neverforget Posted 23 July , 2018 Share Posted 23 July , 2018 Who is this German ace, and what makes his 1918 victory over an SE5A unique??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 23 July , 2018 Share Posted 23 July , 2018 On 22/07/2018 at 22:54, Margaretnolan said: French flying ace Jean Casale perhaps. Jean Pie Hyacinthe Paul Jerome Casale, Marquis de Montferato Both correct, but you forgot to mention that he was Richthofen first and only unaccredited French victim shot down over Verdun 26/4/1916 whilst flying an Albatross CIII. Casale (who was wounded) was the only Nieuport pilot on the casualty lists for the day in question. However, as the plane crashed within French lines and there was no independent witness, the claim was not officially recognised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 23 July , 2018 Share Posted 23 July , 2018 Morning NF As my latest WIT was based on flying oddities, I'm afraid have your chap already, he is Otto Kissenberth, and his uniqueness in the SE5a victory of the 20/5/1918, was that he was flying a captured Sopwith Camel. A crash later in the month in another captured British plane kept him out of the remaining months of the war. He was killed mountaineering in 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 July , 2018 Share Posted 23 July , 2018 Good work John. Perfect answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 23 July , 2018 Share Posted 23 July , 2018 Just done some more digging and the plane he crashed wasn’t another British plane, it was the same Sopwith Camel..........just rewards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 July , 2018 Share Posted 23 July , 2018 Sounds fair enough to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 (edited) Another young flier of distinction: Edited 24 July , 2018 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 Please sir I know, in my list of fliers as well...but I won’t say.He will definitely be a difficult one to find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 (edited) All gone quiet. Clues needed? Accused of treason and sentenced to death. Edited 24 July , 2018 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 3 minutes ago, neverforget said: All gone quiet. Clues needed? Sentenced to death for treason. Joseph Wehner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 3 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Joseph Wehner? Wrong nationality U.G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 1 hour ago, neverforget said: All gone quiet. Clues needed? Accused of treason and sentenced to death. Roger Casement, whilst recruiting for the Irish Brigade? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 No Ron. Still not the correct nationality. Became an official killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 24 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 24 July , 2018 The Tent Cap makes me think Portuguese, but the open collared tunic doesn't fit. Spanish or Danish ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 5 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: The Tent Cap makes me think Portuguese, but the open collared tunic doesn't fit. Spanish or Danish ? Neither of those three. We're narrowing it down. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 (edited) 51 minutes ago, neverforget said: Neither of those three. We're narrowing it down. 😊 The tricoleur on his cap makes me think, Italian. EDIT: perhaps I should have said, the tricolore. Edited 24 July , 2018 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 Not Italian either, but certainly one of our allies. Managed to wriggle out of the death sentence curtousy of a royal relation, but still died in a shoot-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 The uniform style, and particularly the rank insignia, suggest that he was in the French forces. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 3 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: The uniform style, and particularly the rank insignia, suggest that he was in the French forces. Ron There's no French connection Ron. A reminder that there was a royal relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 8 minutes ago, neverforget said: There's no French connection Ron. A reminder that there was a royal relative. Belgian, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 1 minute ago, Uncle George said: Belgian, then? I can bear it no longer! Russian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 24 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 24 July , 2018 Ah ! Greek ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 4 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: Ah ! Greek ? Russian, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 A good WIT- I haven't got a clue, though I have looked up most of the things flying in the Great War, including seagulls. Blimey! This guy is so obscure that if he piloted a two-seater, his own observer wouldn't recognize him-during the flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 July , 2018 Share Posted 24 July , 2018 2 minutes ago, voltaire60 said: A good WIT- I haven't got a clue, though I have looked up most of the things flying in the Great War, including seagulls. Blimey! This guy is so obscure that if he piloted a two-seater, his own observer wouldn't recognize him-during the flight I can assure you Mr.V; this is not an obscure guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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