The "
Schweinhund" flies again !
Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5a
Nº C´1149 -- "Schweinhund" -- Capt. Duncan Grinnell-Milne
-- No.56 Squadron RFC -- 1918
Duncan Grinnell-Milne joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and following his flying training, he went to
the No.16 Squadron in France, scoring his first aerial victory flying a BE2. In late 1915, he was shot down and
crash landed behind enemy lines. Captured by German forces, he was forced to spend more than two years in a
German prisoner of war camp, before eventually escaping and making his way back to France.
Returning to flying duty as the Commanding Officer of No.56 Squadron RFC, Grinnell-Milne managed to score five
more victories in the last weeks of the war. His unique SE5a (Number C´1149) had a non-standard fuselage colour
and carried the name ‘Schweinhund’, which was a reference to how the German guards would address him and
his fellow Prisoners of War.