[Sailor Steve]

August 21, 1918


Air War:

0910 Canadian RAF ace Gerald Bell, flying SE.5a D3495 over the Italian Front, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 15.

1140 German ace Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 14.

1145 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD XI two-seater for victory number 21.

1220 Canadian RAF pilot William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel E4407, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1228 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

1400 German ace Ulrich Neckel, flying with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 24.

1400 German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.9 D8420 for victory number 23. Lt G.R. Hurst of 202 Sqdn RAF crashes the plane safely on his own side; Sgt L.A. Allen is wounded.

1505 English RAF pilot William Clarke and observer Charles Whitman, in DH.4 D9277, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 5 for both.

1630 German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 21, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 21.

1630 German pilot Julius Keller, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1720 German ace Robert von Greim, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 20.

1755 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, shoots down a French observation balloon for victory number 17. Lt Gabard, 33° Cie d’Aérostieres, parachutes safely.

1800 German ace Albert Haussmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 11.

1830 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 57.

1835 Karl Schlegel scores his second kill of the day, destroying another French balloon for number 18. Cpl Gaitz-Hocki, 83° Cie d’Aérostieres, parachutes safely.

1910 English ace RAF pilot Horace Lale and ace observer Francis Ralph, slying Bristol F.2b E2467, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 10 for Lale; number 9 for Ralph.

1910 English ace RAF pilot Dennis Latimer and ace observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b D7993, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 26 for Latimer; number 12 for Newland.

1915 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of fhe day, shooting down Sopwith Camel E1478 for victory number 58. 2nd Lt T.W. Imes, 148th Aero Sqdn UASA, is wounded.

1940 American pilot Clayton Lawrence Bissell, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1940 American pilot Henry Clay, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1945 English RAF ace pilot Leslie King and ace observer Valentine Collins, flying Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 7 for King; number 8 for Collins.

1945 English RAF pilot T.W. Martin and observer Christopher James Shannon, in Bristol F.2b C1040, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for Martin; numer 1 for Shannon.

1945 English RAF ace pilot Frederick Stanton and ace observev Clifford Tolman, in Bristol F.2b E2500, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 6 for both.

2020 American RAF ace Frederic Lord, in Sopwith Dolphis D3771, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

German ace Siegfried Büttner, flying with Jasta 61, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 12.

Gustav Dörr scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for number 22.

German naval ace Gotthaard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 24.

French ace Paul Waddington, with Spa 154, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 10.