Featherstone-Briggs, Edward
Prisoner of War 1914-11-14
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
William & Florence Briggs
Home: Cookham, Berkshire, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1905-07-07
Decorations: DSO & bar
Service
RAF
Unit
(RN)
Base
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel RAF
Position
Squadron Commander
Service Numbers
Target
00:00:00
First Burial
Cookham Parish Cemetery, Cookham, Berkshire, England
On 21st November 1914 Briggs led three Avro 504 aircraft on a bombing raid to the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. The attack was launched from an airship station at Belfort in eastern France, 125 miles from the target. Little damage was done but it forced the Germans to move airship production out of reach of Allied aircraft. Briggs had to land his badly shot up aircraft in front of one of the hangars, wounded in the head, and was taken prisoner. The other two aircraft returned safely. Briggs was awarded the DSO plus a further Bar for his conduct while a PoW.
Avro 504
(RCAF Photo)
Avro 504K, G-CYEI in flight.
Avro 504K, G-CYEI in flight.
The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under license by others. Production during the war totaled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War. More than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932.Wikipedia
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