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Re: Photos Airco
Hello,
De Havilland 1a 4608
No.14 Sqn RFC.
Date on Sqn: 24/07/16
Date off: 05/03/1917
Shot down by enemy aircraft* while on recce mission.
5 Wing carried out a continuous offensive against Turkish troops withdrawing from Weli Sheikh Nuran, The first clue that a major withdrawal was in progress came on 5 March when the early reconnaissance by Lt Floyer and 2Lt CV Palmer failed to return. Search flights found the wreckage of the aircraft at Tel el Jemmi, but no sign of the crew. It was later learnt that they had been shot down by the German Ace, Hauptmann G(erhard) Felmy (!)*, and had been taken Prisoner of War ...
2Lt E A Floyer
2Lt C V Palmer
Both POW.
* Although other records indicate that they may have been shot down by anti-aircraft fire (fn.21: p.63)
See:
Winged Crusaders The Exploits of 14 Squadron RFC & RAF 1915-1945.
Napier,Michael.
Barnsley:Pen & Sword Aviation,2012.
pp.38-9, 63 (fn.21) & 294.
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 6th June 2020 at 08:58.
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