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10 December 2010, 01:11 AM
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British Losses 24 Aug 15
I have just obtained a post card showing German soldiers around the wreckage of a British aicraft and the date 24 Aug 15. Can anyone tell me if there were any losses that day?
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10 December 2010, 04:53 AM
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Hello Chris,
No losses mentioned in The Sky Their Battlefield for 24 August 1915. Do you know what aircraft is shown on the picture? Jos
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10 December 2010, 05:49 AM
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Jos: I am afraid it is a pile of wreckage and all I have is the date as quoted
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10 December 2010, 07:37 AM
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10 December 2010, 07:41 AM
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Will do just that when I get it in the post! I wonder if it crashed just before that date?
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10 December 2010, 07:50 AM
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10 December 2010, 08:02 AM
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Hello Chris,
Could be possible. If the plane is a pile of wreckage, maybe this loss could match: On 22 August 1915 BE2C (2034) of 2Sqn "fell like a stone" over Sainghem. Second Lieutenant G. Gallie and Second Lieutenant WM Wallace were KIA. Jos
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10 December 2010, 08:06 AM
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If this was on the German side of the lines, a possibility as there is very little left of the plane
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11 December 2010, 02:10 AM
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Chris,
I don't know for sure. I couldn't find Sainghem on the map. But I think this name has changed into Sainghin. Sainghin is near Lille, so on the "German side". Look here for more info: William Middleton Wallace - played for Scotland [Archive] - World War 1 Forums Jos
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11 December 2010, 09:58 AM
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Hi Chris
If we assume that the date is correct, which is however doubtful regarding most cases regarding postcards...  Then it might be a French a/c which was shot down in flames at Bolchen within German lines, crews KIA Does it looks that it partly could have been on fire..? Can you show the photo..?  Gunnar Last edited by Soderbaum; 12 December 2010 at 07:52 AM. Reason: wrong name |
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