[Sailor Steve]

September 15, 1918


Air Wqr:

0700 Two French pilots from Spa 90 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Marius Ambrogi, victory number 10.
Charles Mace, victory number 4.

0730 Two French pilots from Spa 152 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon Bourjade, victory number 19.
Ernest Maunoury, victory number 8.

0750 Leon Bourjade and Ernest Maunory destroy a second German balloon. Victory number 20 for Bourjade; number 9 for Maunoury.

0755 South African RAF pilot Gerald Anderson and English observer Thomas Chiltern, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 3 for Anderson; number 4 for Chiltern.

0830 English RAF pilot Augustus Paget, in Sopwith Camel B6182 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Aviatik-Berg D.I for victory number 1.

0850 South African RAF ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, flying SE.5a C1911, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 44. This is shared by a Capt D. Carruthers, details unknown.

0850 English RAF pilot George Rensbury Hicks, in SE.5a C6474, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

0923-0926 German ace Hans Nülle, with Jasta 39, destroys four British observation balloons in four minutes.

0930 German ace Robert von Greim, with Jasta 34, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 23.

0955 South African RAF ace Cecil Thompson, in SE.5a F6420, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

1030 American pilot Murray Guthrie, Flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1105 English RAF pilot Richard Gammon and Canadian ace observer Percival Appleby, in DH.9 C6264, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 5 for Gammon; number 6 for Appleby.

1110 English RAF pilot Nicholosn Stewart Boulton, in Bristol F.2b E2493 with Lt G.W. Pearce as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1115 Americn RAF ace pilot August Iaccaci and English ace observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b E2213, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 13 for Iaccaci; number 18 for Newland.

1120 August Iaccaci and Arthur Newland score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 14 for Iaccaci; number 19 for Newland.

1120 Canadian RAF ace pilot William Thomson and ace observer Harold Edwards, flying Bristol F.2b E2154, shoot down two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 22 and 23 for Thomson; 7 and 8 for Edwards.

1140 American observer William Terry Badham, in a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt G.E. Kenny as pilot. shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1215 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down DH.9 D3263 for victory number 13. 2nd Lts A.D. Mackenszie and C.E. Bellard are both killed.

1230 Four French pilots with Spa 77 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Maurice Boyau, victory number 33.
Yves Barbaza, victory number 4.
Lt ?? Decoin, victory number 3.
Adj-Chef ?? Strohl, victory number 1.

1230 Three French pilots with Spa 154 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Michel Coiffard, victory number 29.
Theophile Condemine, victory number 5.
Jacques Erlich, victory number 16.

1230 American pilot William Porter Erwin, flying a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt H.W. Dahringer as observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

1233 Michel Coiffard, Theophile Condemine and Jacques Erlich destroy a second German balloon. Victories number 30, 6 and 17 respectively.

1235 The three French aces from Spa 154 shoot down their third balloon. Victory number 31 for Coiffard, 7 for Condemine and 18 for Erlich.

1235 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 6, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2512 for victory number 25. Lt F.E. Finch, 20 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and taken prisoner; 2nd Lt C.G. Russell is also captured.

1250 Maurice Boyau, Yves Barbaza, Lt Decoin and Adj-Chef Strohl score their second balloon. Victory number 34 for Boyau, 5 for Barbaza, 4 for Decoin and 2 for Strohl.

1520 Two French pilots from Spa 100 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon.
Claude Haegelen, victory number 16.
Sgt ?? Douzand, victory number 1.

1545 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 13. Lt R.G.A. Holbrook parachutes safely.

1700 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 17.

1705 A combined force of single and two-seaters shares a victory over a Pfalz D.XII:
Cpt G.W.D. Allen, SE.5a F5912, victory number unknown.
Douglas Evan Cameron, England, SE.5a F6429, victory number 1.
Charles Lavers, England, SE.5a E5969, victory number 8.
Basil Moody, South Africa, SE.Ba B8501, victory number 5.
William Staton, England, and Leslie Mitchell, England, Bristol F.2b, victories 25 and 7 respectively.
Patric Sarsfield Manley, Canada, and George Frederick Hines, England, Bristol F.2b, victory number 1 for both.

1705 American pilot Frank Luke Jr, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

1705 American pilot Joseph Wehner, flying a SPAD XIII covering his friend Frank Luke, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1710 Frank Luke and Joe Wehner share in the destruction of a German balloon, Victory number 5 for Luke; number 2 for Wehner.

1720 Two Australian AFC pilots in SE.5as share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Eric Cummings, C6473, victory number 5.
Ernest Davies, D6860, victory number 2.

1745 German ace Reinhold Jörke, with Jasta 39, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 14.

1850 French ace Marcel Nogues, with Spa 57, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 11.

1855 Marcel Nogues scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another balloon for number 12.

1905 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down RE.8 F5894 for victory number 25. Lt J.M. Bright and 2nd Lt E.P. Eveleigh, 5 Sqdm RAF, are both wounded.

1910 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 C8571 for victory number 26. 2nd Lt H.T. Hempsall and Lt J.H.M. Yeomans, 82 Sqdn RAF, are both taken prisoner.

1945 Georg Meyer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 18.

1950 Frank Luke gains his third victory of the day, another German balloon, for number 6.

German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, flying with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 18. S/Lt L. Gros, Spa 154, is wounded.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27. Sgt Bernon, Spa 92, is listed as Missing.

Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, another SPAD, for number 28. Cpl J. Rouanet, Spa 92, is listed as Missing.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 16. Sgt E.M. de la Bastik, Serbian Escadrille 505, is killed.

Two French pilots with Spa 100 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Claude Haegelen, victory number 17.
Mdl Peuch, victory number 2.

Canadian RAF ace Donald MacLaren, Flying Sopwith Camel F2137, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 46.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, with Jasta 23, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 34.

German ace Emil Thuy, with Jasta 28, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 29.