[Sailor Steve]

October 23, 1918


Air War:

0715 American RAF pilot Evander Shapard, flying an SE.5a, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 4.

1120 American pilot Everett Cook and observer William Badham, in a Salmson 2.A2, shoot down a Fokker D.VII and a Pfalz D.III. Victories 2 and 3 for both.

1210 Canadian RAF observer William Bottrill, riding in a DH.9 with Capt E.J. Gar.and as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.

1215 Two French pilots with Spa 167 share a victory over a German two-seater:
S/Lt Lechevalier (no first name given), victory number 1.
Bernard Barney de Romanet, victory number 16.

1255 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 27.

1255 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, flying a Fokker D.VII, dwstroys an American observation balloon for victory number 16. 1st Lt C.L. Furber and 2nd Lt J.W. Lane, 5th Balloon Sqdn USBS, both parachute safely.

1255 German ace Hans Donhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16. S/Lt M. Robert, Spa 164, lands safely.

1300 Nine RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Lt C.H.E. Coles, nationality, serial number and victory number unknown.
Lt J. Daniel, nationality, serial number and victory number unknown.
James Gascoyne, England, s/n unknown, victory number 3.
Thmas Horry, England, s/n unknown, victory number 3.
Lt E. Madill, nationality, s/n and victory number all unknown.
William Reed, England, C1142, victory number 5.
James Robb, England, D376, victory number 7.
Lt E.S. Robins, Nationaity, s/n and victory number all unknown.
Evander Shapard, United States, s/n unknown, victory number 6.

1330 William Reed scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DFW C.V for victory number 6.

1349 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 23.

1510 English RAF ace pilot Horace Lale and ace observer Clement Boothroyd, flying Bristol F.2b E2407, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 20 for Lale; number 9 for Boothroyd.

1215 Horace Lale and Clement Boothroyd score their second victory of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII. Number 21 for Lale; number 10 for Boothroyd.

1520 English RAF ace Thomas Traill, in Bristol F.2b E2403 with an unnamed observer, ahoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7. Traill's listing has Leslie Burbidge as his gunner for this night, but Brubidge's listing says his last victory was September 29.

1605 Friedrich Noltenius socres his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XIII for victory number 17. Sgt Edwin B. Fairchild, Spa 159, is wounded.

1625 French ace Bernard Barny de Rmanet, with Spa 167, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1630 two American SPAD XIII pilots from the 95th Aero Sqdn share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Edward Curtis, victory number 6.
Lancing Holden, victory number 2.

1700 Friedrich Noltenius gains his third victory of the day, dowing an American observation balloon for number 18. Major Wallace (no first name given) and 1st Lt R.M. Batten, 2nd Balloon Corp, both parachute safely.

1705 Lancing Holden scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

1710 Canadian RAF ace pilot Kenneth Conn, in Bristol F.2b E2216 with 2nd Lt V.A. Vavasour as observer, shoots down a Fokkere D.VII for victory number 17.

1710 English RAF ace pilot Alec Williamson and observer Walter Greant, in Bristol F.2b E2481, claim two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 8 and 9 for Williamson; 5 and 6 for Grant.

1800 German ace Robert von Greim, flying with Jqsta 34, claims two SE.5as for victories 26 and 27.

French ace Claude Haegelen, with Spa 100, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 22.

German ace Karl Plauth, with Jasta 51, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 17.

German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, claims a DH.9 and two Sopwith Camels for victories 26, 27 and 28.

German naval ace Alexandre Zenses, in an Albatros D.V, claims three Sopwith Camels for victories 16, 17 and 18.
(One of these five Camels is English 8-victory ace Thomas Nash, who is killed.)