[Sailor Steve]

August 9, 1914


Eight Italian Ansaldo SVAs of 87 Squadriglia, led by Gabriele d'Annunzio, fly over Vienna for 30 minutes without interference from Austro-Hungarian forces, taking photographs and dropping leaflets before returning to base without loss.

0725 German ace Alois Heldmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

0730 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 D5666 for victory number 36. Capt William Henry Doré and Lt John Ewing Wallace, 107 Sqdn RAF, are both listed as Missing.

0735 German pilot Erich Just, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 4.

0740 English RAF pilot Harry Goode, in Sopwith Camel E1494 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenberg C.I for victory number 5.

0740 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F2167 for victory number 52. Lt A.C.R. Hawley, 54 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0755 Scottish RAF ace Arthur Randall, flying SE.5a C6454, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 7.

0800 German pilot Hans Reimers, with Jasta 6, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

0800 German ace Paul Wenzel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 10.

0810 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 11.

0810 German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 13.

0810 German pilot Albert Lux, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down DH.9 C6343 for victory number 2. Lt G. Beveridge of 107 Sqdn RAF is wounded, Lt S.L. Dunlop is unharmed.

0810 German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down Sopwith Camel E1548 for victory number 5. Lt C.F.W. Illingworth, 65 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1050 Seven RAF DH.4 crews share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
George Darvill, England, victory number 6; Lt J. Fenwick, nationality and victory number unknown.
John Gillanders, Canada, victory number 5; Lt McCall, nationality and victory number unknown.
Herbert Gould, England, victory number 6; 2nd Lt E. Jinman, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt Kearney and Lt Buckner, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.
Lt E. Peskett and 2nd Lt W. Clark, nationalituies and victory numbers unknown.
Lt A. Pickin and Lt Hutchinson, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.
Lt Snook and Lt Askin, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.

1105 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down DH.4 D8416 for victory number 30. Lt J.W. Pitt-Pitts, 57 Sqdn RAF, is killed; 2nd Lt H.S. Musgrove is taken prisoner.

1230 German ace Franz Brandt, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 8.

1230 German ace Christian Mesch, flying with Jasta 26, shoots down SE.5a B8374 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt P.T.R. Reveley, 32 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1240 Paul Billik scores his second kill of the day, ahooting down an SE.5a for victory number 31.

1620 German ace Otto Könnecke, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 26.

1625 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6520 for victory number 48. Lt R. Stone, 201 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1700 Brazilian RAF ace Gordon Rule, in DH.9 D1715 with 2nd Lt S.P. Scott as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7. This is Gordon Fox Rule's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and return to São Paulo, becoming the head of the Central Office of the Companhia de Terras Norte Paraná. He will also serve as a leading member of the São Paulo Athletic Club until his death in 1987.

1710 English RAF pilot Leslie Hollinghurst, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4136, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

1710 Leslie Hollinghurst shoots down an LVG two-seater, this time in company with Lt C.S. Harvey. Victory number 4 for Hollinghurst; unknown for Harvey.

1725 Vfw Schlemmel (first name not given), with Jasta 9, shootsd won an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 1.

1800 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

1800 Grman ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 41.

1800 German ace Rudolf Klimke, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down SE.5a E1327 for victory number 14. Lt R.L. Paskill, 32 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1815 Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XVI two-seater for number 10.

1920 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XVI two-seater for victory number 13.

1830 Rudolf Berthold scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a French Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 42.

1830 German ace Johannes Klein, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory numbr 12.

1840 Lothar von Richthofen gains his third victory of the day, shooting down DH.9 F6066 for number 37. Capt Alexander John Mayo and 2nd Lt Joseph Wesson Jones of 107 Sqdn RAF are both killed.

1855 Erich Löwenhardt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel D9589 for number 53. 2nd Lt M.S. Misener of 201 Sqdn RAF is killed.

1900 German pilot Vfw Kettlehack (no first name given), with Jasta 63, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1915 German pilot Ltn Gutsche (no first name given), with Jasta 36, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1. Sgt A. Martin of Spa 94 is listed as Missing.

2120 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel F9252 for number 49. Lt H.E. Dempsey of 65 Sqdn RAF is taken prisoner.

German ace Karl Bolle, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down RE.8 B6502 fo victory number 29. Lt J.E.T. Sutcliffe and 2nd Lt L.A. Clack of 6 Sqdn RAF are both taken prisoner.

German ace Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 46, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 6.

German pilot Albert Hets. with Jasta 37, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 5.

German ace Robert Heibert, with Jasta 46, shoots down a DH.9 for victory mumber 13.

German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 8.

German ace Otto Könnecke, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a and a Bristol F.2b for victories 27 and 28.

German ace Arthur Laumann, with Jasta 66, is credited with shooting down three SPADs for victories 18, 19 and 20.

German pilot Otto Löffler, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Armstron-Whitworth FK.8 C8593 for victory number 3. 2nd Lts J.M. Brown and A. Gilchrist of 35 Sqdn RAF land safely on their own side of the lines.

German ace Alfons Scheicher, with Jasta 34, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 5.