[Sailor Steve]

September 3, 1918


Air War:

1030 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 23.

1125 German ace Theodor Quandt, with Jasta 36, shoots down SE.5a E6000 for victory number 13. Lt J.F.M. Kerr of No 60 Sqdn RAF crashes safely.

1645 French ace Georges Madon, with Spa 38, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 41.

1735 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

1740 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 37.

1805 Theodor Quandt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Bristol F.2b B1344 for victory number 14. Lt W.F. Washington and 2nd Lt K. Penrose, 20 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1847 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a D7202 for victory number 30. 2nd Lts R.T. Ingram and K.J.W. Dennitts of 98 Sqdn RAF are both killed.

1850 German ace Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoos down a DH.4 for victory number 24.

1930 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

2000 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

2035 German ace Oskar Hennrich, flying with Jasta 46, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

German ace Hans Donnhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10. Cpl Roger Pradel, with Spa 96, is listed as Missing.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down two RE.8s for victories 18 and 19. Lts A.W. Macnamara and H. Jonsson, 12 Sqdn RAF, are both killed. Lts T.S. Bulman and Smith (no first name given, are both wounded but make it to their own side of the lines.

German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.