Peck & Williams 30 Oct 1917

[stevenbecker]

Mates,

 

Can you confirm the bring down of a German aircraft 30 Oct 1917.

 

The British Offical History page 236 

 

That the Bristol flown by Capt AH Peck and Capt JJ Lloyd- Williams 

 

They brougth down a German recee aircraft and the two crew were captured?

 

Do we known the details?

 

Which German crew , what aircraft, what Sqn (Jasta) and other details?

 

Cheers

 

S.B

[topgun1918]

Steve

 

Capt A H Peck & Capt J J Lloyd-Williams, No 111 Squadron, in Bristol Fighter A7194, claimed a two-seater brought down in Allied territory north-west of Khalasa, the crew reportedly taken prisoner.  If it was a two-seater, it would not have come from a Jagdstaffel.  Unfortunately, I have nothing in my files that identifies the German aeroplane or crew.

 

Graeme

 

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Thank you.

 

Yes I can not find anyone either and as the Two Ottoman Sqn's in Palestine were far away from that area (both in the Maan - Amman Area), its unknown who these were.

 

I wonder if they mixed some claims up as they got one on 8 Nov 

 

I was also after any details on these aircraft in the same book dated 26 April 1916 page 280 in Mesopotamia

 

They claim the new German planes shot down a Seaplane and in another action Lt DAL Davidson was wounded in a BE 2c by a Fokker.

 

The so called new Sqn (Jasta) was 2 Sqn of the Ottoman Airforce, a mixed German and Ottoman Sqn, which just arrived in Baghdad but was flying Pfalz A2 but no Fokkers.

 

On the 13 August they claim a Fokker shot down over Shumran Airodrome the first to fall on that Front?

 

Can these claims be confirmed and are there any details on them?

 

Cheers

 

S.B

Edited 16 January , 2018 by stevebecker