February 18, 1918
Air War:
The famous Lafayette Escadrille (French Escadrille Spa 124) is disbanded. Seventeen pilots are transferred to the 103rd Aero Squadron.
0830 Three RFC SE.5a pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Horace Dale Barton, South Africa, B120, victory number 1.
Andrew Cowper, Australia, B664, victory number 3.
Ronald Turnbull Mark, England, B67, victory number 1.
0950 Canadian RNAS pilot John Manuel, in Sopwith Camel B7195, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.
1050 German ace Ernst Udet, in Albatros D.V 4476/17, shoots down Sopwith Camel N6347 for victory number 20. Sub-Lt R.E. Burr is mortally wounded, and will die two days later.
1100 English RFC pilot Percy Hobson, in SE.5a C5313, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.
1100 South African RFC pilot Hugh Saunders, in SE.5a C9500, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 2.
1100 English RFC pilot Charles Lionel Stubbs, flying SE.5a C5303, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.
1115 South African RNAS ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel B7198, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 18.
1140 Canadian RNAS pilot Louis Bawlf, in Sopwith Camel D6417, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.
1155 Australian pilot Jack Manning Allport and English observer Arthur William Hammond, in Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 B5782, claim two Pfalz D.IIIs. Victories 1 and 2 for both.
1200 Canadian RFC pilot Clifford McEwen, in Sopwith Camel B5169, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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