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- [Death of Sandy and Hughes] - Australian War Memorial
On 17 December 1917, Lt Sandy and his observer, 559 Sergeant (Sgt) Henry Francis Hughes, of South Yarra, were flying over the battlefield ranging an 8 inch howitzer for the 151 British Siege Battery when their RE8 aircraft was attacked by six DVa Albatros Scouts between Deulemont and Armentieres
- Royal Aircraft Factory R. E. 8 - AFC | Warbirds Online
One very tragic and bizarre incident involved an R E 8 crewed by Lieutenant J L M Sandy (pilot) and Sergeant H F Hughes (observer) of 3 Sqn AFC The aircraft was involved in a dogfight with two other R E 8s of the Sqn when it was attacked by six Albatros D Va fighters and succeed in damaging one of them which landed in allied lines
- 3 Squadron RAAF History by Neil Smith - WW1
An extraordinary incident happened on the 17th December 1917, when an RE8 piloted by Lieutenant James Sandy with his observer, Sergeant Henry Hughes, was ranging artillery fire for the 8-inch Howitzers of the 151st Siege Battery
- A Derelict of the Air | Black White
Returning to his airfield, Sandy’s plane was attacked by six German Albatross scout planes Instead of trying to escape, he and Hughes fought back and forced one of the German planes to land in the Australian lines, its pilot wounded: his Albatross is now in the Australian War Memorial
- An Interview with James Leybourne (Lee) Smith, D. F. C
The inherent stability of this type of aircraft is demonstrated by the well-known incident in which 3 Squadron's Lieutenant Sandy and his observer, Sergeant Hughes, after being killed by a single enemy bullet while flying operationally in their RE8, remained airborne until their aircraft eventually ran out of juice and made a reasonably gentle
- The ghost plane - Australian War Memorial
Having had one piece of luck, Sandy and Hughes received another when a second RE8 from their squadron – crewed by Captain Jones and Lieutenant Hodgson – joined the fight Now the two Australian machines could cover each other and combine their defensive fire
- Royal Aircraft Factory RE. 8 - Aircrew Remembered site
'Lieutenant James Sandy with his observer, Sergeant Henry Hughes, was ranging artillery fire for the 8-inch Howitzers of the 151st Siege Battery 35 minutes after they'd started, they were attacked by six Albatross D 5a Scouts
- AlbatrosDVa - ADF-SERIALS
The RE8 was attacked by six Albatros D Va fighters, believed to be from Royal Prussian Jasta 29 based at Bellincamp Sandy and Hughes successfully defended themselves for some minutes and shot down an Albatros piloted by Leutnant Rudolf Clausz
- RE8 Harry Tate in 3 Squadron
In one of the most bizarre occurrences on the Western Front, RE8 A3816, flown by Lieutenant J L Sandy, with Sergeant H F Hughes as observer, was ranging an 8-inch howitzer battery on the afternoon of 17 December 1917, when it was attacked by six Albatros DVa scouts between Deulemont and Armentieres
- From the bizarre to the brilliant - Key Military
Lieutenant James Sandy and Sergeant Henry Hughes were flying their RE 8 reconnaissance bomber, A3816, as they spotted for the howitzers of the 151st Siege Battery Directing artillery fire on targets between Deûlémont and Armentières, their wireless transmissions ceased abruptly at 1452hrs
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