neverforget Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Uncle George said: Is he Leon Thrasher? Indeed he is. Well played U.G. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrasher_incident Reportedly the first American citizen to be killed in WW1 https://todayinhistory.blog/2017/03/28/march-28-1915-thrasher-incident/ Edited 28 March , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 57 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Is he Leon Thrasher? How did you arrive at that conclusion, Uncle George? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 And who are these two ? again they fit into the first of category in 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 Is one them William Crossley Wale? https://www.medalsofengland.com/medals.php?id=162&medalid=1646 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 2 hours ago, Ron Clifton said: How did you arrive at that conclusion, Uncle George? Ron By googling ‘March 1918’ then ‘March 1917’ and so on until an event on a 28th fitted the clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 Sorry NF not Wale in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 Ok. Looking at other angles. Back with the answer soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 5 hours ago, Knotty said: And who are these two ? again they fit into the first of category in 1916 Tom Rees and Lionel Morris? They were apparently the first victims of the Red Baron. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 33 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Tom Rees and Lionel Morris? They were apparently the first victims of the Red Baron. Ron And how did you arrive at that conclusion Ron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 Judicious Googling - just as Uncle George did. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 Correct ....... Captain Tom Rees & 2nd Lt Lionel Morris, flying a FE 2b (7018) on Sept 17 1916 shot down by Richthofen, Rees (observer) killed in his plane and Morris(pilot) landed the plane but was mortally wounded. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/second-lieutenant-lionel-bertram-frank-morris/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Here we have a three-in-one for you to get your teeth into. Once you find one, the other two will follow more easily. All three fought on the same side in the Great War, and all have strong links to one another aside from that. The chap in the middle set a world record in flight, and the outer two both had the same civilian vocation in literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 I think I can safely say that the top image in uniform is not WW1 Japanese issue. The belt buckle looks Austrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 5 minutes ago, Knotty said: I think I can safely say that the top image in uniform is not WW1 Japanese issue. The belt buckle looks Austrian You're quite right about the uniform, but the belt buckle, though remarkably similar to an Austrian example, is quite the opposite, it could be said, or perhaps to be more pedantic, in direct opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Looks Serbian to me, which would fit the clues. That is all I've got though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 5 minutes ago, Heid the Ba said: Looks Serbian to me, which would fit the clues. That is all I've got though. Not Serbian either, but another allied country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 48 minutes ago, Knotty said: I think I can safely say that the top image in uniform is not WW1 Japanese issue. The belt buckle looks Austrian 17 minutes ago, Heid the Ba said: Looks Serbian to me, which would fit the clues. That is all I've got though. Considering how unclear the image is, I will offer you this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Ok more clues to prompt you. The outer two were both poets, and the aviator's world record was set in 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 (edited) The Japanese-Italian is Shimoi Harukichi. I should have guessed that he was Italian from the Arditi dagger. Edit: Which leads us to Arturo Ferrarin who set a record for the distance flown in a flight to Brazil in 1928. Edited 29 March , 2019 by Heid the Ba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 9 minutes ago, Heid the Ba said: The Japanese-Italian is Shimoi Harukichi. I should have guessed that he was Italian from the Arditi dagger. Edit: Which leads us to Arturo Ferrarin who set a record for the distance flown in a flight to Brazil in 1928. Correct. Well done. 2 out of 3. The third will be identified presently I expect, which will then clarify the various links between the three of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 If as I believe that Heid the Ba is correct then the second chap down is the Italian pilot Arturo Ferrarin, the aviator who flew non stop Italy to Brazil in 1928, and was involved with Harukichi ,who had been one of those who devised the Rome to Tokyo Air race of 1920, in which he took part and won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 1 minute ago, Knotty said: If as I believe that Heid the Ba is correct then the second chap down is the Italian pilot Arturo Ferrarin, the aviator who flew non stop Italy to Brazil in 1928, and was involved with Harukichi ,who had been one of those who devised the Rome to Tokyo Air race of 1920, in which he took part and won. Correct John, but alas a few minutes late. Still number three is up for grabs to complete the conundrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 I think I have the chap but struggling to finalise the connection unless it is simply aviators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Knotty said: I think I have the chap but struggling to finalise the connection unless it is simply aviators? There are various factors that connect any two of them, but the one common denominator is that they all fought in the Italian armed forces. I will add other details later. Edited army to armed forces. Apologies. Edited 29 March , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Ok I will try Gabrielle D’Annunzio who “bombed” Vienna with thousands of leaflets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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