Airplane Casualties 1918

rlaughton · 14 December 2019, 03:36 AM

This is another in the Ted Walshe series that he has posted to YouTube this week. What will attract the attention of members here at the Aerodrome is to figure out who was in these two aircraft:

Allied? 41592 at t=1:43
German D2234 at 5:08

In the first clip it appears as if the Observer is standing in 41592, but oddly no other markings. Is the paint job on the tail a clue?
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rlaughton · 14 December 2019, 03:39 AM

I should have posted the location / link:
https://youtu.be/WtC-o-iwYwU

Ted also wrote:

Quote:

Second Lieutenant Walter A. Buckstone of the Royal Army Service Corps was responsible for this short film, originally titled 'Airplane Casualties', from 1918 showing various types of footage involving aircraft. An aircraft moves down the runway and takes off. Three planes in formation are seen from the air. Viewed from the cockpit, a pilot is at the controls. A hydroplane gets ready to land in a British port. Seen from the air, bombs fall on the battlefield. An enemy plane is pursued by fire from an anti-aircraft battery, while another spirals down and crashes on the ground.

sator · 15 December 2019, 01:05 AM

Nice video , thanks for posting.

unreasonable · 26 December 2019, 08:14 AM

Allied plane is US, I think DH-4. Picture showing US markings on top wing with similar side markings.

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/620327701881815040

rexee · 26 December 2019, 09:06 AM

Ltn d R Roland Nauck was killed in action in Albatros D2234 over Villevegne near St Quentin, 8 April 1917

CjBobrow · 26 December 2019, 09:15 AM

https://airandspace.si.edu/collectio...ss-jn-4d-jenny

Looks more like a flight of Curtiss JN-4HC's "Jenny" (model corrected)

rexee · 26 December 2019, 10:41 AM

Its a Curtiss JN-4HC
Serial: 41592
Gunnery trainer aircraft, circa 1921.

FOKKERJ · 26 December 2019, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlaughton

I should have posted the location / link:
https://youtu.be/WtC-o-iwYwU

Ted also wrote:

Thanks for sharing this video rlaughton.

I enjoyed naming off all of the different aircraft as I see them appear.

Does anyone here know which Squadron the Sopwith Camel @ 2:16 belongs to?

Better yet, The Pilot's identity?

Just curious.

Cheers, FOKKERJ

rexee · 26 December 2019, 01:04 PM

The white triangle is the 148th aero squadron. They flew Camels in late 1918