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Old 09-04-18, 09:35 PM   #3237
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September 4, 1918


Air War:

0900 Australian RAF ace pilot Edgar Johnston and observer Walter Irving Newby Grant, flying Bristol F.2b C4867, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 12 for Johnston; number 1 for Grant.

0910 German ace Erich Buder, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

0915 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

0915 Edgar Johnston and Walter Grant score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 13 for Johnston; number 2 for Grant.

0920 Otto Fruhner scores his second kill of the day, a Sopwith Camel, for number 23.

0920 German ace Bruno Loerzer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for number 38.

0925 Erich Buder scores his second kill of the day, another Camel, for number 10.

0930 Otto Fruhner gains his third victory of the day, another Camel, for number 24.

0930 Edgar Johnston and Walter Grant claim their third victory of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Number 14 for Johnston; number 3 for Grant.

0930 German ace Friedrich Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 23.

1110 German ace Georg Meyer, flying with Jasta 37, shoots down an unidentified two-seater for victory number 15.

1115 German ace Otto Schmidt, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 12.

1304 German ace karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 21.

1400 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 26.

1400 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

1830 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 31.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III on the Macedonian Front, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 14.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 20.

German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 28.

German ace Werner Preuss, flying with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

German ace Theodor Quandt, with Jasta 36, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 15.
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