May 31, 1918
Air War:
0500 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, flying with Spa 94, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 8.
0730 English RAF pilot Leslie Capel, in Bristol F.2b C4604 with Pbr F.J. Ralphs as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.
0750 Two RAF Sopwith Dolphin pilots share a victory over a Pfalz D.III:
James Hardman, England, C3818, victory number 3.
Lewis Hector Ray, Canada, C4129, victory number 1.
0805 American pilot Douglas Campbell, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 5.
1030 English RAF pilot Leslie King and Scottish observer James McDonald, in Bristol F.2b C4835, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for King; number 1 for McDonald.
1100 English RAF pilot Charles John Warton, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4158, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.
1110 Four RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
Pruett Dennett, England, D1854, victory number 9.
Reginald Johns, England, s/n unknown, victory number 6.
John Jordan, South Africa, B1889, victory number 25.
John McDonald, England, s/n unknown, victory number 2.
1200 English RAF observer Eric Walker, in DH.4 A7990 with 2nd Lt J. Waugh ast pilot, is credited with two Fokker DR.Is for victories 1 and 2.
1705 German ace Otto Esswein, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.
1706 German pilot Christian Mesch, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2. Mesch's first victory is listed as "1918", with no details at all.
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