February 17, 1918
Air War:
1045 South African RFC pilot Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, flying SE.5a D259, shoots down a Albatros D.V for victory number 3.
1115 English RFC ace John McCudden, in SE.5a C5310, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 6.
1120 RFC pilot Rex Bennett, in Bristol F.2b C6404 with Cpl F. Archer as observer, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.
1120 RFC ace pilot Frank Johnson and ace observer John Hedley, in Bristol F.2b B1177, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 12 for Johnson, number 8 for Hedley.
1125 English observer Walter Noble, riding in Bristol F.2b B1209 with 2nd Lt L.P. Roberts as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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