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On this Day (WWI aviation news), Vol. 2
PJ Fisher:
Zeppelin Gap
Happy April Fools everyone!
(from The Onion, 1913):
PJ Fisher:
Russians Over Galicia
Hey all, starting up again with some war news. Here's a little peek of from the air from a Russian perspective. Not sure how much weight this doctored image holds but it reminds us that the battle for the skies was fought not just over the Western Front.
(from the Evening Ledger, 2 April 1915):
PJ Fisher:
Propeller for a Headstone
And from the Balkan Penisula, here's a grave image showing the burial spot of a few German aviators shot down in action.
(from the Day Book, 3 April 1917):
PJ Fisher:
'Aviation' Car Powers Observation Balloon
(from the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, 4 April 1914):
Check out forum member MoFo's observation balloon renderings: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=9452.msg172139#msg172139
PJ Fisher:
Freiherr von Richtofen's 75th
Today's news notes the Red Baron's April-2nd victory over a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (serial no. A3868), crewed by teenager 2nd Lt. Ernest David Jones and 2nd Lt. Robert Francis Newton of the two-day-old Royal Air Force. Both aviators were were killed when shot down over Hill 104, north East of Moreuil, France. The Kilduff translation of von Richtofen's combat report states:
"About 12:30pm I attacked a British R.E. [aircraft] at an altitude of 800 meters above the woods at Moreuil just below the clouds. As the adversary did not see me until very late, I managed to approach within 50 metres of him. I fired from ten metres' distance until it began to burn. When the flames shot out, I was only five metres away from him. I could see the pilot and observer twisting out of their aeroplane [seats] to escape the flames. The machine did not burn in the air, but gradually burn [on the way] down. It fell out of control to the ground, where it exploded and burned to ashes."
Evidently the wreckage this R.E.8 and its crew was captured on film while still smoldering (skip to the 9:30 mark): https://www.filmportal.de/video/bilder-aus-der-grossen-schlacht-im-westen-5-teil
(from the New-York Tribune, 5 April 1918):
Check out forum member gedmunson's 1/32 Meng build of Fokker Triplane 127/17, which was flown by Richtofen in the spring of 1918: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13422.0
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