August 20, 1917:
Air War:
0625 Three RFC SPAD VII pilots share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Lt H.C. Ainger, B3564, country and victory unknown.
Alexander Pentland, Australia, B3620, victory number 4.
Frederick Sowrey, England, B3616, victory number 7.
0905 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 9.
0905 German pilot Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.
1015 German ace Otto Kissenberth, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 10.
1950 Otto Kissenberth scores his second victory of the day, shooting down another SPAD VII for victory number 11.
French ace Georges Guynemer, in SPAD XIII S504, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 53.
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