Originally Posted by
OldGuy59
Using a B.E.2c on a photo run, attempting to get a grid set, I would suspect the target to be low, slow, and not dodging about a whole bunch. With tracer rounds, you'd just walk the bullets onto the target. And Germans had 2-3 times the machine guns per unit than the Allies. I just wouldn't want to be that plane.
Remember, Vimy Ridge was the most prominent feature in the area, and the Germans were all over it. The plane couldn't use the terrain to hide in, it could have been lower than the MGs.
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