Airmen - Dorme, Deullin And Guynemer 1916

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Airmen - Dorme, Deullin and Guynemer - 1916.

Location of events unknown.

CU of one of the flying aces in the cockpit; wearing helmet. CU Next flyer; seated on top of his aeroplane; with legs hanging down into cockpit area. Pilot number 3 also CU in cockpit; turning to look at camera....

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71864
Sort Number:
ON 026 H
Time in/Out:
01:23:05:00 / 01:23:33:00
Canister:
ON 026 H
Film ID:
1868.22
Issue Date:
1916

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  • The three men featured in this clip are all French WWI fighter aces.

    The first man, seen at 00:01, is Rene Dorme. He achieved 23 aerial victories. He was shot down and killed on 25 May 1917.

    The second man, seen at 00:09, is Albert Deullin. He was credited with 20 aerial victories. He died in a plane crash on 29 May 1923.

    The third man, seen at 00:19, is Georges Guynemer. The stork emblem seen on his aircraft tells us that at the time of filming he was with Escadrille N.3 (Stork Squadron). Guynemer was credit with 53 aerial victories. He went missing on 11 September 1917.

    jamied 26th May 2012

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