1918 RE8 forces to land a Halberstadt CLII - Steve Anderson.
The incident depicted in actually quite famous; the RE8 was from No. 3 Sqdn Australian Flying Corps. The Aussies of that squadron flew their RE8's very aggressively (more like Bristol Fighters), and this wasn't the only victory they claimed. They liked flying the RE8.
On 9 June 1918, the crew of Lts. R C Armstrong and F J Mart of No 3 Sqdn had noticed the Halberstadt headed for home, and Armstrong headed it off "spoiling for a fight." The German crew were "lost and inexperienced," (according to Aussie sources) and showed little inclination to resist. They allowed themselves to be herded back in a westerly direction towards the Aussie's airfield at Flesselles, followed by the RE8 100 yards behind them. The Halberstadt landed at the No. 3 Sqdn airfield, soon followed by Armstrong and Mart. Some sources have the CL.II landing at Villers Bocage.
The Halberstadt was CL.II 1534/17, and it came from Schlasta 13. The crew consisted of Gefreiter Kuesler and Vzfw. Müllenbach. The CL.II was given the captured a/c number G/5Bde/16, and detailed technical reports were made of it, and numerous photos taken. Its colors and markings were recorded in the reports, thus it has always been a popular subject for modelers. It was handed over to the Australian government as a war trophy. Unfortunately, unlike Clauss' Albatros D.Va of Jasta 29 and a Pfalz D.XII, for some reason it did not survive to be displayed today in the Australian War memorial.
Greg VanWyngarden.
1918 De Havilland DH9 - Don Greer.
1918 Fokker DVII Ernst Udet - Shigeo Koike.
1918 A stranded Brandenburg seaplane is captured by a British sailing ship - James Dietz.
1918 Handley Page 0-400 - Lukasz Kasperczyk.