SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> World War I
AIRCRAFT >> OTHER AIRCRAFT >> FE-8
Catalog Number:
1993.219
Location:
5TH FLOOR, 7
Description:
The British Continued To Develop Pusher Fighters Long After They Were Obsolete. The Fe-8 Fighter Did Not Reach The Front Until August 1916 When The Superior German Albatross Fighters Of Jasta-Boelcke Were Already In Service. The Result Was The Two Squadrons Of Fe-8s Suffered Heavy Casualties. On January 23, 1917, Lt. J. Hay Of No. 40 Squadron R.F.C. Met The New Leader Of Jasta-11, The Baron Von Richthofen In His New D-3 Albatros Who Shot Him Down On Fire, For His 17th Victory. Lt. Hay Jumped To His Death Rather Than Burn To Death. On 9 March, Five Albatros D-3s Shot Down Four Fe-8s Of No. 40 Squadron And Badly Damaged Another Four. They Were Finally Withdrawn In April 1917.
