Red Lights on the Somme by G. S. Willmott

Author:G. S. Willmott [Willmott, G. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Fiction, War Fiction
ISBN: 9781742984186
Publisher: Garry Willmott
Published: 2014-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

By September 8 1916, Richthofen had arrived in Lagnicourt. Boelcke then taught them all he knew about aerial combat.

‘We were all beginners; none of us had previously been credited with a success. Whatever Boelcke told us was taken as gospel. We knew that in the last few days he had shot down at least one Englishman a day, and many times two every morning. . . . We approached the enemy squadron slowly, but it could no longer escape us. We were between the Front and the enemy. If he wanted to go back, he would have to go by us. We counted seven enemy airplanes, and opposed them with only five… . The Englishman near me was a big, dark-coloured barge. I did not ponder long and took aim at him. He shot and I shot, but we both missed. The fight then began. I tried to get behind him because I could only shoot in the direction I was flying. This was not necessary for him, as his observer’s rotating machine gun could reach all sides. But this fellow was no beginner, for he knew very well that the moment I succeeded in getting behind him, his last hour would be sounded. At the time I did not have the conviction I have now that “he must fall,” but, rather, I was much more anxious to see if he would fall, and that is a significant difference… .’

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