May 16:
Air War: Idflieg's Bavarian liason officer informs his superiors of firing trials to be held on the 19th or 20th.
Lt. Harold Rosher is informed by the mechanics that they cannot fully repair his BE.2's engine. Rosher decides to take the plane to France despite this warning.
Zanzibar: HMS Chatham departs the area, bound for Aden and eventually Gallipoli.
HMS Hyacinth and Weymouth depart Zanzibar for Tirene.
HMS Kinfauns Castle departs Durban for Simons Town, South Africa.
HMS Laconia patrols the channel between Niororo and Mafia Islands.
Syria: The train carrying Hellmuth von Mücke and his men arrives at Aleppo.
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