Crash Site Nieuport 17 B1636 1 Sqn
Lieutenant Lindsay DRUMMOND (N° 1 Squadron RFC) crashed near this place on 18 May 1917 after being hit by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a German observation balloon. He was flying Nieuport B1636.
He was buried at the German Ehrenfriedhof Nr. 49 alongside Magerheidestraat, but was transferred to Cement House Cemetery in Langemark in 1955.
Lindsay DRUMMOND came from Toronto (Canada). He served with the Canadian Engineers before joining the Royal Flying Corps in the summer of 1916.
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- Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
- Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
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