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2014-08-28

Video: "Beautiful Lancaster Formation at Eastbourne 2014




Shame on me I was not there


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The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster in formation with the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster over Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow 2014.

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[Friends of the League of WWI Aviation Historians] Sunday, 23 August 1914: drizzling rain in the...

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Walter Pieters
Walter Pieters 3:14pm Aug 23
Sunday, 23 August 1914: drizzling rain in the morning, cleared later but low clouds stayed in the afternoon.
Whilst II Esc.HF was at Saint-Gerard, the German assault brought them 200 m from the airfield, so the unit was again on the run. Four men of their flying personnel were reported missing in the evening: Lieutenants F.Jacquet, J.Jaumotte, & L.Bussy & Sgt E.Demuyter. In the evening the unit was at Philippeville with three aircraft. Lieutenant Soumoy went to France in order to get better aircraft & trying to find a new airfield for his unit, passed over his command temporarily to Lieutenant Isserentant.
Barely arrived at Philippeville, the French army instructed the ill-fated unit further away, as the Germans were now advancing from Charleroi. It was then that the decision was made to try to get to Antwerp through Maubeuge & the coast, an operation which proved unrealisable in the end. Lieutenant Daumerie had his Nazaret car changed into an armored car, & driven by Prince Joseph de Caraman, they went to Haybes to assist French
troops guarding a passage over the Meuse. With their Hotchkiss machine-gun they successfully stopped the Germans from trying to cross the river during the night. On the morning of the 25th, they finally went back to their unit as their ammunition was now all spent.
Reconnaissance missions: 3
• Lt J.Jaumotte-L.Bussy, II Esc.HF – engaged by ground fire.
Escaped skimming the treetops & hedge-hopping away.
• Lt F.Isserentant-S/Lt P.Hiernaux, II Esc.HF – crashed on take off, Farman destroyed, crew slightly.injured.

[Friends of the League of WWI Aviation Historians] 24 August 1914: IIme Escadrille HF was obliged to...

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Walter Pieters
Walter Pieters 9:13am Aug 24
24 August 1914: IIme Escadrille HF was obliged to withdraw to Petit-Chapelle, close to Chimay and home town of Fernand Jacquet. On the 24th, the unit was reported 'missing in action'.
Lieutenant Adhémar Tapproge, still hospitalised after his crash on August 6th, was made prisoner when the Germans took over Namur.
Reconnaissance missions: 5
• Lts R.Dhanis-E.Bronne, III Esc.HF, 1636-1810 – hit by six bullets between Waelhem & Grimbergen.
• Lts J.Soumoy-F.Petit, II Esc.HF – forced to land at Chimay.
These reconnaissances unveiled the German advance in the south
west of Belgium.