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Sailor Steve · 05-16-16, 02:29 PM

May 16, 1916

Air War:
0700 English pilot Alan Machin Wilkinson, flying DH.2 5966, shoots down an AGO C.II for victory number 1.
0730 Wilkinson wins a fight with an eindecker for win number 2.

0800 German ace Max Immelmann, in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down Bristol Scout C5301 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt Morden Maxwell Mowat is killed in the fight.

0800 Scottish Pilot George Ranald MacFarlane Reid and English observer James Anderson Mann, in FE.2b 6330, shoot down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 1.

0925 India-born RFC pilot Horace Balfour Davey and Cpl L. van Schaick, flying FE2b 5209 shoot down an eindecker for victory number 1.

1200 Four Fokker eindeckers attack FE.2b 7341. Cpt Douglas Grinnell-Milne and Cpl D. McMaster land safely and are taken prisoner. Three of the German pilots claim the "Fee", with Adam Barth finally being awarded the claim, his first.

English pilot Albert Ball, flying Bristol Scout 5312, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Francesco Baracca, flying a Nieuport 11 on the Southern Front, shoots down an Austrian Lohner B.VII two-seater for victory number 2.

North Sea:
Dutch passenger ship SS Batavier V, 1,569 tons, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-6, bringing his score to 37 ships and 49,118 tons. Batavier V was previously taken as a prize by Georg-Günther von Forstner in U-28, but was released by the prize court.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Swedish schooner Syster, 100 tons, carrying a load of cement from Aalborg, Denmark to Rauma, Finland, runs aground while approaching Rauma.

Russia:
Back on December 7, 1915, British freighter SS Sappho, 1694 tons, was trapped in the ice in the White Sea. The crew stayed aboard until December 24th, then attempted to walk eighteen miles across the ice to the Crossland Light Vessel. Only three of the thirty-three survived the journey. On May 14th, the ice having melted, the ship was taken under tow by a Norwegian sealer. The ship sank on May 16th while still under tow.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks Italian sailing ship Sant' Andrea, 224 tons, travelling from Marseilles to Sicily with an unlisted cargo. His score is now 30 ships and 102,012 tons.

Leading U-boat ace Max Valentiner, in U-38, uses his deck gun to sink British Fleet Messenger Clifford, 487 tons, en route from Alexandria to Malta. His score is now 80 ships and 173,902 tons.

05-16-16, 02:29 PM	#1531
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	May 16, 1916 Air War: 0700 English pilot Alan Machin Wilkinson, flying DH.2 5966, shoots down an AGO C.II for victory number 1. 0730 Wilkinson wins a fight with an eindecker for win number 2. 0800 German ace Max Immelmann, in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down Bristol Scout C5301 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt Morden Maxwell Mowat is killed in the fight. 0800 Scottish Pilot George Ranald MacFarlane Reid and English observer James Anderson Mann, in FE.2b 6330, shoot down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 1. 0925 India-born RFC pilot Horace Balfour Davey and Cpl L. van Schaick, flying FE2b 5209 shoot down an eindecker for victory number 1. 1200 Four Fokker eindeckers attack FE.2b 7341. Cpt Douglas Grinnell-Milne and Cpl D. McMaster land safely and are taken prisoner. Three of the German pilots claim the "Fee", with Adam Barth finally being awarded the claim, his first. English pilot Albert Ball, flying Bristol Scout 5312, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1. Italian pilot Francesco Baracca, flying a Nieuport 11 on the Southern Front, shoots down an Austrian Lohner B.VII two-seater for victory number 2. North Sea: Dutch passenger ship SS Batavier V, 1,569 tons, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-6, bringing his score to 37 ships and 49,118 tons. Batavier V was previously taken as a prize by Georg-Günther von Forstner in U-28, but was released by the prize court. Gulf of Bothnia: Swedish schooner Syster, 100 tons, carrying a load of cement from Aalborg, Denmark to Rauma, Finland, runs aground while approaching Rauma. Russia: Back on December 7, 1915, British freighter SS Sappho, 1694 tons, was trapped in the ice in the White Sea. The crew stayed aboard until December 24th, then attempted to walk eighteen miles across the ice to the Crossland Light Vessel. Only three of the thirty-three survived the journey. On May 14th, the ice having melted, the ship was taken under tow by a Norwegian sealer. The ship sank on May 16th while still under tow. Mediterranean Sea: Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks Italian sailing ship Sant' Andrea, 224 tons, travelling from Marseilles to Sicily with an unlisted cargo. His score is now 30 ships and 102,012 tons. Leading U-boat ace Max Valentiner, in U-38, uses his deck gun to sink British Fleet Messenger Clifford, 487 tons, en route from Alexandria to Malta. His score is now 80 ships and 173,902 tons. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 11-22-16 at 01:17 PM.