August 22, 1916
Air War:
KEK Nord, stationed at Bertincourt, near Arras, becomes Jagdstaffel 1, under the command of Martin Zander.
0730-0800 Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Julius Arigi and observer Johann Lasi, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.64, attack a formation of six Farman bombers. They claim to have shot down five of them, making them aces in one mission. The Italians claim to have lost only two aircraft in this fight. This is further complicated by the formation first being discovered by Lohner TT L131. Pilot Friedrich Lang and observer Franz Kohlhauser also claim to have brought down two of the enemy.
Their commander, Oblt Cioll, gets into trouble with his superiors because the observer is supposed to be an officer. After three telegrams demanding to know why there was no officer aboard, Colli replies "All of our officers were indisposed at the time."
-Jon Guttman, Reconnaissance and Bomber Aces of World War 1, page 76
1745 English RFC pilots William George Sellar Curphey, flying DH.2 7851, and Leslie Peech Aizlewood, in another DH.2, shoot down an LVG two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.
1900-1945 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A201, Shoots down three Roland C.IIs for victories 9, 10 and 11. One of the three is flown by Wilhelm Cymera. The Roland crashes into a house, killing Cymera's observer. Wilhelm Cymera will go on to become an ace in single-seaters.
1910 English pilot Stephen William Price and American observer Frederick Libby, in FE.2b 6994, are credited with three Roland C.IIs, aided on two of them by Lt L.T. Rees and 2nd Lt B.F. Morris in FE.2b 6983 on two of them. Victories 1, 2 and 3 for Price, 2, 3 and 4 for Libby, 1 and 2 for Rees and Morris.
French ace Charles Nungesser, flying a Nieuport 16, brings down an "Enemy Aircraft" for kill number 12.
Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding
U-34, sinks Italian fishing vessel
San Pietro, 53 tons, bringing his score to 46 ships and 124,520 tons.