Sgt. Herbert Bellerby was killed by a member of what country’s Air Force?
Herbert Bellerby Sgt. Herbert Bellerby (29 August 1888-23 September 1916) was a Royal Flying Corps pilot of World War I. He was a cavalry officer before joining the 27 Squadron in the Royal Flying Corps, flying a Martinsyde G.100 elephant plane. Bellerby is mainly known for being the second kill of Manfred von Richthofen, AKA The Red Baron, over Cambrai Road, near Bapaume. Richthofen was using an Albatros D.II.
Tom Rees (Airman) Tom Rees (18 May 1895 – 17 September 1916) was a British Army officer who served in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Joining the military in early 1915, Rees was raised to the rank of lieutenant before his twenty-first birthday and eventually reached captain on the day of his death. He was killed on 17 September 1916 while flying as an observer in an F.E.2b aircraft, which was shot down by Manfred von Richthofen, the German flying ace who was later known as the "Red Baron". The aircraft was the first of Richthofen's 80 credited aerial combat victories.