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No. 1 Aeroplane Depot in Saint-Omer. The German
crew was attacked three times in total, and after
the machine crashed at Flêtre, the airmen on
board showed no signs of life. The identity of
the Fokker pilot who flew over the front and
smoothly landed at the enemy airfield on April 8,
1916, with 210/16 remains unclear.
The second almost undamaged Fokker E.III
fell into the hands of the French Air Service
just two days later, on April 10, 1916, under
equally strange circumstances. The event
also had several eyewitnesses, and there
were even two photographers present at the
scene of the incident. One of them, Jacques
Tournadour d'Albay enjoyed, besides taking
his colleagues' portraits in the manner of
Transporting the partially dismantled aircraft from the emergency landing site.
This is likely machine 196/16 (serial no. 488). Photo: Greg VanWyngarden
Nieuport 10 (833) of Esc. N 38, crewed by Sgt. Gustave Douchy (pilot) and S/Lt. Francois Roederer (observer),
after a failed landing in a field near Courmelois on April 10, 1916. Photo: L'Argonnaute
Fokker E.III 196/16 (serial no. 488) was apparently photographed on April 10, 1916, during transport from
Courmelois to Châlons, where it was displayed to the public the following day. Photo: L'Argonnaute
Gustave Douchy of Esc. N 38 stands in front of a fighter
aircraft Spad XIII. He claimed his first victory on April 10,
1916, during a duel with the pilot of Fokker E.III 196/16 (se
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rial no. 488), but his kill was not confirmed. This appren-
tice blacksmith and former aircraft mechanic achieved
his first confirmed victory on May 5, 1916, and by June
1918 had added eight confirmed victories to his account,
with a further eight not recognized. Photo: Gallica
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