A two-seater Albatros C.III (Monse) has to take a picture of the harbour, defended by a Spad XIII (Bastien) and a Sopwith Snipe (Clawhammer).
Altitude rules.
1) + 2) The two-seater deceives its opponents with two approaches that take it away from the objective at the last moment, while aiming at the allied aircraft.
3) The Snipe shoots at the Albatros without it being able to return fire (blind spot on the side).
A rudder blocked on the right forces the two-seater to make a new approach.
4) The Spad neutralizes the observer, just before the photograph is taken.
5) With just one point of resistance remaining, the Albatros attempts to return to base despite its mission failure, taking advantage of the opposite direction taken by the fighters.
A long-range shot jammed the Spad's machine guns.
6) Thanks to their higher speed, the allies manage to come back on their adversary who tries a last diversionary maneuver, but he suffers a new fatal shot from the Spad, the two fighters having cleverly divided the zones of cover.
Note : a descent of altitude of the two-seater would have involved a shooting at long range of the Spad which would have been also sufficient to shoot down the German.
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