Flight Officer
Ali Riza and his observer Lt Orhan engaged in
a dogfight with a French Farman plane during their reconnaissance and
patrolling mission with their Albatros AK1 over Kabatepe on November 30,
1915. The French plane fell in flames between Intepe and Helles as a result
of a bullet that hit the fuel tank. This was the first air victory of the
Turkish Pilots.
Translated from "A brief history of the Çanakkale Campaign in the First World War (June
1914-January 1916)", (Ankara 2004), The Turkish General Staff Directorate of
Military History, p. 291
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the first "hotel de charme" on the Gallipoli peninsula
Painting of the two planes in a dogfight reproduced from "A brief history of the Çanakkale Campaign in the First World War (June 1914-January 1916), (Ankara 2004), The Turkish General Staff Directorate of Military History, Picture Appendix : Air Campaign during the Çanakkale wars.
