Vizefeldwebel Fritz Engmann (Pilot) and Oberleutnant Georg Haupt-Heydemarck (Observer)
forced Sous-Lieutenant Jean Raty in this French Nieuport fighter to land on German held terrain.
Raty wrote a note, which they encapsuled and dropped over the French lines.
The note reads:
To the captain and leader of the Nieuport-Squadron 38 in Chalons:
The Second-Lieutenant Raty has, after a first aerial combat over Mézières,
attacked three Fokker to defend a Caudron. After he had fired his ammunition drum,
and forced down to 200 meters above the ground, he was forced to land due to a jam.
He is sound and well. He was received very kindly by the pilots of the Fokker-Staffel.
He asks to notify Mr. Perchot, Rue de l'Abbé de Beaumont, No. 16, Paris, and
Miss Darnys, Rue de Tocqueville No. 67 in Paris.
Warm greetings to all comrades!
Jean Raty 6 June 1916.
This info was from the fine website "Flieger-Album": www.flieger-album.de
.