[Sailor Steve]

April 11, 1918

Air War:

1100 French pilot Jean Dubois de Gennes, flying a SPAD, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1330 American pilot Frank Baylies, in a SPAD with the French Air Service, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4. This is possibly Flg Gottfried Aberle and Ltn Wilhelm Schulen of FlAbt 271, both killed about this time.

1145 German pilot Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 21, destroys a British balloon for victory number 2.

1450 German pilot Lt Spill (mp first name given), with Jasta 58, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1455 German ace Albert Dietlen, with Jasta 58, shoots down Sopwith Camel B5750 for victory number 8. Sub-Lt M.T. McKelvey is wounded and taken prisoner.

1515 Englsish pilot Leslie Capel and observer Ernest Arthur Deighton, flying Bristol F.2b C4616, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 3 for Capel and number 1 for Deighton.

1535 German ace Karl menckhoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 24.

1600 Four RAF Camel pilot share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Douglas Bell, South Africa C6730, victory number 16.
Adrian Franklyn, england D6431, victory number 2.
Lloyd Andrews Hamilton, United States, s/n unknown, victory number 1.
Lt L.C. Mayer, nation, s/n and victory number unknown.

1700 Two RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Roy Brown, Canada, B7270, victory number 8.
Cedrick George Edwards, England D3331, victory number 1.

1700 English RAF pilot Joseph Siddall, in Sopwith Camel D3327, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1715 German ace Otto Könnecke, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down SE.5a C5445 for victory number 17. Capt K. Crawford is killed.

1750 German pilot Fritz Beckhardt, with Jasta 26, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1.

1805 Berman ace Josef Jacobs, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down RE.8 B6522 for victory number 13. Capt T.B. Jones and Lt V. King are both killed.

1825 German ace Walter Böning, with Jasta 76, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 15.

1835 German ace Rudolf Francke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a French SPAD VII from Spa 80 for victory number 10. Lt J. Milliat is taken prisoner.

1900 German pilot Hans Viebig, flying with Jasta 57, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

1910 Canadian RAF pilot William Hubbard, in Sopwith Camel C8269, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1925 German ace Fritz Pütter, with Jasta 68, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1827 for victory number 20. 2nd Lt R.G. Lawson is taken prisoner.

French pilot Bernard Artigau, in a Nieuport, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 5.

German pilot Ernst Bielefeld, with Jasta 60, shoots down a "Sopwith" for victory number 1.

German pilot Gustav Dörr, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

French pilot Jean Dubois de Gennes, in a SPAD, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

French ace William Hérisson, in a SPAD, shoots down Pfalz D.III for victory number 8. Ltn Wilhelm Buchstett is taken prisoner.

Ltn Henneberg (no first name given, with Jasta 59, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1.

French ace Marcel Hugues, in a SPAD, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 11.

German ace Rudolf Windisch, flying with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15.