_index,_type,_id,_score,_source/admin/id,_source/admin/uid,_source/admin/uuid,_source/description/0/value,_source/lifecycle/creation/0/maker/0/summary_title,_source/membership,_source/name/0/value,_source/summary_title,_source/type/base,_source/agents/0/@link/role/0/value,_source/agents/0/admin/id,_source/agents/0/admin/uid,_source/agents/0/admin/uuid,_source/agents/0/summary_title,_source/certainty/date/earliest,_source/certainty/date/iso,_source/certainty/date/latest,_source/certainty/date/role/0/value,_source/certainty/level,_source/lifestories/0/admin/id,_source/lifestories/0/admin/uid,_source/lifestories/0/admin/uuid,_source/lifestories/0/summary_title,_source/locations/0/country,_source/sources/0/description,_source/sources/0/id,_source/sources/0/name,_source/sources/0/title,_source/sources/0/type,_source/sources/0/url/0,_source/title/0/value,_source/date/earliest,_source/date/from/earliest,_source/date/from/iso,_source/date/from/latest,_source/date/latest,_source/date/range,_source/sources/0/reference,_source/date/to/earliest,_source/date/to/iso,_source/date/to/latest,_source/locations/0/place ciim,community,lfww-community-6747,31.12383,community-6747,lfww-community-6747,628153b9-65c5-39e6-9226-81411f8d39e7,"This community seeks to bring together those aircrews shot down by the ‘Eagle of Lille’ - Germany’s first air Ace until his death in 1916.",Trevor65535,7,"Shot Down by Max Immelmann","Shot Down by Max Immelmann",community ciim,story,lfww-story-99857,21.693829,story-99857,lfww-story-99857,92c7522b-87ec-306f-a96e-4c7e64480699,"Arthur’s son John Raymond Boscawen Savage was shot down and killed by Max Immelmann. He was Immelmann’s last ‘kill’.",Trevor65535,,,"Death of a Son",story,subject,person-3911375,lfww-person-3911375,4a176145-1f6a-3cb6-852d-848a990fbf51,"Arthur Raymond Boscawen Savage",1916,1916-06-18,1916,"known at",known,person-3912478,lfww-person-3912478,242456c9-6ec8-38cc-9e9b-24e4f5f1362c,"John Raymond Boscawen Savage",France,"LOTFWW life story of John Raymond Boscawen Savage. His son.",9518904,"Lives of the First World War","Death of a son",4,https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3912478,"Death of a Son" ciim,community,lfww-community-8429,21.353539,community-8429,lfww-community-8429,51addb7b-2f6d-3c0d-9599-507f0df68041,"This community brings together those who were involved in the death of Max Immelmann- the Eagle of Lille",Trevor65535,3,"The Eagle of Lille’s Last Flight","The Eagle of Lille’s Last Flight",community,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ciim,story,lfww-story-46058,18.198399,story-46058,lfww-story-46058,adfe39c0-38bc-309e-b87b-0043674b0ef4,"When Alan Hobbs flew his plane over Skinners in July 1915 the war in the air was reaching a critical turning point. Until the late spring planes on both sides had largely been used for reconnaissance. The planes had recently been armed with machine guns but they were largely used for defence. Then in May, Fokker introduced the very first ""fighter plane"" with the invention of the front facing, propeller-synchronised machine gun. The first of these Fokker Eindeckers was delivered to the 24 year old pilot Max Immelmann pictured below, and he claimed his first aerial victory on August 1st. Despite the machine gun fire these battles remained very gentlemanly. The opposing British pilot Lieutenant William Reid fought back valiantly, flying with his left hand and firing a pistol with his right. Nonetheless, Immelmann's machine gun took effect. Reid suffered four wounds in his left arm, and his airplane's engine quit, causing a crash landing. The unarmed Immelmann landed nearby, and approached Reid; they shook hands and Immelmann said to the British pilot ""You are my prisoner."" and pulled Reid out of the wreckage and rendered first aid. By the end of September Immelmann had claimed 5 more victories in the air to become the first German ace. As summer turned to Autumn, Alan Hobbs would have been very aware of this new menace whenever he took to the skies. On the 15th December, 1915, Alan Hobbs took off from 3 Squadron's airbase in Auchel for a long reconnaissance flight behind enemy lines with his observer / gunner Charles Tudor-Jones. It was to be their last flight. As Max Immelmann described afterwards: “When we were still 500-600 metres apart he [the gunner Tudor-James] opened furious fire on me but the distance was too great for him to succeed.. Then I began to shoot … there were only 50 metres between us …I saw the enemy observer fiddling with his gun. Probably it had jammed. I had to use the moment. I let off 150 rounds. Suddenly the enemy monoplane reared up, the propeller pointing skyward. Then it turned over on its right wing and whirled down in a nose dive” A contemporary French account recorded the event as follows: “On Wednesday 15th December, at 8.30 in the morning, we witnessed a sad spectacle as an aerial combat took place at 200 metres altitude. A German plane, the latest model, armed with machine guns was pursuing a French aircraft which had been given to the army by the town of Beauvais, crewed by two English officers. The battle, which started over Douai, came to an end over Raismes since the German plane, which was very powerful, easily caught up with the French plane whose observer shot several times fell and landed in a tree on the boulevard near the level-crossing at Raismes station. The plane went into a spin and crashed between two properties, not far from the town square. As they fell, the Priest, who was watching this aerial combat, gave absolution to these brave men. The pilot was found in the wreck 500m from his comrade"". Barely a week after celebrating his 21st birthday, Alan Hobbs was dead - the 7th victim of Germany's most deadly flying ace.",Richard106785,,,"SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FLYING ACE 'BLUE' MAX IMMELMAN",story,subject,person-1902270,lfww-person-1902270,590b4779-3dae-38fb-a4d8-3f1da3327226,"Alan Victor Hobbs",1915,1915-12-15,1915,"known at",known,,,,,,,,,,,,"SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FLYING ACE 'BLUE' MAX IMMELMAN" ciim,story,lfww-story-54003,18.198399,story-54003,lfww-story-54003,84aac751-1f44-368b-b340-2d69c020dec9,"When Alan Hobbs flew his plane over Skinners in July 1915 the war in the air was reaching a critical turning point. Until the late spring planes on both sides had largely been used for reconnaissance. The planes had recently been armed with machine guns but they were largely used for defence. Then in May, Fokker introduced the very first ""fighter plane"" with the invention of the front facing, propeller-synchronised machine gun. The first of these Fokker Eindeckers was delivered to the 24 year old pilot Max Immelmann pictured below, and he claimed his first aerial victory on August 1st. Despite the machine gun fire these battles remained very gentlemanly. The opposing British pilot Lieutenant William Reid fought back valiantly, flying with his left hand and firing a pistol with his right. Nonetheless, Immelmann's machine gun took effect. Reid suffered four wounds in his left arm, and his airplane's engine quit, causing a crash landing. The unarmed Immelmann landed nearby, and approached Reid; they shook hands and Immelmann said to the British pilot ""You are my prisoner."" and pulled Reid out of the wreckage and rendered first aid. By the end of September Immelmann had claimed 5 more victories in the air to become the first German ace. As summer turned to Autumn, Alan Hobbs would have been very aware of this new menace whenever he took to the skies. On the 15th December, 1915, Alan Hobbs took off from 3 Squadron's airbase in Auchel for a long reconnaissance flight behind enemy lines with his observer / gunner Charles Tudor-Jones. It was to be their last flight. As Max Immelmann described afterwards: “When we were still 500-600 metres apart he [the gunner Tudor-James] opened furious fire on me but the distance was too great for him to succeed.. Then I began to shoot … there were only 50 metres between us …I saw the enemy observer fiddling with his gun. Probably it had jammed. I had to use the moment. I let off 150 rounds. Suddenly the enemy monoplane reared up, the propeller pointing skyward. Then it turned over on its right wing and whirled down in a nose dive” A contemporary French account recorded the event as follows: “On Wednesday 15th December, at 8.30 in the morning, we witnessed a sad spectacle as an aerial combat took place at 200 metres altitude. A German plane, the latest model, armed with machine guns was pursuing a French aircraft which had been given to the army by the town of Beauvais, crewed by two English officers. The battle, which started over Douai, came to an end over Raismes since the German plane, which was very powerful, easily caught up with the French plane whose observer shot several times fell and landed in a tree on the boulevard near the level-crossing at Raismes station. The plane went into a spin and crashed between two properties, not far from the town square. As they fell, the Priest, who was watching this aerial combat, gave absolution to these brave men. The pilot was found in the wreck 500m from his comrade"". Barely a week after celebrating his 21st birthday, Alan Hobbs was dead - the 7th victim of Germany's most deadly flying ace.",Vincent96527,,,"SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FLYING ACE 'BLUE' MAX IMMELMAN",story,subject,person-2142576,lfww-person-2142576,825f49ce-3201-394b-911c-5db6158d7f36,"Charles Edward Tudor-Jones",,,,,,person-1902270,lfww-person-1902270,590b4779-3dae-38fb-a4d8-3f1da3327226,"Alan Victor Hobbs",,"Lives - Alan Victor Hobbs - an account of the shooting down of his plane.",8936563,,"Lives - Alan Victor Hobbs",4,https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1902270,"SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FLYING ACE 'BLUE' MAX IMMELMAN" ciim,story,lfww-story-99842,17.887493,story-99842,lfww-story-99842,092dbb31-8808-334f-b003-1ae3f186e04b,"George Reynolds McCubbin has only been in France a few weeks when he, and his Observer acting Sergeant James H Waller were involved in aerial combat with Max Immelmann - the Eagle of Lille - and at the time Germany’s leading air ace. As Immelman was attacking a British FE2B plane he became a target himself and was shot down and killed by McCubbin and Waller.",Trevor65535,,,"The Last Flight of the Eagle of Lille",story,subject,person-6863090,lfww-person-6863090,8cf301b2-f99a-3894-a372-a70ea08d987c,"George Reynolds Mccubbin",,,,,,,,,,,"Account of fighter tactics and discussion of fighter aces during WW1",9518690,"ASIN: B01227D5IM","Fighter Pilots Handbook - Magic, Death and Glory in the Golden Age of Flight",5,,"The Last Flight of the Eagle of Lille",1916,1916,1916-06-18,1916,1916,1,"Amazon Kindle" ciim,story,lfww-story-13621,12.718438,story-13621,lfww-story-13621,78345084-e318-3f27-89bf-90c9578fc3cf,"After coming to England with a Canadian regiment, Caws transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in February 1915 and, on training as a Pilot, was posted to No 10 Squadron, one of the first units to form as the RFC expanded as part of the British Army. With his Observer, Lt W H Sugden-Wilson, 2Lt Caws was out on a recconnaissance sortie on the morning of 21 September 1915 when they were attacked by two Fokker aircraft and shot down. (The 'kill' is attributed to Leutenant Max Immelmann, one of the early German 'Aces.') Caws was hit and his Observer attempted to gain some control of the aircraft before it crashed at Vimy Ridge. Caws did not survive and was 10 Squadron's first death in action. Sugden-Wilson was badly injured, but he survived as a POW.",Ian56559,,,"No 10 Squadron's first death in action",story,subject,person-5511065,lfww-person-5511065,71c49dfe-878c-3eb3-bf5f-43bd761abcb5,"Stanley Winther Caws",1915,1915-09-21,1915,"known at",known,,,,,,,,,,,,"No 10 Squadron's first death in action",,,,,,, ciim,story,lfww-story-103259,5.42401,story-103259,lfww-story-103259,716ecc94-be37-3504-9814-af682a8fcef0,"One Hundred years ago. At 7-25pm on the 8th September 1918 on the Great War Airfield at Scampton in Lincolnshire, an Officer Cadet throttled back the engine of Avro 504K number E3469 and signalled to the ground crew to pull the chocks clear. He adjusted the two levers controlling the fuel mixture to gain full power and took to the air. The flight lasted fifteen minutes reaching at height of 2000 feet. With perhaps a sigh of relief, he had accomplished his first solo flight. This Officer Cadet was my Father. He joined the Royal Flying Corps two days after his eighteenth birthday, on 15th November 1917 at the RFC Depot South Farnborough in Hampshire. The R.F.C. was part of the army at this time, so men would undergo basic training before doing specialised trade training. Many hotels and big house had been commandeered for the men in Hasting. This is where Frederick Nathaniel Martin No 110146 was attached to the No 2 Officer Cadet Wing at Carlisle Place in Hastings. Fred had completed nearly three years as a Motor Mechanic before his service which was an asset in understanding the aircraft engines. When this basic training was completed he was posted to No.6 School of Aeronautics at Bristol on the 23rd February 1918 for a month of lectures learning about aeroplanes, flight and their engines. It was then on to the Armament School at Uxbridge to learn how to fire the Lewis and Vickers guns in which Fred was certified as proficient. No longer were aircraft thought of as an observation tool that the army used, but a fighting machine capable of waging its own war. A Major in the RFC named Robert Smith-Barry who commanded a flight in France in 1916, was so shocked by the incompetence of the new pilots sent to the front, that he developed a new theory of flying instruction. Smith-Barry believed that the pupil should always be in control of the aircraft and the instructor only would use his controls to escape a too-dangerous moment or to conduct and demonstrate more complicated manoeuvres. This was to become known as the Gosport System and is most likely the method used to train Fred when he began flight training on the 1st June 1918 at Scampton in Lincolnshire. Forced Landings and Gliding were early lessons as the engines often cut out; the pilot would have to be able to glide until he got the engine started again or find a suitable landing area. As he progressed more complex manoeuvres were introduced, vertical banks and spirals sometimes climbing to 7000ft. These tactics would be needed by Fred when confronting enemy aircraft. (One such was the Immelmann turn named after Max Immelmann a German pilot ‘Ace’). I quote from the book about the Royal Flying Corps pilots ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ by Joshua Levine. “The pilot would dive past his target, before pulling out of the dive into a loop. At the top of the loop he would perform a half-roll which would leave him in an upright position, with enough height to mount another attack The instructors were officers who had seen service in the war. They may have had an injury or completed their allotted combat hours. Fred had two Canadian trainers, Lt James Vans MacDonald, whose father was of Scottish descent. Another was Lt David Luther Burgess who had joined the Army in Canada. He was seconded to the RFC and during July and August 1917, he was in action in France as an Observer and was awarded the Military Cross. Although most of the training was done in the aerodrome vicinity, reconnaissance flights did take place. The first was over the Humber. Others were flights to Brigg, Market Rasen, Waddington and Harlaxton. There were several tests that took place. The engine was not easy to control and the Avro 504k was capable of using several different engines and tests on running the 80hp and 110hp Le Rhone was noted. Instruction also took place in firing the gun, Fred used 100 rounds, and filming was another skill to learn that he practised. A height test to 7000ft and a cross country test and formation flying were also logged. Fred was entering his final phase of training to be a combat pilot. On the 11th November 1918 Fred was out training. At 08.10 he was accompanied by Lt Burgess doing a duel test in Avro 3462, later he went up on his own practising ‘dog fights’ In Europe, the Powers were gathering to sign the Armistice. He may have known of what was taking place and that it would have a bearing on his own situation. Although the next week was very busy which included a lot of stunt practice and a compass test via Kirton and Lindsey, thereafter training rapidly slowed up. Towards the end of January 1919 four more flight entries were made covering general flying. The last flight entry perhaps may have summed up his situation as his last take-off didn’t last very long, at 11.15 they were up for 5mins to a height 500ft; his remarks were ‘Engine Dud’. His very last entry in his log book was ‘Flying for Week Ending 11th Feb 1919 Nil.’ By the ti",Colin133273,,,"One Hundred Years Ago",story,subject,person-6731896,lfww-person-6731896,348411c3-8f91-3880-8a5b-9e1d5085e2be,"Frederick Nathaniel Martin",,,,,,,,,,"United Kingdom",,,,,,,"One Hundred Years Ago",1917,1917,1917,1917,1919,1,,1919,1919,1919,"RAF Scampton Lincolnshire"