[Sailor Steve]

August 11, 1914


Air War:

0930 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 D3097 for victory number 38. 2nd Lts B.C. Geary and E.H. Edgell, 98 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1000 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 D1721 for victory number 52. 2nd Lt J.D. Connolly, 98 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner; 1nd Lt E.H. Clayton is wounded and taken prisoner, later dies from his wounds.

1130 New Zealander RAF ace Arthur Conningham, in SE.5a D6883, is credited with two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 12 and 13.

1220 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Caudron R.XI for victory number 26. MdL Fey, Sdt Marcel Martin and MdL Ernest Gayet, R 239, are all wounded.

1225 Josef Veltjens shoots down a second Caudron R.XI for victory number 27. Brig Paul Flamen, Sgt Marcel Richer and Sdt Pierre Crapel, R 239, are all listed as Missing.

1230 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 20.

1235 German ace Johannes Klein, with Jasta 15, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

1240 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 15, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

1240 Josef Veltjens gains his third victory of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 28.

1325 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1630 French ace Georges Madon, with Spa 38, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 40.

1700 German ace Hans Pippart, with Jasta 19, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 22.

1730 German ace Hermann Becker, with Jasta 12, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 12. MdL Robert Martin, Spa 37, is listed as Missing.

1730 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 21. Adj Max Coupillaud, Spa 37, is listed as Missing.

1908 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 15.

1910 Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Camel for number 16.

1930 French ace Michel Coiffard, with Spa 154, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 23.

1930 English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Camel D9618, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 26.

1945 Michel Coiffard scores his second kill of the day, a German observation balloon, for number 24. Sharing the victory is Jacques Erlich for victory number 15.

1955 Michel Coiffard gains his third victory of the day, another Fokker D.VII, for number 25. This time he is joined by Paul Petit, victory number 5.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 30. 1st Lt Joel H. McClendon and 2nd Lt Charles W. Plummer, 88th US Aero Sqdn, are both killed.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 11. Cpl D. Pallière, Serbian Esc 524, is killed.

German ace Arthur Laumann, with Jasta 66, shoots down SPAD for victory number 23.

German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down SE.5a C8886 for victory number 14. 2nd Lt R.K. Whitney, 60 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 24.

German pilot Konrad von Bülow-Bothkamp (2 victories) is killed in a flying accident in Turku, Finland. Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp (6 victories) is posted home as the last surviving brother.