Today, 95 years have passed since the death of the legendary German fighter pilot Werner Voss. His fight against the overwhelming force of 56th Squadron´s B Flight is one of the epic events wartime aviation history. Twenty years old aviator competed for the position of the best fighter with Manfred von Richthofen. Both earned their spurs under the guidance of legendary Boelcke. On the fateful day Voss shot down a British two-seat bomber DH.4 (48th victory). On the very same day Werner Voss had to start on vacation and at the airport he was awaited by his father and brother. Obviously he felt in top form and wanted to go on holiday with a round "fifty" on the account. The subsequent fight in which Voss lost his life, showed that he really was in top form. He fought alone against six great British airmen and none of their machines escaped damage. Ultimately, however, outnumbered young airman died and his remains still lie in the place where no man's-land in the moment of his death.
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Jedním z klíčových momentů byla střelba čumák proti čumáku
mezi Vossem a McCuddenem.
One of the most crucial moment in the epic dogfight was head-on encounter between McCudden and Voss.
Ilustrace: screenshot ze simulátoru Rise of
Flight, J. Bobek
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| Voss se v tu chvíli plně soustředil na stroj před sebou. In that moment Voss was fully concentrated on the opponent in fron of him.
Ilustrace: screenshot ze simulátoru Rise of
Flight, J. Bobek
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A nevšiml si, že zezadu z jeho pravé strany se k němu blíží
další SE 5, pilotovaný Hoidgem.
And he did not recognize another SE 5, piloted by Hoidge who was attacking from 4 - 5 o´clock
Ilustrace: screenshot ze simulátoru Rise of
Flight, J. Bobek
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Toto byl asi jeden z momentů, na které McCudden nikdy
nezapomněl.
This was probably one of the sights that McCudden has never forgotten.
Ilustrace: screenshot ze simulátoru Rise of
Flight, J. Bobek
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Po Hoidgeově střelbě a zásazích dalších Britů se Voss zřítil
do území nikoho a jeho letoun se rozpadl na kusy.
After Hoidge´s fire and attacks by others, Voss´s triplane has crashed in no man´s land and was destroyed to pieces. Ilustrace: screenshot ze simulátoru Rise of Flight, J. Bobek 
Pravděpodobné místo, kde se nachází ostatky Wernera Vosse.
Estimated area of the Werner Voss crash site. His body was
never recovered.
Picture and research by Michael Ewert-Birkenfelder
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