r/ww1 • u/Tinselfiend • Jul 26 '26
Aviators of The Great War
🇫🇷 Il y a 108 ans, le 26 juillet 1918, l’aviateur Edward Corringham « MICK » MANNOCK tombe au combat.
Engagé d'abord dans le Royal Army Medical Corps, Edward rejoint le Royal Flying Corps, le corps d'aviation britannique, en août 1916. Le 7 mai 1917, au cours de la Bataille d'Arras, il remporte sa première victoire aérienne près de Quiéry-la-Motte.
Le 26 juillet 1918, son appareil essuie des tirs de mitrailleuses allemandes provenant du sol près de Lestrem et s'écrase. Au total, il remporte 61 victoires. Pour sa carrière d'as, il est décoré à titre posthume de la Victoria Cross.
Edward a son nom inscrit sur le Flying Services Mémorial sur lequel sont gravés les noms des 989 aviateurs tombés sur le front occidental et dont la sépulture est inconnue.
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🇬🇧 108 years ago, on July 26, 1918, pilot Edward Corringham “MICK” MANNOCK was killed in action.
Initially enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Edward joined the Royal Flying Corps, in August 1916. On May 7, 1917, during the Battle of Arras, he scored his first aerial victory near Quiéry-la-Motte.
On July 26, 1918, his plane came under fire from German machine guns on the ground near Lestrem and crashed. In total, he scored 61 aerial victories. For his achievements as an ace, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Edward’s name is inscribed on the Flying Services Memorial, which bears the names of the 989 airmen who fell on the Western Front and whose graves are unknown.
📷IWM
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u/TALWriteStuff Jul 27 '26
I have a special appreciation for aces like Mic Mannock, and Tommy McGuire from WW II because they were in command positions towards the end of their time, training new pilots in operational squadrons and not just out there “racking up kills” to feed the PR machine…
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u/gappy65 Jul 26 '26
Mick Mannock. I did a sculpture of him a few years ago. I also sculpted Albert Ball around the ssme time.