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Re: Fairy Battle loss 27.09.1939
Christian,
Draft details from my current work on The Battle of France Then & Now.
27 September 1939
103 SQUADRON Battle K9271. First attacked by French Curtiss H-75s then severely damaged by Bf109s of JGr.152 during photo-reconnaissance over the frontier between Bouzonville and the Rhine. Forced-landed on one wheel near Rohrbach 1.40 p.m. Flying Officer A. L. Vipan unhurt. Sergeant J.H. Vickers critically injured; died of wounds 5.10.39. AC1 J. E. Summers unhurt. Aircraft PM*G a write-off.
Sergeant Vickers was decorated with the French Medaille Militaire, the first such award to a member of the BEF. He was buried in the French Military Cemetery at St. Louis-Les-Bitche, and later reinterred in Choloy War Cemetery.
Last edited by Peter Cornwell; 17th August 2005 at 09:07.
Reason: Revised details
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