March 16, 1918
Air War:
0600 English RFC pilot Charles Napier and observer Joseph Moore, flying a Bristol F.2b, shoot down an LVG two seater and an Albatros D.III. Victories 3 and 4 for both.
0715 German pilot Bruno Hobein, with Jasta 20, shoots down Sopwith Camel B5442 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt A.L. Taylor is taken prisoner.
1000 Australia AFC pilot Garnet Francis Malley, in Sopwith Camel B2488, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.
1000 German pilot Gilbert Wagner, with Jasta 29, shoots down Sopith Camel B5208 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt W.H. Nichols is taken prisoner.
1030 Canadian RFC pilot George Bulmer and English observer Percy Williams, in Bristol F.2b C4810, claim two Pfalz D.IIIs. Victories number 2 and 3 for both.
1030 English ace pilot Ernest Elton and observer Roland Critchley, flying Bristol F.2b B1162, ahoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 10 for Elton, number 1 for Critchley.
1045 Ernest Elton and Roland Critchley shoot down a second Albatros D.V. Victory number 11 for Elton, number 2 for Critchley.
1100 German pilot Franz Bohlein (1 victory) is killed in action. Victor unknown.
1100 Australian pilot Stanley Goble is now commanding No 5 Naval Squadron. Though he has 8 victories as a pilot, he chooses to ride in the observer's seat on several bombing missions. On this occasion, with Lt T. Watkisn as pilot, his squadron is attacked by German fighters and Goble shoots down two Albatros D.V for victories number 9 and 10. This is Goble's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and return home to become one of the founding members of the Royal Australian Air Force. He will serve an a variety of capacities and keep flying. In 1924 Goble and Ivor McIntyre will become the first men to circumnavigate Australia. The beginning of World War Two will find Goble as Chief of Air Staff, though differences between himself and his superiors will soon lead to his resignation. In 1946 Goble will preside over the court martial of Group Captain Clive Caldwell, charged and found guilty of alcohol trafficking. He will leave the RAAF shortly after this and die in 1948.
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1100 English pilot William Frederick James Harvey, in Bristol F.2b A7161 with Sgt A. Burton as observer, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.
1110 German ace Joseph Mai, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 A7908 for victory number 9. Cdr L.W. Ormerod and Sub-Lt W.L.H. Pattisson are both killed.
1115 Scottish RNAS ace Maxwell Findlay, in Sopwith Camel B5319, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.
1120 English RNAS ace Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Camel B7203, shoots down a Hannover C.V for victory number 10.
1125 Two RFC SE.5a pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Percy Hobson, England, D260, victory number 4.
George Johnson, Canada, serial number unknown, victory number 4.
1130 German pilot Rudolf Heins, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 N6005 for victory number 2. Sub-Lt Cartmall and AGL R.B. Wilcox are both wounded.
1145 English RFC ace Roy Chappell, in SE.5a B624, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 6.
1145 English RNAS ace Herbert Rowley, in Sopwith Camel B6429, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 7.
1150 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 29.
1200 Canadian RFC pilot Hilliard Bell, in Sopwith Camel B5180 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Aviatik Berg D.I for victory number 4.
1200 English RFC pilot Louis Jarvis, flying SE.5a C5430, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.
1200 English RFC pilot Francis Symondson, in Sopwith Camel B2445 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Aviatik Berg D.I for victory number 2.
1207 German ace Erich Thomas, with Jasta 9, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 7. Adj René Feuilette, 41° Cie d’Aerostiers, parachutes safely.
1210 Erich Thomas destroys a second French balloon. Adj Paul Marion, 44° Cie d’Aerostiers, is also alright.
1250 Welsh RFC pilot Francis Kitto, in Sopwith Camel C1603, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory numbr 4.
1255 German pilot Hans-Joachim Rolfes, flying with Jasta 45, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 3. S/Lt Jean Desbouts and Adj André Bry are both okay.
1305 German pilot Rudolf Kassner, with Jasta 65, destroys a balloon for victory number 4.
1420 Polish-born German pilot Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 4.
1520 Canadian RFC pilot Alfred Atkey and English observer Sgt M.V. Kilroy, in DH.4 A7770, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 4 for Atkey; number 3 for Kilroy.
1555 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down DH.4 A8043 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt R.A. Mayne is wounded and taken prisoner; Lt V.W. Scott is killed.
1555 German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V with Marine Feldjasta II, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 7.
1600 Canadian RFC pilot Frank Taylor, flying SE.5a C1752, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 3.
1625 Two RNAS Sopwith Camel pilot s share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Maxwell Findlay, Scotland, B6419, victory number 8.
Hazel Wallace, Canada, B6359, victory number 3.
1630 English RFC ace Herbert Richardson, in SE.5a B176, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 8.
1730 German pilot Lt Bleibtrau (no first name given), with Jasta 45, shoots down SPAD XI for victory number 1. Cpl Raymond d'Argence and Cpl Ledig are both listed as Missing.
1735 American pilot Frank Baylies, flying a SPAD for the French Air Service, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.
1755 German pilot Paul Jäger (1 victory) is killed in a fight with French SPADs. Adj Garaud filed the claim but it was Unconfirmed.
American pilot Paul Baer, in a SPAD with the 103rd Aero Squadron, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.
German pilot Arno Benzler, with Jasta 65, shoots down SPAD XIII 2167 for victory number 3. French 7-victory ace S/Lt François de Rochechouart de Mortemart is listed as Missing.
English RFC pilot Orlando Clive Bridgeman, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.
French ace Omer Demeuldre, in a SPAD, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 11.
German pilot Vfw Godermann (no first name given), flying with Jasta 42, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 2,
German naval pilot Lt z.S. Tinschert (no first name given), with MFJ 1, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 2.