[Sailor Steve]

August 11, 1916

Air War:
Oswald Boelcke arrives at Kovel, on the Russian front, as part of his inspection tour, but also to visit his elder brother Wilhelm, commanding officer of Kampfstaffel 10, Kagohl 2. Upon his arrival he finds a telegram waiting for him from Feldflugchef Lieth-Thomsen: "Return to Western Front as quickly as possible to organise and lead Jagdstaffel 2 on the Somme." Boelcke is given permission to recruit any pilots he thinks will be an asset to his new command. He takes two Kasta 10 pilots with him: 37-year-old Erwin Böhme and 24-year-old Manfred von Richthofen.
-Greg vanWyngarden, Early German Aces, p.69

1330 Welsh RFC pilot Hubert William Godfrey Jones, in DH.2 7859, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 1.

South African RNAS pilot Samuel Marcus Kinkead, in a Bristol Scout, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 1.



Irish Sea:
British coaster SS Skernahan, 530 tons, travelling in ballast from Limerick to Whitehaven, sinks following a collision with SS Yorkshire.



North Sea:
Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sinks Norwegian barque Inverdruie, 613 tons, travelling from Sandefjord to Hartlepool with a load of pit props. His score is now 10 ships and 23,461 tons.

Hans Valentiner, in UB-37, sinks Norwegian brig Rufus, 202 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Fredrikshald to Sunderland, bringing his score to 23 ships and 13,400 tons.

British freighter SS F. Stobart, 801 tons, bound from Goole for Jersey with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Kurt Ramien in UC-1. His score is now 11 ships and 21,305 tons.



Baltic Sea:
German minesweeper M-27, while still on trials, is lost following a collision with German freighter SS Paranagua, north of Cape Arkona.



Ligurian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière has moved U-35 to a position near Savona, Italy. At 1000 hours he sinks Spanish freighter SS Pagasarri, 3,287 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Genoa, raising his score to 77 ships and 174,299 tons.



German East Africa:
Old 2nd class cruiser HMS Challenger and Australian light cruiser HMAS Pioneer are patrolling off Ras Kankadya when, at 1530 hours, they are fired upon by a shore battery. They return fire from 1535 to 1600.



South China Sea:
Japanese freighter Heiyo Maru, 3,107 tons, departs Miike, Japan for Singapore with a load of coal and is not heard from again.