November 10, 1918
Word from Berlin reaches General Foch that the Germans will immediately depart from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Alsace-Lorrane. All deported inhabitants of those places will be repatriated. German forces will retreat behind the Rhine river and surrender 5,000 cannon, 25,000 machine guns, 3,000 thrench mortars and 1,700 aeroplanes. Also to be surrendered are 5,000 railway engines and 150,000 railway cars and 5,000 lorries. Black Sea ports will be evacuated and all captured Allied merchant ships returned.
Air War:
0830 English RAF ace pilot Geoffrey Hooper, flying Bristol F.2b E2407 with Lt M.A. McKenzie as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 11.
0840 Canadian RAF ace William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel D8219, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 11.
1050 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down RE.8 C2691 for victory number 21. Lt D.B. Agnew and 2nd Lt S. Coates, 12 Sqdn RAF, are taken prisoner.
1315 William Jenkins scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.
1345 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, in SE.5a C8904, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 20.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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