October 23, 1915:
Air War:
German pilot Hans-Joachim Buddecke, flying a Fokker E.I, shoots down BE.2c 2047. His victims, both KIA, are Captain Cecil Hoffming Marks and 2nd Lt. William George Lawrence, the younger brother of T.E. Lawrence, the future "Lawrence of Arabia".
North Sea:
British freighter SS Ilaro, 2,799 tons, bound from Forcados to Hull with a cargo of palm kernels and maize, is sunk by a mine laid by Herbert Pustkuchen and UC-5. Pustkuchen's score is now 12 ships and 15,939 tons.
Baltic Sea:
British submarine HMS E-8 torpedoes German armord cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert, 8,943 long tons, 20 miles west of Liepāja (Libau). One of the ship's magazines is detonated, sinking the ship instantly with the loss of 672 of her crew. There are only 3 survivors. Prinz Adalbert had just been repaired after surviving a torpedo attack by E-9 on July 19.
Aegean Sea:
Waldemar Kophamel, commanding U-35, sinks British troopship Marquette, 7,057 tons, transporting troops and equipment from Alexandria to Salonica. His score is now 24 ships and 48,285 tons.
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Last edited by Sailor Steve; 10-25-15 at 02:50 PM.
Reason: Added Air War listing.
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