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[Sailor Steve]

June 24, 1918


The first scheduled Canadian airmail flight is made, between Montreal and Toronto.


Air War:

0710 Two Spa 57 pilots share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Charles nuville, victory number 6.
André Peti-Delchet, victory number 3.

0730 German ace Paul Strähle, with Jasta 57, shoots down DH.9 D1012 for victory number 11. Lt W.C. Cutmore and 2nd Lt W.G. Duncan are both killed.

0820 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down Bristol F.2b D8028 for victory number 20. lt F. Williams and wnd Lt L.E. Dumville are both killed.

0920 American pilot Robert F. Raymond, with the 27th Aero Squadron, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0925 German pilot Kurt Jacob, with Jasta 36, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

0945 German ace Hans Kirschtein, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 27.

1000 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 33.

1030 German pilot Wilhelm Oberstadt, with Jasta 56, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3367 for victory number 1. Lt G.A. Learn is killed.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 18.

Three French Spa 89 pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Sgt Dreyfus, victory number 2.
Emil Régnier, victory number 1.
Sgt L. Thomas, victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

25th June 1918

Western Front

American success near Belleau Wood.

British air attacks on Saarbrucken, Offenburg (13 miles south-east of Strasbourg) and Karlsruhe.

Eastern Front

M. Markiewicz (Socialist) forms cabinet in Ukraine, vice M. Lyshub resigned.

Southern Front

Italians take bridgehead of Capo Sile.

Political, etc.

Germany establishes the Crimean Regional Government to administer the occupied Crimean Peninsula.

German Foreign Secretary von Kühlmann makes a speech admitting the war cannot be won with force alone and Germany must resort to diplomacy. The speech angers the German military and other militarists.

Ship Losses:

African Transport (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Moorlands (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of Whitby by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Orissa (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) south west by west of Skerryvore by SM UB-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six lives.
SMS T59 (Kaiserliche Marine) The torpedo boat collided with another vessel and sank in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 21 of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 25, 1918


Air War:

0735 English RAF pilot Harry King Goode, flying Sopwith Camel D9410, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1010 Three RAF Sopwith Camel pilots over the Italian Front share a victory over a Hansa-Brandenburt C.I:
Lt G.G. Constanduros, D8206, nationality and victory number unknown.
Arthur Jarvis, England, D8179, victory number 4.
Thomas Williams, Canada, D8208, victory number 10.

1110 French ace Marcel Nogues, with Spa 57, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 6.

1115 English observer Ernest Antcliffe, in Bristol F.2b C4880 with Lt J.P. West as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1145 Canadian RAF pilot Harold Stokes, in Bristol F.2b C883 with Lt G.J. Maynard as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1145 English RAF ace pilot Frank Ransley, flying Bristol F.2b C786 with 2nd Lt L.W. Davies as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

1215 German pilot Flgmstr Wagner (no first name given), with Marine Feld Jasta 1, shoots down DH.9 2176 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt F. Daltrey is wounded and taken prisoner; AG R. Shepherd is killed.

1215 German pilot Lt z.S Schultze (no first name given), with MFJ 1, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1240 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 15.

1240 German pilot Kurt Hetze, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

1620 German pilot Johann Diebold, flying with Jasta 71, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1.

1650 German pilot Kurt Beinecke, with Jasta 51, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 1.

1740 Two French pilots with Spa 90 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Marius Ambrogi, victory number 5.
Jean Pezon, victory number 2.

1800 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, is credited with a Halberstadt two-seater and a Fokker D.VII for victories 45 and 46.

1810 Two French pilots with Spa 57 share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Marius Hasdenteufel, victory number 5.
Charles Nuville, victory number 7.

1825 French ace Jacques Gérard, flying with Spa 65, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 7.

1926 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a C1102 for victory number 21. 1st Lt H.B. Bradley is killed.

1835 René Fonck scores his third kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 47.

1840 Canadian ace Harold Hartney, flying a Nieuport 28 with the American 27th Aero Squadron, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 7.

1840 American pilot John McArthur, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 2.

1845 English RAF pilot Alec Reid, flying SE.5a D6859, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

1845 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down two SPAD XIIIs from Spa 96 in rapid succession. American Sgt Vernon Booth is wounded, and will die from his wounds on July 10. French Cpl Eduard Aury is also wounded but will survive.

1850 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bréguet 14 1655 for victory number 23. Brig Yves Adam and Asp André Desages are listed as Missing.

1855 German pilot Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 5.

1900 German pilot Hans Joachim Borck, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 1.

1915 English RAF pilot Alec Reid, flying SE.5a D6859, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

2000 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7278 for victory number 16. Lt L.E. Nightingale is killed.

2025 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down Sopwith Camel C8238 for victory number 6. Lt O.J.F. Jones-Lloyd is taken prisoner.

2030 German pilot Wilhelm Oberstadt, with Jasta 56, ahoots down Sopwith Camel B7164 for victory number 2. Lt W.H. Stubbs is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

2040 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker Dr.I, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 14.

French pilot Leon Bourjade, flying with Spa 152, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

German pilot gunther Dobberke, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

German pilot Vfw Gondermann (no first name given), with Jasta 66, shoots down SPAD VII 2330 for victory number 3. Adj-Chef Pierre Galgani of Spa 57 is wounded.

American ace Harold Hartney, in a Nieuport 28, shoots dwon an Albatros D.V for victory number 7,

German pilot Vfw Heidfeld (no first name given), with Kest 5, shoots down DH.4 D5570 for victory number 1. Lt N.S. Harper and 2nd Lt D.G. Benson are killed.

German pilot Arthur Laumann, flying with Jasta 66, is credited with shooting down two SPADs for victories 2 and 3.

American pilot John MacArthur, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 2.

French pilot Albert Mezergues and observer Henri Miclet, in a Bréguet 14, shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 4 for Mezergues; number 2 for Miclet.

German pilot Vfw W. Rössel, with Kest 1b, shoots down DH.9 C2170 for victory number 1. Lt S.C.M. Pontin and 2nd Lt J. Arnold are taken prisoner.

German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down SE.5a C1800 for victory number 24. Lt E.B. Wilson is wounded.

German pilot OfStv G. Vothknecht, flying with Kest 2, shoots down DH.4 B7866 for victory number 3. 2nd Lts G.A. Sweet and C.R.F. Goodyear are both killed.

[Jimbuna]

26th June 1918

Western Front

British take point west of Vieux Berquin (10.5 miles west of Armentieres).

German air-raid on Paris.

American soldiers win the Battle of Belleau Wood, clearing the forest of German forces. Major Shearer reports: “Woods now U.S. Marine Corps entirely.”

Eastern Front

Peace Treaty between Germany and Finland ratified.

Naval

SS Wimmera, an Australian passenger ship, hits a mine laid by the German merchant raider SMS Wolf off the coast of New Zealand and sinks, resulting in 26 deaths.


Political, etc.

Labour Conference in London.

House of Lords approves principle of League of Nations.

Kyrion II of Georgia, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, is murdered at his residence. The perpetrator and motive are unknown.


Ship Losses:

HMT Achilles II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Eberhard Schmidt) and sank in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°04′30″N 1°48′00″E) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
Atlantian (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) north west by west of Eagle Island, County Mayo (55°42′N 12°57′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Tortuguero (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 205 nautical miles (380 km) north west of Eagle Island (55°50′N 15°30′W) by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
SM UC-11 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC I submarine struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Dover (51°55′N 1°41′E) with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.
Wimmera (United Kingdom) The passenger ship struck a mine laid by the merchant raider SMS Wolf ( Kaiserliche Marine) and sank in the Pacific Ocean 24 nautical miles (44 km) northwest of Hooper's Point, South Island, New Zealand, with the loss of 10 passengers and 16 of her crew. sixty-six passengers and 59 crew members survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 26, 1918


Air War:

0910 French pilot Maurice Arnoux, flying with Spa 49, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

1305 German pilot Hans Schlieter, with Jasta 70, shoots down DH.4 C6256 for victory number 2. 2ne Lt C.G. Jenyns is wounded and taken prisoner; 2nd Lt H.C. Davis is killed.

1805 Australian AFC pilot Elwyn King, in Sopwith Camel D1895, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

1920 Three RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII. German 13-victory ace Kurt Sch246nfelder is killed.
Lawrence Coombes, India, D3387, victory number 9.
Ivan Sanderson, England, D7153, victory number 2.
Kenneth Russell Unger, United States, D9608, victory number 1.

1945 Lawrence Coombes, Ivan Sandrson and Russell score three more kills together, shooting down another Fokker D.VIIs and two Pfalz D.IIIs. Victories 10, 11 and 12 for Coombes; 3, 4 and 5 for Sanderson; and 2, 3 and 4 for Unger.

2015 German ace Josef Jacobs, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9614 for victory number 22. 2nd Lt C.D. booth is wounded, and dies later.

2020 German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6630 for victory number 26. Lt E.C. Eaton is killed.

2025 German pilot Friedrich Schumacher, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 2. MdL Wissemberger, 59° Cie d’Aerostiérs parachutes safely.

2030 Canadian RAF ace Alfred Leitch, flying Sopwith Camel D1903, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 6.

2035 American RAF pilot Field Eugene Kindley, in Sopwith Camel D1878, shoots down Pfalz for victory number 1. Lt Wilhelm Lehmann (4 victories) is killed.

French ace Paul d'Argueff, with Spa 124, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

French 5-victory ace Marius Hasdenteufeul is killed in a flying accident.

German pilot Willy Rosenstein, with Kest 1b, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 3.

German ace Josef Schwendemann, with Jasta 41, shoots down SPAD XIII 1535 for victory number 7. S/Lt Henri de Mirman is listed as Missing.

[Jimbuna]

27th June 1918

Eastern Front

650 newly-elected members of Soviet enrolled.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Hospital ship "Llandovery Castle" torpedoed south-west of Fastnet - all boats (except one) rammed and sunk: 234 lost.


Four British destroyers fight eight German ones: no damage received.

Aviation

German bombers conduct an air raid against Paris, resulting in 11 deaths and 14 injuries.

Political, etc.

Agreement between Sweden, Finland and Germany for abolition of forts on Aaland Islands.

Yugo-Slav deputation at Rome.

Ship Losses:

Keelung (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.
HMHS Llandovery Castle (Royal Navy) The hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 116 nautical miles (215 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 234 of the 258 people on board.
Sotolongo (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Maritimo Island (38°04′N 11°21′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 27, 1918


Air War:

0715 Emglish RAF ace Albert Enstone, flying Sopwith Camel N5347, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 12.

0810 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 48.

0815 René Fonck scores his second kill of the day, bringing down another two-seater for number 49.

0900 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAd for victory number 15.

0915 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 29.

0925 South African RAF pilot Thomas Sinclair Harrison, flying SE.5a C8859, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 1.

0930 German pilot Hermann Gilly, with Jasta 40, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin C3816 for victory number 2. Lt L.R. Lang lands safely.

0935 German pilot Vfw Rausch (no first name given), with Jasta 40, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin C3806 for victory number 2. Capt W.A. Forsyth is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

0940 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down SE.5a C8573 for victory number 7. Lt F.R. Brand is killed.

0945 South African RAF pilot William Joseph Baynes Nell, in SE.5a D6857, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

0950 German pilot Aloys von Brandenstein, flying with Jasta 49, shoots down RE.8 A3661 for victory number 3. Lt P.H. Kerr is wounded; Lt A. O'C. Brook is killed.

0951 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 6.

0953 German pilot Ernst Busch, in an Albatros D.V, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

1030 German pilot Robert Schwarz, with Jasta 52, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1050 German pilot Gefr Kämmer (no first name given) shoots down a Salmson 2A.2 for victory number 1.

1110 German pilot Friedrich-Karl Weber, flying with Jasta 29, shoots down a Sopwith Cameo for victory number 3.

1115 German pilot Josef Raesch, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1120 German pilot Josef Schulte, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1200 Two French SPAD pilots share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
François Paul Delzenne, victory number 1.
Jean Vidal, victory number 3.

1202 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 18. S/Lt Jean Vidal is killed.

1300 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.

1300 German pilot Max Kuhn, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1405 German pilot Hermann Juhnke, with Jasta 52, shoots down DH.4 D1669 for victory number 4. Lt E.A. Chapin and 2nd Lt T.H. Wiggins are both killed.

1516 German pilot Vfw Stadly (or Stadley - sources vary), in Albatros D.Va 7285/17, destroys a French observation balloon for his first and only victory. Stadly is shot down by French AA fire during the attack, wounded and taken prisoner. He will later die from his wounds.

1520 English RAF pilot Laurence Pearson and observer Edward Darby, in DH.4 A8025, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 3 for both.

1620 Australian AFC pilot Edgar McCloughry, flying Sopwith Camel D1961, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

1725 German ace Hans Müller, with Jasta 18, shoots down DH.9 A7670 for victory number 6. Lt J. Webster and 2nd Lt G.M. Gray are both taken prisoner.

1800 English RAF ace pilot Frank Ransley, in Bristol F.2b C808 with 2nd Lt L.W. Davies as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9. This is Frank Cecil Ransley's last aerial victory. After the war he will have a career in the Prison Service, as Assistant House Master in 1924, House Master in 1928, and Governor in 1932. He will live until 1992.

1900 German ace Albert Haussmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 8.

1905 German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 37.

1905 German ace Ulrich Neckel, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 17.

1910 Ulrich Neckel scores his second victory of the day, shooting down another Bristol F.2b for victory number 18.

1930 American RAF pilot Frederic Lord, in Sopwith Dolphin C4131, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1940 German pilot Kurt Ungewitter, with Jasta 24, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

1945 Frederic Lord claims two more kills, a Fokker Dr.I and an Albatros D.V, for victories 4 and 5.

2000 German pilot Heinrich Dreckmann, flying with Jasta 4, destroys a Frech observation balloon for victory number 5.

2015 Canadian RAF ace William Claxton, in SE.5a D6120, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 9.

2133 German ace Josef Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 15.

2133 German ace Fritz Rumey claims two British fighters shot down, a Sopwith Dolphin and a Sopwith Camel, for victories 26 and 27.

1949 Willim Claxton scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for number 10.

French ace Maurice Boyau, flying with Spa 77, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 19.

French pilot Lucien Eugne Cayol, with Spa 84, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

German pilot Walter Höhne, with Jasta 61, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 1.

German pilot Karl Kutsche, with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

German ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 14.

German pilot Alexandre Zenses, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.9 D4587 for victory number 2. Lt C. Briggs and 2nd Lt H.W.H. Warner are both killed.

Alexandre Zenses scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

[Jimbuna]

28th June 1918

Western Front

French capture Cutry Plateau.

British troops east of Nieppe Forest advance on a four-mile front, taking three towns from the Germans.

Another air-raid on Paris.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Arabs capture Kalaat el Almar (200 miles north of Medina) from Turks.

Political, etc.

Second U.S.A. communique in favour of deliverance of all Slavs from German or Austro-Hungarian rule.

Ship Losses:

Dictator (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived and were taken as prisoners of war.
Elbjorg (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the Tongue Lightship ( United Kingdom) (57°50′N 8°42′E) by SM UC-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pochard (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine laid by UC 58 (Kurt Schwarz) and sank in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
Queen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north of Cape Villano, Spain (44°25′N 10°25′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty crew.
Sunniva (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Sunderland, County Durham by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 28, 1918


Air War:

0540 French pilot Jean de Gaillard de la Valdène, flying for Spa 95, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

0615 Thre French SPAD pilot from two different escadrilles share a victory over a German "Scout":
Adj Binoche, Spa 48, victory number 2.
René Dousinelle, Spa 48, victory number 7.
Brig Patry, Spa 155, victory number 1.

0700 Three French SPAD pilots from Spa 48 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Adj Binoche, victory number 3.
MdL Danglade, victory number 1.
René Dousinelle, victory number 8.

0700 German pilot Reinhold Poss, with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down DH.4 A8023 for victory number 4. Lt A.E. Bingham and 2nd Lt L.J. Smith are both taken prisonder.

0710 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

0820 Three French pilots from Spa 37 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Sgt Francisquet, victory number 3.
Sgt Morin, victory number 1.
Roger Poupon, victory number 3.

0820 Germna ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 30

0830 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 17.

0900 German ace Eberhard Mohnicke, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

0905 Eberhard Mohnicke scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SPAD for victory number 9.

0905 German ace Emil Thuy, flying a Pfalz D.IIIa, shoots down an unspecified Sopwith for victory number 23.

0912 German pilot Friedrich Engler, with Jasta 62, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1. Adjs Auclerc (no first name given) and Maurice Guibillon, of the 63° Cie d’Aérostieres both wounded.

0915 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 7. S/Lt Mauret (no first name given), of the 51° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely.

0945 German ace Heinrich Drekmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

0945 German pilot Heinrich Maushake, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

0950 Venezuelan/German pilot "Karl Meyer" (Carlos Baldó), flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1000 English/Canadian RAF pilot Harold Albert White, in Sopwith Dolphin D3715, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1015 English ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Valentine Collins, in Bristol F.2b C989, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 6 for Gibbons; number 4 for Collins.

1150 Australian RAF pilot Eric John Stephens, in SE.5a D5961, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 1.

1230 German ace Franz Hemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD XVI for victory number 11.

1230 Erich Löwenhardt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD 11 for victory number 31.

1230 Canadian RAF pilot William Shields, in SE.5a D5984, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

1612 Australian AFC pilot Edgar McCloughry, in Sopwith Camel D1961, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1640 English RAF ace Albert Jones, in Sopwith Camel D3381, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 6.

1840 Australian AFC pilot Elwyn King, in Sopwith Camel D1895, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

2000 Canadian RAF pilot Kenneth Conn and English observer Bertram Hutchinson Smyth, flying Bristol F.2b C787, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 3 for Conn; number 1 for Smyth.

2000 English RAF pilot Alec Williamson and observer Edward Hoare, in Bristol F.2b C4720, are credited with two Halberstadt two-seaters. Victories 1 and 2 for both.

2005 English RAF pilot Stanley Puffer, in SE.5a D6000, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

2015 Two French pilots from Spa 26 share a victory over a German "Scout":
Lt Dombray (first name not given), victory number 2.
Gustave Naudin, victory number 5.

2055 German ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b C4880 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt J.P. West and A/G A.J. Loton are both killed.

2100 German pilot Franz Büchner, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a D6086 for victory number 5. Lt H. Austin is wounded and taken prisoner.

French ace Leon Bourjade, with Spa 152, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory numer 11.

Two French pilots from Spa 57 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Adj Bocquentin (no first name given), victory number 1.
Marcel nogues, victory number 7.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

German pilot Helmut Brünig, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

German pilot Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD XIII and a SPAD VII for victories 5 and 6.

French ace Jacques Gérard, with Spa 65, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 8.

German pilot Alexander Hellwig, with Jasta 77, shoots down a Bristol F.2a for victory number 2.

French pilot Marcel Henriot, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

German pilot Hans Horst, flying with Jasta 81, shooots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

German pilot Wilhelm Kohlbach, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German pilot Arthur Laumann, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

German pilot Alfons Nagler, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

Boznia-Herzogovina-born pilot Friedrich Nvratil, in Austrian Albatros D.III 153.198, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

Two French pilots from Spa 65 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft":
MdL Giovetti (no first name given), victory number 3.
Constant Plessis, SPAD XIII, victory number 5.

German ace Otto Rosenfeld, with Jasta 41, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

German pilot Lambert Schütt, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

German naval pilot Alexandre Zenses, with Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 4.

The Germans filed 19 claims against French SPADs this day. The French reported 8 SPADS Lost to enemy aircraft, plus another 3 shoot down by AA fire:
MdL Frantz Divoy SPAD VII Spa 159 DOW
Capt René Doumer (7 victories) SPAD XIII Spa 88 Killed
Cpl Camille Javet SPAD XIII Spa 159 Missing
Cpl Georges Joblot SPAD XIII Spa 88 Prisoner
Sgt Pierre Lafargue SPAD XIII Spa 159 Missing
Adj René Montrion (11 victories) SPAD VII Spa 48 Missing
Adj Christian Schlumberger SPAD XIII Spa 162 Missing
Lt Maurice Patret SPAD VII Spa 159 Missing


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June 29, 1918


Air War:

1125 Scottish RAF ace John Gilmour, flying Sopwith Camel D8118, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory nuumber 30.

1400 English RAF pilot Edward Asbury, in DH.9 C6140 with 2nd Lt W.N. Hartley as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1445 English RAF Charles Philip Allen, in Sopwith Camel D3332, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1845 German pilot Alfred Fleischer, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

2010 Canadian RAF ace William Claxton, in SE.5a D6186, is credited with two Pfalz D.IIIs for victories 11 and 12.

[Jimbuna]

29th June 1918

Western Front

French, south of River Ourcq, carry hill between Mosloy and Passy-en-Valois.

Eastern Front

Provisional Government proclaimed at Vladivostok (some members remaining at Tomsk).

Political, etc.

U.S. announces it is committed in freeing “all branches of the Slav race” from German and Austrian rule after the war.

Ship Losses:

Ariadne (Norway) The sailing vessel was damaged in the North Sea (57°20′N 5°32′E) by SM UC-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed into Frederikshavn but was declared a constructive total loss.
Castor I (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Ragefjord by SM U-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Drowning Thyra (Denmark) The auxiliary four-masted schooner was sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway (57°30′N 6°42′E) by SM UC-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Florentia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east by north of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Grekland (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (54°09′N 0°02′E) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine), with the loss of one crew member.
Herdis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south east by south of Robin Hood's Bay (54°20′N 0°20′W) by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Midstjø (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Skagerrak 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Songvår Lighthouse, Vest-Agder by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sixty-six (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 29, 1918


Air War:

1125 Scottish RAF ace John Gilmour, flying Sopwith Camel D8118, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory nuumber 30.

1400 English RAF pilot Edward Asbury, in DH.9 C6140 with 2nd Lt W.N. Hartley as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1445 English RAF Charles Philip Allen, in Sopwith Camel D3332, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1845 German pilot Alfred Fleischer, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

2010 Canadian RAF ace William Claxton, in SE.5a D6186, is credited with two Pfalz D.IIIs for victories 11 and 12.

[Jimbuna]

30th June 1918

Western Front

Two air-raids on Paris.

French success between Marne and Ourcq.

German attack on British near Merris (River Lys) repulsed; British success north-west of Albert.

Eastern Front

Murman Council decides to support Entente against Bolsheviks.

Southern Front

Italians capture Monte di Val Bello and Col del Rosso (Asiago). 2,000 prisoners.

Ship Losses:

Origen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine with the loss of a crew member.
W. M. L. (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.

MERCHANT SHIPPING

British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 119 ships of 263,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

[Sailor Steve]

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.

[Jimbuna]

1st July 1918

Western Front

French capture St. Pierre Aigle (village north-west of Forest of Villers-Cotterets).

Americans capture Vaux (west of Chateau-Thierry).

British air raids on Mannheim, Coblenz, Thionville and Treves.

Southern Front

Italians gain positions in north-west of Monte Grappa.

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S. transport "Covington" torpedoed and sunk, 6 lost.

Five British aeroplanes bomb Austrian base at Cattaro.

Portuguese East Africa: Germans under Lettow-Vorbeck fight British and Portuguese at Nhamacurra (26 miles north of Quilimane).

Political, etc.

Appointment of five M.P.'s to investigate Alien question and to advise action to be taken.

Serious explosion at shell factory in Midlands, 100 killed, 150 injured.

Ship Losses:

Charing Cross (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east by north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS Covington (United States Navy) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°31′N 7°09′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Monte Cristo (France) The four-masted schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Lion (41°56′N 4°52′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Origen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) west of Ouessant (47°28′N 8°20′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Westmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 210 nautical miles (390 km) west of Casablanca, Morocco (34°10′N 11°47′W) by SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.

[Sailor Steve]

July 1, 1918


Air War:

0720 English RAF pilot Richard John Gammon and Canadian observer Percival Ewart Appleby, flying DH.0 C6264, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

0900 Canadian RAF ace Hilliard Bell, in Sopwith Camel D9388 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 0.

0915 South African RAF pilot Thomas Harrison, in SE.5a C8859, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 2.

0920 German ace Franz Piechulek, with Jasta 56, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 7.

1430 Three RAF Sopwith Dolphin pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
John Aldridge, England, C3833, victory number 3.
James Hardman, England, C3818, victory number 6.
Gordon Irving, Canada, C3996, victory number 10.