I am trying to find out when Pershing visited Estree-Blanche in the summer of 1917, any help appreciated.
Many thanks
john_g
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Pershing Visit to Estree-Blanche 1917
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john_g
, Apr 28 2012 09:47 PM
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alex revell
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Posted 30 April 2012 - 11:42 AM
John,
Any idea when this visit was supposed to have taken place.
Alex
Any idea when this visit was supposed to have taken place.
Alex
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john_g
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Posted 30 April 2012 - 09:27 PM
Hi Alex,
Gordon Taylor mentions it in his book Sopwith 7309 p156. All he says is that he was asked to give a bit of a show to Pershing and that on the same day a SPAD pilot killed himself by spinning into the ground, which he saw from a machine gun practice ground near by. I think it would have been when 19 Squadron were at Estrée-Blanche with SPADs from 31 May and 14 August. The only one I can find is, according to Derek Palmer 19 Squadron History Lt Riggs on a test flight in B1667 crashed into a field near the aerodrome and was killed on 22 July.
Pershing was around but was he at the drome?
cheers
john-g
Gordon Taylor mentions it in his book Sopwith 7309 p156. All he says is that he was asked to give a bit of a show to Pershing and that on the same day a SPAD pilot killed himself by spinning into the ground, which he saw from a machine gun practice ground near by. I think it would have been when 19 Squadron were at Estrée-Blanche with SPADs from 31 May and 14 August. The only one I can find is, according to Derek Palmer 19 Squadron History Lt Riggs on a test flight in B1667 crashed into a field near the aerodrome and was killed on 22 July.
Pershing was around but was he at the drome?
cheers
john-g
