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Old 05-30-15, 11:27 AM   #822
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May 30:

Air War: The first Eindekker is shipped to Lt. Otto Parschau for testing. Parschau is serving with Feld-Flieger Abteilun 62 as an instructor teaching new pilots the intricacies of wing-warping. The aircraft is equipped with a Parabellum LMG 14 and carries Parschau's name on the side, as well as the designation A.16/15.





North Sea: Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-16, torpedoes the Danish freighter SS Søborg, 2,108 tons, traveling in ballast from Copenhagen to Newcastle. This ends his second war patrol with 4 ships and 4,777 tons.



Aegean Sea, near the Dardanelles: Ernst von Voigt, in UB-8, Torpedoes HMS Merion, 19,380 tons, a former passenger liner mocked up to represent the battlecruiser HMS Tiger.
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