September 13, 1918
Air War:
0750 American RAF pilot Malcolm Howell, flying Sopwith Camel E7172, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3.
1500 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 25.
1720 German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down Bréguet 14 12006 for victory number 15. 1st Lts T. Farnsworth and R. Thompson, 96th Aero Sqdn USAS, are both killed.
1815 German ace Oskar von Boenigh, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 23. Cpl Paul Boulard, Spa 155, is listed as Missing.
1930 Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 16. Cpl de Kermal and S/Lt Girard, Br 225, are both listed as Missing.
German pilot Felix Büchner, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.
German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 24.
German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III over the Macedonian Frong, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 15. 2nd Lt R.G. Gonend, Serbian Escadrille 508, is killed.
German ace Albert Hausmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.
German 15-victory ace Kurt Hetze is shot through the lungs by a strafing SPAD while in his car, ending his combat career.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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