April 15:
Air War: German Zeppelins L-5, L-6 and L-7 continue the bombings over Britain. This time German Naval Airship Division Commander Peter Strasser is along for the ride.
Roland Garros of France scores his second victory in his single-seat Morane 'L', shooting down an unidentified German aircraft.
"My new bus is a Morane parasol, 80 h.p. Le Rhone. They are supposed to climb like fire and do over 80 miles per hour, but are very touchy on the elevator and rather tiring to fly. I have not yet been up in her. Garros brought another machine down today, and a Frenchman managed to fly back to our own lines after having one foot smashed by shrapnel over Ostend."
-Lt. Harold Rosher, letter to his father, April 15, 1915
North Sea: Wilhelm Smiths, commanding U-5, sinks the small British steamer Ptarmigan, 784 tons, bound from Rotterdam to London with a general cargo.
Durban, South Africa: HMS Laconia continues coaling in Durban harbor, takes aboard various aviation equipment.
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