Just when I had posted that I hadn't seen aircraft explode in WOFF, this happened:



That wreck going down was Niemann's wingman, LZS Horst Marseille. A few seconds earlier he had attacked a formation of BE.2s. The observer must have hit the jackpot, because there was a huge explosion and the wingman disappeared in a cloud of debris!



A few seconds later this happened. It was the work of Gotthard Sachsenberg, who was in the same flight with Niemann. The Quirk in question was the same one that had brought Marseille down.

I was like eek for a while after this short action!


"Upon my word I've had as much excitement on a car as in the air, especially since the R.F.C. have had women drivers."

James McCudden, Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps