[Sailor Steve]

May 30, 1918


Air War:

0700 English RAF ace Spencer Horn, flying SE.5a D6027, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 7.

0738 American ace Edward Rickenbacker, in a Nieuort 28, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

0755 American pilot James Meissner, in a Nieuport 28 and German pilot OfStv Tiedje (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V, collide while in combat with each other. Both crash safely and both are awarded a victory, number 2 for each.

0800 Five American pilots, in Nieuport 28s, share a victory over a German two-seater:
Harold Robert Buckley, victory number 1.
Wilfred V. Casgrain, victory number 1.
John Hambleton, victory number 2.
Stuart E. McKeown, victory number 1.
John Mitchell, victory number 2.

0805 Stuart McKeown scores his second victory of the day, shooting down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number

1030 German ace Johann Janzen, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down SPAD VII 3635 for victory number 0. MdL Maurice Fuchs is listed as Missing.

1045 American RAF pilot James William Pearson, in Sopwith Dolphin C2834, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1,

1115 English RAF pilot Dennis Henry Stacey ?Gilbertson, in Sopwith Camel C1648, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1120 German ace Fritz Pütter, with Jasta 68, shoots down Bristol F.2b C871 for victory number 24. 2nd Lts W.B. Yuille and W.D. Davidson are both killed.

1130 English RAF pilot Edwin Swale, in Sopwith Camel D3392, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1200 German pilot Hans Kiessling, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 1,

1230 German pilot Emil Koch, with Jasta 32, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

1300 Two French pilots with Spa 37 share the destruction of an observation Balloon:
Bernard Barny de Romanet, victory number 3.
Jacques Lostalot, victory number 1.

1300 English RAF ace pilot David Stewart and observer William Miller, in DH.4 A8038, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 13 for Stewart; number 1 for Miller.

1305 Fritz Pütter scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 25. MdL Jacques Lostalot of Spa 37 is listed as Missing.

1305 David Stewart and William Miller score their second victory of the day, another Pfalz D.III. Number 14 for Stewart; number 2 for Miller.

1410 French pilot Jean Dubois de Gennes, with Spa 57, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1515 Irish RAF ace William Cairnes, in SE.5a C6443, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

1515 Australian AFC pilot George Cox, in SE.5a D3451, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1545 German ace Franz Ray, with Jasta 49, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 12.

1745 English ace RAF pilot David Weston and observer Walter Noble, flying Bristol F.2b C979, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 8 for Weston; number 5 for Noble.

1810 English RAF pilot Ronald Sykes, in Sopwith Camel B6378, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 2.

1930 South African RAF pilot Philip Tudhope, in Sopwith Camel C1671, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

2030 Irish RAF ace pilot Albert Waller and Australian observer Basil Blackette, in DH.4 A8018, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 10 for Waller; number 4 for Blackett.

2035 German pilot Hans-Eberhardt Gandert, with Jasta 51, shoots down SE.5a C1862 for victory number 3. Capt E.L. Benbow is killed.

2050 German pilot Ltn Seewald (no first name given), flying with Jasta 54, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

2050 Albert Waller and Basil Blackett score their second kill of the day, a Fokker D.VII. Number 11 for Waller; number 5 for Blackett. This is also the last aerial victory for both men. Albert Gregory Waller will survive the war and serve in the RAF Volunteer Reserve in World War 2 and live until 1967. Basil John Blackett will also survive the war but will die in 1927 at age 40.

German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

German ace Walter Böning, with Jasta 76, is credited with shooting down two Sopwith Camels for victories 16 and 17. 2nd Lt P.T. Bruce (D1793) and Lt C.P. Macklin (D6483) are both killed.

French pilot André Bosson, with Spa 62, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.