September 2, 1918
Air War:
The German Navy forms the Marine Jagdgeschwader out of five Marine Feld Jastas. Its first commander is Gotthard Sachsenberg.
0820 German ace Theodor Quandt, flying with Jasta 36, shoots down Sopwith Camel E4381 for victory number 11. Lt W.M. Wormald, 209 Sqdn RAF, is killed.
0955 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.
1025 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down and SE.5a for victory number 19.
1030 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 17.
1045 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 159, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 14.
1115 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Christopher Shannon, flying Bristol F.2b D8904, shoot down two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 9 and 10 for Gibbons; 2 and 3 for Shannon.
1115 English RAF ace pilot Samuel Thompson and ace observer Ronald Fletcher, in Bristol F.2b E2477, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 26 for Thompson; number 24 for Fletcher.
1125 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 24. Adj Fernand Dutrey, Spa 20, is unharmed; Sgt Joseph Latapie-Barinquet is wounded. They make it to their own side of the lines.
1130 Gustav Dörr scores his second kill of the day, another SPAD XI. Sgt Deglise and Lt Brasseur of Spa 20 are listed as Missing.
1245 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 36.
1600 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down a Salmson 2A.2 for victory number 12. 1st Lt R.W. Hitchcock and 2nd Lt F.M. Moore, 88th US Aero Sqdn, are both killed.
1605 Hans-Joachim Rolfes scores his second kill of the day, another Salmson. Capt R. Page and 1st Lt P.F. Carl Jr, 88th US Aero Sqdn, crash safely on their own side of the lines.
German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.
German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13.
German ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down and "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 25.
German ace Eduard von Schleich, flying with Jasta 23, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 31.
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