1916

Achiet-le-Grand during WW1

 

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On the 26th October 1916 one balloon ascended from Achiet flying big flags. On the same day German aeroplanes attacked then air fight developed .Two planes shot down , one German and one scout plane. They both fell in their own lines.

(  Eric Stanley Fry  diary 11th Canadian infantry brigade , 102nd battalion CEF )