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24.04.1917 - Bernard Awarded the Military Cross
April 24 4.15 – 5.35
Went out with Heaven to knock out
another battery. Saw 4 Hun Scouts coming up
so cleared for action. Were attacked by all four
atfirst {sic}. Two then broke off, and we set to.
Spiralling, and dodging, to keep them off my
tail. Heaven fired hard in bursts. Tracers
could be seen entering their fuselages. The poor
old Quirk shivere…
Creator
- Bernard Curtis Rice (-)
Subject
Type of item
- Diary
- Diary
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- 3p1w - London
Creation date
- 1917-04-24
Places
- Frankreich
- France
Current location
- London
Provenance
- 3P1W, Royal Air Force Museum (RAFM)
Identifier
- 24.04.1917 (inventory number) |
- 19326 (technical number)
Format
- Paper
- Paper
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-15T13:43:53.262Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-01-24T09:12:14.336Z