3/e/b/006-10b567a.jpg it gave him the nickname of "hussard de la Mors" then "Hussard de la Mort" (mort = death in french) Cordialement Bruno |
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19 August 2010, 01:14 PM
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Re-bonsoir
The well known Torpedo sigma of Guynemer seen here ==>http://michelepoignie.free.fr/oly_mp...mervoiture.jpg still exist and is exposed at Musee de l'automobile at Compiegne (near Paris) Torpedo Sigma de Georges Guynemer. | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Bruno |
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20 August 2010, 02:09 PM
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Looks as though he planned on taking a few "friends" with him  . Look at the polish on the hood. Beautiful.
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20 August 2010, 03:08 PM
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20 August 2010, 03:52 PM
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Froggy: Nungesser's mount in that photo is a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Ransom
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21 August 2010, 01:13 AM
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Ransom,
You are absolutely right! indeed the grille is typical of the Rolls I trusted to the legend of the photo comes from a site specialist of classic cars......  To give them some excuses ,the least we can say is that the radiator cap of the Mors has strongly resemblance to that of the Rolls! http://h.margolles.free.fr/soumoulou_04-03-27/mors2.jpg Cordialement Bruno PS: Impossible to remove the link with Nungesser I have point out the error to the forum from which is extracted the photo Last edited by Froggy; 21 August 2010 at 01:27 AM. |
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21 August 2010, 10:53 AM
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Bruno: I wonder if it might be possible to identify the owner of the Rolls. In checking a web site on British number plates I see the letter P was assigned to the county of Surrey, so this car was likely a conventionally registered private automobile. On the other hand, Rollses in particular were often used durng the Great War for government-related duties in France and carried an OHMS (On His Majesty's Service) legend prominently displayed. Perhaps someone who knows altogether too much about Rolls Royce automobiles could ID this one. Ransom (p.s. I see what you mean about the radiator cap ornament!)
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