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Sailor Steve · 05-07-17, 08:04 PM

May 7, 1917

Air War:
0930 English RFC pilot Cecil Lewis, flying SE.4 A4853, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number2.

0935 English RFC pilot Charles William Cudemore in Neiuport 17 A6744 and South African pilot Robert Hall, in Nieuport 17, each bring down an observation balloon alone and shared. Cudemore's listing showes on with Hall and one by himself. Hall's listing shows two with Cudemore and one by himself. The numbers don't match, but the official version has Cudemore with two balloons this day and Hall with three, for a total of 2 for Cudemore and 4 for Hall, including his kill on April 24.

0935 English RFC pilot Edward Corringham 'Mick' Mannock, in Nieuport 17 A6733, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0935 South African RFC pilot Harold Bolton Redler, in Nieuport 17 B1640, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0950 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 18.

0950 French pilot Georges Pierre Blanc, flying either a Nieuport or a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. This is shared with a Cpl Chapelle and a Sgt Roland.

1100 English RFC pilot Frank Babbage, in FE.2d with AM2 B. Aldred as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1125 German pilot Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

1200 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2c 4595 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt R. Owen and AM2 R. Hockling are both killed.

1200 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A5149 for victory numbe 13. Lt A.W. Martin and Pvt W.G. Blakes are both taken prisoner.

1215 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, claims an FE.2d for victory number 9. Only two FEs were shot down on this day. One of them was two hours earlier in a different part of the front. The other is the one claimed by von Bülow-Bothkamp fifteen minutes earlier. Was von Müller in on the other claim? Did he attack a plane only to have it dive away, thinking he got it. The claim was awarded, but it's just another mystery from one hundred years ago.

1420 Heinrich Kroll scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD VII for number 3.

1500 Billy Bishop gains his second victory of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 19.

1540 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a BE.2e for victory number 27.

1830 English pilot Geoffrey Cock and observer John Murison, flying Sopwith1½ Strutter A8260, shoot down a Siemens-Schuckert D.I. Victory number 3 for both.

1830 Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5 A4862, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1830 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6609 for victory number 19. 2nd Lt Cecil Stanley Gaskain is killed.

Sometime between 1830 and 1900 Reginald Hoidge gains his second victory of the day, teaming up with three other RFC pilots to bring down another Albatros D.III:
Reginald Hoidge, Canada, A4862, number 3.
Cecil Lewis, England, A4853, number 3.
Henry Meintjes, South Africa, A8900, number 7.
2nd Lt W.B. Melville, A4852, unknown.

1830-1945 Henry Meintjes scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 8. This is his last victory. He is wounded in the wrist during the fight. Meintjes will serve with the South African Air Force after the war, retiring with the rank of major.

1845 English RFC pilot James Belgrave, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter A2382 with 2nd Lt C.G. Stewart as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1925 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SE.5 A5867 for victory number 25. 2nd Lt Roger Michael Chaworth-Musters is listed as Missing.

2030 (1930 British time) Lothar von Richthofen makes a second claim, against a Sopwith Triplane. When it is discovered that English ace Albert Ball has crashed and died in the same area and was part of the same fight, German high command awards the kill to von Richthofen. What really happened may never be known, but it seems likely that Ball became disoriented while in the cloud and simply wound up upside down and diving, not realizing his danger until it was too late.
For more on the controversy see here.

German pilot Wilhelm Cymera, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 5.

Irish RFC pilot Robert Gregory, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 6.

North Atlantic Ocean, far west of the Hebrides:
Alfred von Glasenapp, commanding U-80, scuttles two Danish schooners off St Kilda Island:
H.H. Petersen, 192 tons, bound from Glasgow for Randers with a load of coal.
Sophie, 237 tons, travelling in ballast from Queenstown to Wemyss.
Von Glasenapp's score is now 8 vessels and 23,054 tons.

Celtic Sea:
Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, sinks British freighter SS Polamhall, 4,010 tons, carrying a general cargo from Alexandria to Hull. His score is now 25 ships and 35,681 tons.

Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, torpedoes British freighter SS Kinross, 4,120 tons, headed from Fremantle to London with a load of wheat; right at the west end of The Channel. His score is now 31 ships and 52,072 tons.

Irish Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, scuttles British schooner Maude, 93 tons, en route from Padstow to Manchester with a load of china clay; off Bardsey Island, Wales. His score is now 173 vessels and 162,375 tons.

English Channel:
British freighter SS Lowmount, 2,070 tons, bound from Bilbao for Stockton with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid off the mouth of the Solent River by Werner Fürbringer in UC-70. His score is now 77 ships and 62.289 tons.

North Sea:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, sinks two Dutch trawlers in the Hoofden:
Martha Maria, 176 tons.
Prins Hendrik de Nederlande, 182 tons.
Glimpf's score is now 3 vessels and 1,624 tons.

Alfred Arnold, in UC-49, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Tore Jarl, 1,256 tons, carrying coal, mail and passengers from Necastle to Trondheim; off Sumburgh Head, at the southern tip of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 2 ships ane 1,418 tons.

Bay of Biscay:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks two Norwegian freighters off Cabo Machichoco, Spain:
SS Leikanger, 3,544 tons, headed from Baltimore to Nantes with a load of wheat.
SS Tiger, 3,273 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Agua Amarga to Cardiff.
Waßner's score is now 54 ships and 73,970 tons.

Gulf of Genoa:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, torpedoes British freighter SS Crown of Leon, 3,391 tons, en route from Cardiff to Civitavecchia with a load of coal. The damaged ship is stranded but recovered.

Mediterranean Sea:
Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, sinks British freighter SS Repton, 2,881 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Mudros; off Cape Matapan. His score is now 2 ships and 8,446 tons.

05-07-17, 08:04 PM	#2286
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	May 7, 1917 Air War: 0930 English RFC pilot Cecil Lewis, flying SE.4 A4853, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number2. 0935 English RFC pilot Charles William Cudemore in Neiuport 17 A6744 and South African pilot Robert Hall, in Nieuport 17, each bring down an observation balloon alone and shared. Cudemore's listing showes on with Hall and one by himself. Hall's listing shows two with Cudemore and one by himself. The numbers don't match, but the official version has Cudemore with two balloons this day and Hall with three, for a total of 2 for Cudemore and 4 for Hall, including his kill on April 24. 0935 English RFC pilot Edward Corringham 'Mick' Mannock, in Nieuport 17 A6733, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1. 0935 South African RFC pilot Harold Bolton Redler, in Nieuport 17 B1640, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1. 0950 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 18. 0950 French pilot Georges Pierre Blanc, flying either a Nieuport or a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. This is shared with a Cpl Chapelle and a Sgt Roland. 1100 English RFC pilot Frank Babbage, in FE.2d with AM2 B. Aldred as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2. 1125 German pilot Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. 1200 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2c 4595 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt R. Owen and AM2 R. Hockling are both killed. 1200 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A5149 for victory numbe 13. Lt A.W. Martin and Pvt W.G. Blakes are both taken prisoner. 1215 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, claims an FE.2d for victory number 9. Only two FEs were shot down on this day. One of them was two hours earlier in a different part of the front. The other is the one claimed by von Bülow-Bothkamp fifteen minutes earlier. Was von Müller in on the other claim? Did he attack a plane only to have it dive away, thinking he got it. The claim was awarded, but it's just another mystery from one hundred years ago. 1420 Heinrich Kroll scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD VII for number 3. 1500 Billy Bishop gains his second victory of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 19. 1540 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a BE.2e for victory number 27. 1830 English pilot Geoffrey Cock and observer John Murison, flying Sopwith1½ Strutter A8260, shoot down a Siemens-Schuckert D.I. Victory number 3 for both. 1830 Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5 A4862, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2. 1830 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6609 for victory number 19. 2nd Lt Cecil Stanley Gaskain is killed. Sometime between 1830 and 1900 Reginald Hoidge gains his second victory of the day, teaming up with three other RFC pilots to bring down another Albatros D.III: Reginald Hoidge, Canada, A4862, number 3. Cecil Lewis, England, A4853, number 3. Henry Meintjes, South Africa, A8900, number 7. 2nd Lt W.B. Melville, A4852, unknown. 1830-1945 Henry Meintjes scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 8. This is his last victory. He is wounded in the wrist during the fight. Meintjes will serve with the South African Air Force after the war, retiring with the rank of major. 1845 English RFC pilot James Belgrave, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter A2382 with 2nd Lt C.G. Stewart as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4. 1925 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SE.5 A5867 for victory number 25. 2nd Lt Roger Michael Chaworth-Musters is listed as Missing. 2030 (1930 British time) Lothar von Richthofen makes a second claim, against a Sopwith Triplane. When it is discovered that English ace Albert Ball has crashed and died in the same area and was part of the same fight, German high command awards the kill to von Richthofen. What really happened may never be known, but it seems likely that Ball became disoriented while in the cloud and simply wound up upside down and diving, not realizing his danger until it was too late. For more on the controversy see here. German pilot Wilhelm Cymera, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 5. Irish RFC pilot Robert Gregory, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 6. North Atlantic Ocean, far west of the Hebrides: Alfred von Glasenapp, commanding U-80, scuttles two Danish schooners off St Kilda Island: H.H. Petersen, 192 tons, bound from Glasgow for Randers with a load of coal. Sophie, 237 tons, travelling in ballast from Queenstown to Wemyss. Von Glasenapp's score is now 8 vessels and 23,054 tons. Celtic Sea: Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, sinks British freighter SS Polamhall, 4,010 tons, carrying a general cargo from Alexandria to Hull. His score is now 25 ships and 35,681 tons. Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, torpedoes British freighter SS Kinross, 4,120 tons, headed from Fremantle to London with a load of wheat; right at the west end of The Channel. His score is now 31 ships and 52,072 tons. Irish Sea: Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, scuttles British schooner Maude, 93 tons, en route from Padstow to Manchester with a load of china clay; off Bardsey Island, Wales. His score is now 173 vessels and 162,375 tons. English Channel: British freighter SS Lowmount, 2,070 tons, bound from Bilbao for Stockton with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid off the mouth of the Solent River by Werner Fürbringer in UC-70. His score is now 77 ships and 62.289 tons. North Sea: Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, sinks two Dutch trawlers in the Hoofden: Martha Maria, 176 tons. Prins Hendrik de Nederlande, 182 tons. Glimpf's score is now 3 vessels and 1,624 tons. Alfred Arnold, in UC-49, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Tore Jarl, 1,256 tons, carrying coal, mail and passengers from Necastle to Trondheim; off Sumburgh Head, at the southern tip of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 2 ships ane 1,418 tons. Bay of Biscay: Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks two Norwegian freighters off Cabo Machichoco, Spain: SS Leikanger, 3,544 tons, headed from Baltimore to Nantes with a load of wheat. SS Tiger, 3,273 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Agua Amarga to Cardiff. Waßner's score is now 54 ships and 73,970 tons. Gulf of Genoa: Otto Schultze, in U-63, torpedoes British freighter SS Crown of Leon, 3,391 tons, en route from Cardiff to Civitavecchia with a load of coal. The damaged ship is stranded but recovered. Mediterranean Sea: Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, sinks British freighter SS Repton, 2,881 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Mudros; off Cape Matapan. His score is now 2 ships and 8,446 tons. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 05-11-17 at 04:56 PM.