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Old 10-28-18, 02:37 PM   #3337
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October 28, 1918


Air War:

0850 English RAF pilot Augustus Paget, flying Sopwith Camel E7215 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0855 Augustus Paget Scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros for victory number 6.

0920 German ace Friedrich Altmeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 20.

1000 Two French pilots with Spa 90 share a victory over a Hannover CL two-seat fighter:
Charles Mace, victory number 12.
Jean Pezon, victory number 9.

1120 Australian AFC ace Adrian Cole, in SE.5a D6054, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

1120 Australian AFC pilot Charles Stone, flying SE.5a D6919, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1445 New Zealander RAF ace Frederick Gordon, in an SE.5a, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1450 Frederick Gordon scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

1455 Australian AFC pilot Arthur Palliser, in Sopwith Snipe E8064, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1510 French ace Michel Coiffard, with Spa 154, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 34.

1530 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share victories over two Fokker D.VIIs:
Douglas Cameron, England, H7257, victories 4 and 5.
Basil Moody, South Africa, B8401, victories 8 and 9.

1600 English RAF ace Edgar Davies, in SE.5a H7162, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1620 German ace Karl Bohnenkamp, with Jasta 22, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 15.

1700 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 19.

Two French aces with two different units share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Bernard Artigau, Spa 15, victory number 12.
Gabriel Thomas, Spa 88, victory number 7.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, flying with Jasta 27, claims a Sopwith Camel and a Bristol F.2b for victories 27 and 28.

German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Al
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