June 7, 1916
Britain:
First order for 50 Sopwith Triplanes issued.
Air War:
0730 Austrian pilot Karl Urban and Bohemian observer Otto Jäger, In Austrian Albatros B.I 22.10, shoot down a Farman two-seater. Five minutes later they bring down a second Farman. Victories 2 and 3 for and 3 for Urban, 3 and 4 for Jäger.
0930 Czech-born pilot Heinrich Kostrba and Hungarian observer Johann Frint, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 26.09, also shoot down a Farman. Victory number 4 for Kstorba, 2 for Frint.
Adriatic Sea:
Italian torpedo boats MAS 5 and MAS 7 enter the Albanian port of Durres and sink freighter SS Lokrum, 924 tons.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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