Peterhastie Posted 9 September , 2014 Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Please could someone do a look up in "Airmen Died in the Great War" for this chap Date of death 03/11/1916 I am led to beleive he and his colleague were the 7th victims of the Red Baron http://www.militarian.com/threads/7th-victory-of-the-red-baron.8366/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 9 September , 2014 Share Posted 9 September , 2014 http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/ID/?7000290984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 9 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Thanks for that Crashed east of Englebelmer, and? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 9 September , 2014 Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Peter, I think that would be a contact the RAF Museum job. It is that he probably died: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/739499/BALDWIN,%20CUTHBERT%20GODFREY. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 9 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Ok, Thanks Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 9 September , 2014 Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Flight October 1917: http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1917/1917%20-%201062.PDF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgun1918 Posted 9 September , 2014 Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Sgt Cuthbert Godfrey Baldwin and 2nd Lt George Andrew Bentham were shot down in FE2b 7010 east of Englebelmer (about 7 Km north-north-west of Albert) on 3 November 1916 and are generally reckoned to have been shot down by Manfred von Richthofen as his seventh victory. The casualty report states "Seen to come down out of control E of Englebelmer with hostile machines above and under heavy shell fire on HA patrol. 24130 Sgt CG Baldwin missing/2Lt GA Bentham missing"; both men were killed. Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 9 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Thanks BFBSM and Topgun 1918 "HA patrol" High Altitude ? CGB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 9 September , 2014 Share Posted 9 September , 2014 HA = Hostile Aircraft. The FE2bs of No 18 Sqn RFC left Lavieville Aerodrome, west of Albert, at 11:35 to fly along the 5th Army front to deter German aircraft from crossing the lines. The British were near the end of their time over the front when they fought Jasta 2 at 13:10. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 9 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2014 Brilliant!, thanks Dolphin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwrsimon Posted 10 September , 2014 Share Posted 10 September , 2014 Peter Have you seen this on the NEWMP site? http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1110&displayorder=201 Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 10 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 10 September , 2014 Hello Simon Thanks for that and no I hadn't seen it. It is the memorial in St James's Church i am researching. http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 11 September , 2014 Share Posted 11 September , 2014 Looks like his service record was transferred to the Air Ministry with the rest of the RFC records, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10738354 so you should be able to find it on FindMyPast. Seems to be a Red Cross card for him too that indicates a Belfast connection http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/3307292/3/2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwrsimon Posted 11 September , 2014 Share Posted 11 September , 2014 David Yes, it's available on findmypast.co.uk. His entry in the de Revigny's Roll of Honour is on ancestry.co.uk, as is his Royal Aero Club Aviator's certificate. Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 12 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 12 September , 2014 Thanks David and Simon I already have his service record from NA and Find my Past also the Royal Aero Club Aviator's certificate and de Revigny's Roll of Honour. I didn't have the Red Cross card, what is the relevance of that, having not come across one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 13 September , 2014 Share Posted 13 September , 2014 As he was reported missing, not dead, his family enquired to the Red Cross to see if he had been reported POW, or if a burial was reported by the Germans. They received two negative responses (negatif envoye) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 13 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 13 September , 2014 Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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