June 1, 1918
Air War:
0650 German pilot Georg Weiner, flying with Kest 3, shoots down DH.4 A7482 for victory number 4. 2nd Lts L.deG. Godet and A. Haley are both killed.
0735 German ace Josef Jacobs, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b C4749 for victory number 18. Lt Thomas Traill and 2nd Lt Percy Jones crash safely on their own side.
0815 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 7.
1100 German pilot Ludwig Laveuve, with Jasta 77, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.
1235 German ace Johannes Werner, with Jasta 14, shoots down SE.5a D3530 for victory number 6. Australian 32-victory ace Roderic Stanley Dallas is killed.
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