[Sailor Steve]

July 23, 1918


Air War:

0715 English RAF pilot Alfred Haines, flying Sopwith Camel D9412 over the Italian Front, Shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 4.

0730 Twho English RAF Camel pilots over the Italian Front share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Douglas Davies, C1599, victory number 6.
John Carberry Preston, D6643, victory number 1.

0830 Two RAF Camel pilots over the Italian Front share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Arthur Jarvis, England, D8170, victory number 5. This is Jarvis' last aerial victory. He will survive the war and remain in the RAF, retiring as a Group Captain.
Thomas Williams, Canada, D6342, victory number 13.

0900 German ace Johann Pütz, with Jasta 34, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 D5108 for victory number 6. Lt H.W. Walker and 2nd Lt G.G. Ashton are both killed.

1115 John Preston scores his second kill of the day, a DFW C.V. It is his second overall as well.

German pilot Dietrich Averes, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 3. Sgt Daniel Desgouttes of Spa 86 is killed.