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No. 6011, Capt. Arthur G. Knight, No. 24 Squadron RFC, 1916
No. 7851, Capt. William G. S. Curphey, No. 32 Squadron RFC, Flight C, France, 1916
Arthur Gerald Knight gained his first aerial
victory on this aircraft on June 22, 1916. His
victim was identified as a two-seat German LVG,
destroyed in the vicinity of Courcelette in France.
Knight shot down eight enemy aircraft up to the
time of his death, all of which were achieved
with DH-2. On October 28, 1916, he participated
in combat where a fatal collision between Jasta
2 CO Oswald Boelcke and his colleague Erwin
Boehme occurred. On December 20, 1916, Knight
died, as he became the thirteenth victim of
German legend Manfred von Richthofen.
William George Sellar Curphey gained a kill
identified as a two-seat LVG on August 22, 1916,
flying this airplane and he shot down six enemy
aircraft altogether prior to his death on May 15,
1917. All his victories were achieved with DH-2
and No. 32 Sqn. The service career of this aircraft
ended on January 7, 1917, at 1230 when it was shot
down by Lt. d. R. Erwin Boehme of Jasta 2. At that
time, E. G. S. Wagner of No. 32 Sqn, member was
flying it. He did not survive and became Boehme’s
ninth victim. Boehme reached a total of 24 kills
by the end of the war. The black wheel discs
with white centers and the C 1 code identify this
aircraft as a part of No. 32 Sqn C Flight.
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