Fokker D.VII internment at IJzendijke

According to a number of newspapers, around 9 o’clock on 15 october 1918, a German biplane was flying over the villages Waterlandkerkje en IJzendijke. These villages are situated close to the Belgium border in Dutch ‘Zeeuws Vlaanderen’. The pilot had to make a landing and came down on the land of a certain Cyriel Buysse. He thought he was in Belgium. One source states the pilot was an officer, another that it was a petty officer. The newpaper ‘Telegraaf’ described the pilot as a 25 year old Saxon who had been a pilot for 4 years. The aircraft was described as a biplane with two machineguns and to one source numbered ‘115’.

‘The Jasta War Chronicles’ claims that on 15 october 1918 Flugmeister Baum was interned in Holland. Baum was a pilot for Marine Feld Jagdstaffel V (MFJ V).

Newspaper message from the ‘Middelburgsche Courant’ of 16 october 1918

Newspaper message of ‘Nieuwsblad van het Noorden’ of 16 october 1918

Newspaper message of ‘Telegraaf’ of 16 october 1918

Map of the area where the D.VII came down (source Google Maps)