May 12:
Air War: Lt. Harold Rosher was sent to England to fly a new BE.2c from Hendon back to Dunkirk. On this day he has his father meet him there for lunch. At 1500 hours Rosher takes off to fly the new machine back to France, but engine troubles force him to return. Rosher finds himself grounded for several days while mechanics try to determine the problem.
Red Sea: Collier Kendal Castle is sent forward to Aden to make preparations for the arrival of the monitors' convoy.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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