[Sailor Steve]

August 20, 1918


Air War:

1255 German pilot Friedrich Noltenius, flying with Jasta 27, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 2. S/Lt Pujau, 71° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely.

1325 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots eown a Bréguet 14 for victory number 10.

1600 German ace Albert Haussmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 10.

1730 German pilot Thilo Boelcke, in Albatros (OAW) 6591/17, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. S/Lt Emile Martinet, 86° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely. Shortly after this Boelcke is killed by ground fire while attacking another balloon.

1840 French ace Arman Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 26.

1845 New Zelander RAF pilot Ronald Bannerman, flying Sopwith Dolphin C3879, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1955 German pilot Hans Donnhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 1.

1900 French ace Raoul Echard, with GC 22, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.

2335 German pilot Fritz Anders, with Jasta 73, shoots down Voisin 10 2996 for victory number 3. MdL Etienne Crouan and S/Lt Poissonier, V 25, are listed as Missing.

2350 Fritz Anders scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Voisin 10 for number 4. MdL G. Lepicier and Sgt E. Mangot, V 25, are listed as Missing.

German ace Franz Büchner, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 19. Lt Raymond Castaignet, Spa 155, is listed as Missing.

Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for number 20.
(Three Bréguets were lost this day:
Lt Edgar Marques and S/Lt Georges Maguet, Br 108;
S/Lts Pierre Dufayet and Fernand Castets, Br 127;
Adj Dominique Emmanuelli and S/L Charles Ulrich, Br 131.
All these are listed as Missing.)

German ace Alfred Lindenberger, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 7.

Three French pilots with Spa 80 share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
S/Lt Compagion (no first name given), victory number 1.
Robert Delannoy, victory number 6.
Adj de Tonnac de Villeneuve (no first name given), victor number 3.

Robert Delannoy and Adj de Tonnac de Villeneuve share their second kill of the day, another German two-seater. Victory number 7 for Delannoy; number 4 for de Tonnac de Villeneuve.

Three French pilots from Spa 96 share a victory over a German "Scout":
Lt Fauquet-Lamaitre (no first name given), victory number 1.
Charles Lefevre, victory number 6.
Lt Ménard (no first name given), victory number 2.

German pilot Otto Steger, with Jasta 53, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 1.