brit/us/nz troops in romania, question

Speaking about the British missions to Romania in WWI, The Times History of the War mentions that the German bombing of Bucharest in the end of 1916 ceased after a group of French and British airmen were transferred from the Salonika front to the defence of the city. Do you have more details about this mission?

http://www.mnir.ro/publicat/anuar/09/avram.html

But I found something different about the transfer from Salonika to Bucharest:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aeroplanedetouraine/lamprou.htm

The Salonika-Bucharest Raid was made up of 4 airplanes which bombed Sofia in retaliation for German zeppelin raids on Bucharest.

Thanks for the reply, but I was referring to the British airmen. Both your sources mention only the French participation. Does it mean that there were no British planes in Romania in 1916?

Yes, they were. A British pilot even achieved an air victory over Rumania.
I have an unfinished article about this interesting episode.

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on October 20, 2005 09:12 pm

I thought you were referring to a group of french and british airmen. I found something about the french part of that group.

Yes, they were. A British pilot even achieved an air victory over Rumania.
I have an unfinished article about this interesting episode.

Thanks for the reply. Could you give us a short preview of your work?

I thought you were referring to a group of french and british airmen. I found something about the french part of that group.

Actually I do not know whether there was a group of British and French airmen or a British group and a French group. For sure Dénes knows more. I was referring mainly to the British only in the light of the title of the thread. Anyhow, thanks for the input.

You could also check the datas about col.Griffiths on this site:
www.greatwardifferent.com
Also some interesting pictures from the Roumanian front.

The site was already highlighted in Articles from 'The War Illustrated' and other WWI stories. In fact I took col. Norton-Griffiths' photo from that site.

On 25 October 1916 (n.s.) five pilots of a newly formed British R.N.A.S.
"Romanian Flight," on one Henri Farman and four Nieuport types, took off from Imbros Island in the Aegean Sea and headed for Bucharest. all landed safely in Romania. later, on 21 November 1916 (n.s.) a second R.N.A.S. "Romanian Flight, with two Henri Farmans and two Nieuport types, one flew from Imbros, three flew from Mudros on Lemnos Island to Bucharest. all made it safely to Romanian territory. by the end of December the R.N.A.S. airmen were withdrawn to the Allied Western Front. the first group was composed of Flt.Lts. L.A. Hervey, G.A. Cox, A.F.F. Jacobs and Flt.Sub-Lt. H.V. Reid. the second group was composed of Flt.Lts. R.Y. Bush and C.E. Brisley, and Flt.Sub.Lts. Mills and F. Barrington. two claims on enemy aircraft were made by Flt.Lt. A.F.F. Jacobs, based at Buzau, one on 10 December and one on 20 December (both n.s.) in the Buzau - Braila sector.

Thanks Agblume for the information. It appears that the British pilots came to Romania later than the French group (who came in September according to the information from Imperialist) and had operated only for a short time interval (October-December and November-December 1916).

I guess the British pilot mentioned by Dénes as achieving an air victory during this short time was Flt. Lt. A. F. F. Jacobs who came with the first British group in October 1916.

A lieutenant Jacob of the British Royal Air Corps was one of the first recipients of the Order of Michael the Brave in WWI. Could he have been one and the same person as Flt. Lt. A. F. F. Jacobs?