June 30, 1918
Air War:
0510 Irish RAF ace Herbert Hegarty, flying SE.5a D5992, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 7.
0650 French pilot Jacques Louis Erlich, with Spa 154, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.
0730 English RAF pilot Thomas Traill and Welsh observer Percy Jones, in Bristol F.2b C938, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for Traill; number 4 for Jones.
0740 Canadian RAF pilot Jeffrey Batters Home-Hay and English observer Charles Cecil Blizard, in a DH.9, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.
1045 Canadian RAF pilot William Boger, in SE.5a C9567, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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