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February 14, 1917
Victory 20
Victory 20
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"Combat Report: 1200 hrs. BE two-seater. Lens-Hulloch road, west of Loos. Occupants: one killed, the other severely wounded. Name of pilot: Lieutenant Bonnet (died). No details concerning plane, as wreckage landed in the fire zone.
After flying back from a conference with Jasta Boelcke, I spotted an enemy artillery flyer at a height of 2.000 metres, west of Loos. I attacked the enemy and approached him unnoticed to some 50 metres. After several hundred shots, the plane dashed down, falling into our trenches. The pilot was killed in the air, observer seriously injured when landing. Weather: fine."
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