French crew of a Voisin 1915

[Raineranton]

Hi friends,

here is a case for the French forumities.

The photo-card was written on the backside on 31 October 1915.

Does somebody maybe know the unit of this plane and therefore also the names of the crew?

Regards

Rainer

[sator]

Looks like they were captured by the Germans.

[Raineranton]

Originally Posted by Raineranton

Hi friends,

here is a case for the French forumities.

The photo-card was written on the backside on 31 October 1915.

Does somebody maybe know the unit of this plane and therefore also the names of the crew?

Regards

Rainer

The photo-card was stamped by the XIII. Armee-Korps / XVIII. Reserve-Korps. These units fought with the 3. Deutschen Armee during the battle of the Champagne in autumn 1915 (25 September till 6 November 1915).

Regards

Rainer

[Raineranton]

A roughly translation of the text on backside of the card:

"Meine lieben (lb.) beisammen! Nun auch mal wieder ein Kartengruß mit einer Ansicht von einem französischen Flieger der nah bei uns hat landen müssen. Durch einen Fliegerkampf der Motor vorne zusammen geschossen und hat dann runter müssen."

The next sentence I can't decipher.

"Sonst geht es mir immer noch gut, obwohl wir in letzter Zeit viel erlebt haben...."

My dear together! Now again a greeting card with a view of a French aviator who had to land close to us. The engine shot together at the front during an aviation battle and then had to go down.

Otherwise I'm still fine, although we've seen a lot lately.....

Regards

Rainer

[Froggy]

Bonjour à tous ,bonjour Rainer

first eventuality

Voisin 3 escadrille VB 114 Crew Sgt Michel Doré and Soldat Eugene Valot (POW)
captured after a fight against an FFA 53 Fokker piloted by the Freiherr von Crailsheim, September 22, 1915

An another photo of the same Voisin in German hands (one of your photos, Rainer)


Baron Kurt von Crailsheim
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hype...h-t499307.html

https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/fr/Fil...s/3519733/6/2/

https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/fr/Fil...s/1454460/6/2/

shot down near Vouziers

Cordialement
Bruno

[Raineranton]

Originally Posted by Froggy

Bonjour à tous ,bonjour Rainer

first eventuality

Voisin 3 escadrille VB 114 Crew Sgt Michel Doré and Soldat Eugene Valot (POW)
captured after a fight against an FFA 53 Fokker piloted by the Freiherr von Crailsheim, September 22, 1915

An another photo of the same Voisin in German hands (one of your photos, Rainer)

Cordialement
Bruno

Hi Bruno,

thank you. You mean this picture, right!

Regards

Rainer

[Froggy]

Originally Posted by Raineranton

Hi Bruno,

thank you. You mean this picture, right!

Regards

Rainer

No the picture I posted -It Is the same Voisin 3 of Crew Sgt Michel Doré and Soldat Eugene Valot , escadrille 114 , photo taken later when the Voisin was brought back to a German aerodrome

cf site Albin Denis page escadrille 114
http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escad...adrille114.htm



"Voisin LA de l'équipage composé du Sgt Michel Doré (pilote) et Sgt Eugène Valot (mitrailleur) capturé après un combat contre un Fokker du FFA 53 piloté par le Freiherr von Crailsheim, le 22 septembre 1915 - - Photo collection Rainer Absmeier que je remercie pour son aide."

contrary to what is indicated by Albin, Valot was not killed but PW

[Raineranton]

Originally Posted by Froggy

No the picture I posted -It Is the same Voisin 3 of Crew Sgt Michel Doré and Soldat Eugene Valot , escadrille 114 , photo taken later when the Voisin was brought back to a German aerodrome

cf site Albin Denis page escadrille 114
http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escad...adrille114.htm



"Voisin LA de l'équipage composé du Sgt Michel Doré (pilote) et Sgt Eugène Valot (mitrailleur) capturé après un combat contre un Fokker du FFA 53 piloté par le Freiherr von Crailsheim, le 22 septembre 1915 - - Photo collection Rainer Absmeier que je remercie pour son aide."

contrary to what is indicated by Albin, Valot was not killed but PW

Thank you Bruno!

I was a little perplex when I saw that this picture was from my collection. For whatever reason, I didn't found it on my data medium. But now I found it in a box and will archive it quickly in the usual way.

It seem's also that the caption of the other picture is wrong. But then it needs further investigation to find out the right unit!

Best regards

Rainer