August 23, 1917
Air War:
0705 German pilot Hans Auer, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 4.
0750 German ace Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3768 for victory number 6.
0835 German pilot Hans Hoyer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7204 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt H.G. Tambling and Sgt W. Organ are both taken prisoner.
0840 German pilot Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b B1101 for victory number 1. Sgt C.L. Randall and AM1 J.V. Hurley are both killed.
0840 English RFC team of Edward Denman Clarke and George Brooke, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1048, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for Clarke, number 4 for Brooke.
1000 German ace Werner Voss, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down SPAD VII B3528 for victory number 38. Cpt Arthur Lionel Gordon-Kidd is seriously wounded, but manages to get his plane home safely. Four days later, on August 27, Gordon-Kidd dies of his wounds.
1825-2050 English RFC pilot Thomas Carlyon Luke, in Sopwith Pup B1703, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.
Hungarian pilot Friedrich Hefty, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 69.79, shoots down a Farman for victory number 1. Whether Hefty has an observer with him is unknown.
Austrian pilot Frank Linke-Crawford, in Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.40, shoots down a Pomilio PE for victory number 3.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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