[Sailor Steve]

September 17, 1918


Air War:

0930 German ace Fritz Rumey, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a E4053 for victory number 38. 2nd Lt F.W. King, 40 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1010 American RAF ace Frederic Lord, in Sopwith Dolphin C4127, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

1020 Australian AFC pilot Frank Alberry, in SE.5a D6995, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1200 Six RAF Camel pilots share a victory over two Fokker D.VIIs:
2nd Lt R.D. Gilpin-Brown, F5950, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Donald MacLaren, Canada, F2137, victories 49 and 50.
Charles Odel, England, D1942, victories 5 and 6.
Cyril Sawyer, England, D6693, victories 3 and 4.
2nd Lt S. Skerrington, F6360, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Philip Tudhope, South Africa, F1966, victories 5 and 6.

1300 Fritz Rumey scores his second kill of the day, a Sopqith Camel, for victory number 39.

1510 German ace Georg von Hantelman, flying with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15. 1st Lt W.H. Heinrichs, 95th Aero Sqdn USAS, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1600 American pilot Everett Richard Cook, in a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt W.R. Lawson as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1615 French ace Claude Haegelen, with Spa 100, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 19.

1800 French ace William Hérison, with Spa 75, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

1830 Canadian RAF ace William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel E4407, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 6 and 7.

1845 English RAF pilot Frederick Hunt, flying SE.5a D6967, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1910 Fritz Rumey gains his third victory of the day, a Sopwith Camel, for number 40.

1912 German ace Josef Mai, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 26.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 29. 1st Lts W.L. Bradfield and A.L. Clark, 24th Aero Sqdn USAS, are taken prisoner.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 17. Cpl R. Niga, Serbian Escadrille 524, is killed.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 22.

William Hérison scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 11.