August 9, 1917
US Army 1st Aero Squadron arrives at Jersey City, New Jersey.
Air War:
0700 English RFC pilot Spencer Horn, flying SE.5a A8930, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.
0700 Irish RFC ace William Molesworth, in SE.5a A8932, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.
0930 English RFC [pilot John Barlow, in Nieuport 17 B1670, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 5.
0945 Canadian RFC pilot William Leeming Harrison, in Nieuport 23 A6774, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 1.
1550 Welsh RNAS pilot Howard John Thomas Saint, in Sopwith Triplane N5380, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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