Halberstadt. Single-seaters.
Very fast and very quick manouvring machines.

When near Arras at 7,000 ft, I observed two machines about same height as myself being fired at by A.A. I proceeded to attack one of the machines which was coloured bright red with blue wings. I noticed tracers passing between his planes and he dived away. At the same time I was attacked from the beam by machine of a similar type, but coloured green. I out-manouvred him and drove him down in a steep spiral firing all the time. From a height of about 2,000 feet I observed him fly straight into the ground, near the trenches N.E. of ARRAS. I was then attacked from above and my machine was hit in several places including the oil tank. I climbed away to 10,000 feet and returned home.

Note.
The pilot is uncertain whether he brought the machine down near ARRAS or LENS. I am of the opinion that it was S.E. of LENS, close to the trenches.

(sgd)R.A. LITTLE
F.S.Lt

G.R. Bromet
SQUADRON COMMANDER R.N.
NAVAL SQUADRON NO.8