100 Years Ago Today

[Sailor Steve]

September 7, 1917

Air War:

1040 German ace Emil Thuy, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down an unidentified SPAD for victory number 10.

[Jimbuna]

9th September 1917

Western Front

British take 600 yards of German trenches at Villeret (N.N.W. of St. Quentin).

Meuse, right bank: heavy fighting, Germans repulsed.

End of Third French offensive at Verdun.

Southern Front

Austrians claim 6,000 prisoners near Hermada (Carso).

French advance near Lake Ochrida (south-west Macedonia).

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine SM UB-49 runs out of fuel and is interned in Cadiz, Spain (it escapes Spain on October 6th).

Political, etc.

King's special decoration for 1914 campaign announced.

With German forces approaching Petrograd, partial evacuations of the city begin. The official reason blames food shortages.

Ship Losses:

Elsa (Denmark) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew.
Pluton (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Storm (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) by a Luftstreitkräfte aircraft.
Swiftsure (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by
UC 40 (Hermann Menzel) and sank in Shapinsay Sound, Orkney Islands with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

September 9, 1917

Air War:

1140 English RFC pilot Lovell Baker, flying SPAD VII B3510, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1247 German pilot Eberhard Stapenhorst, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down SPAD VII A6713 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt K.R. Sayers is listed as Missing.

1300 German pilot Ludwig Luer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

1315 English RFC ace pilot Harry Luchford and observer Richard Hill, in Bristol F.2b A7215, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 12 for Luchford, number 2 for Hill.

1500 German ace Rudolf Wendelmuth, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 7.

1520 German ace Julius Schmidt, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down Nieuport 17 B3558 for victory number 14.

1525 German pilot Paul Bäumer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down RE.8 3597 for victory number 4. 2nd Lts A.G, Davidson and B.B. Bishop are both killed.

1615 New Zealander RFC ace Keith Park, in Bristol F.2b A7220 with AM2 H. Lindfield as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 14 for Park, number 4 for Lindfield.

1615 Welsh RFC pilot Edward George Herbert Williams and English observer Bruce Stanley C. Jackman, in Bristol F.2b A7273, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

1630 Canadian RFC pilot Emerson Smith, in Sopwith Camel B3791, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.

1630 Canadian RNAS pilot George Trapp, flying Sopwith Camel B3922, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

1635 Emerson Smith scores his second victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros two-seater for victory number 3.

1630 German ace Ernst Hess, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7207 for victory number 12. Sgts J.H. Hamer and G.E. Lambeth are both killed.

1705 New Zealander RFC ace Clive Collett, in Sopwith Camel B2341, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

1725 Clive Collett scores his second victory of the day, another two-seater, for victory number 11.

1740-1845 English RFC ace Arthur Rhys Davids, in SE.5a B525, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 18.

1750 Clive Collett scores victory number 3 for the day, shooting down Albatros D.V 2336/17 for number 12. Ltn Karl Hammes is wounded.

1835 German ace Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5477 for victory number 9. Sub-Lt L.E. Adlam is killed.

1900 German ace Fritz Kosmahl, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel BB3928 for victory number 7. Lt N.C. Saward is taken prisoner.

1905 Two RNAS Camel aces share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Joseph Fall, Canada, B3898, victory number 17.
Harold Stackard, England, B6204, number 7.

1905 German pilot Oskar von Boenigk, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

1910 German pilot Karl Hammes, flying Albatros D.V 2336/17 shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 4. There is a discrepancy in the recorded times for this kill and Hammes' own wounding.

1930 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3916 for victory number 27. 2nd Lt Hugh Weightman is wounded, but manages to crash on his own side of the lines.

2055 German pilot Erich Löwenhardt, in an Albatros D.III, destroys a French observation balloon. Observer S/Lt Berthon is unharmed.

[Jimbuna]

10th September 1917

Western Front

British take 400 yards more trench at Villeret.

Mutiny breaks out in Étaples, France when British military police fires into an angry crowd of soldiers, killing a Scottish soldier.

Eastern Front

Russian Twelfth Army takes up position 30 miles north-east of Riga; German pursuit. Russian “Battalions of Death” counterattack German forces 32 miles northeast of Riga and manage to halt their advance in some areas.

Southern Front

French and Russian troops extend their occupation near Lake Ochrida.

Political, etc.

General Kornilov approaches Petrograd.

M. Kerenski assumes dictatorship.

Provisional Government resigns.

Ship Losses:

City of Nagpur (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Danae Shoal, off Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. She broke in two and was a total loss. All 259 passengers, and her crew, were rescued.
Eburoon (Belgium) The cargo ship was wrecked in Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland.
Jane Williamson (United Kingdom) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of St. Ives, Cornwall (50°32′N 5°20′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her six crew .
HMT Loch Ard (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Helmut Lorenz) and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk (52°30′N 1°53′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Margarita (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Hermann Menzel) and was severely damaged in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the Bressay Lighthouse, Shetland Islands. She was repaired and returned to service in 1921.
Mary Orr (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) north by east of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°18′N 5°40′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mary Seymour (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) north north east of the Pendeen Lighthouse (50°16′N 5°39′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Moss Rose (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) north north east of the Pendeen Lighthouse (50°16′N 5°39′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Parkmill (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 1.25 nautical miles (2.32 km) south east of the Bressay Lighthouse by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sims (Russia) The tug sttruck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Worms Island.
SM UC-42 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was sunk by the explosion of one of her own mines at Cork, Ireland (51°44′N 8°12′W) with the loss of all 26 crew.
Vikholmen (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel south east of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (50°11′N 1°22′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Water Lily (United Kingdom) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north east of the Pendeen Lighthouse (50°18′N 5°40′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 10, 1917

Air War:

1615 German ace Ernst Hess, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.5 A9435 for victory number 13.

1625 English RFC ace Albert Enstone, in Sopwith Camel B3841, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

1650 German ace Werner Voss, in Fokker F.I 103/17, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3927 for victory number 43. 2nd Lt Arthur Jackson Smith Sisley is listed as Missing.

1655 Werner Voss scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel B3787 for number 44. 2nd Lt Oliver Charles Pearson is listed as Missing.

1720 Australian RFC pilot Raymond James Brownell, in Sopwith Camel B2323, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

1730 Canadian RFC pilot Emerson Smith, flying a Sopwith Camel, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1800 Five RNAS Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
George Anderson, Canada, B3940, victory number 3.
Harold Beamish, New Zealand, N6377, number 4.
Sub-Lt G. Harrower, unknown, B3782, unknown.
Edward Hayne, South Africa, B3895, number 2.
Cmdr R.F. Redpath, unknown, B3786, unknown.
(Sources list Anderson and Hayne with the same serial number. Not possible, but it's all we have.)

1810 German ace Walter Göttsch, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 16.

1815 Werner Voss scores his third kill of the day, ahooting down SPAD VII 1746 for number 45. Sgt Jules Tiberghien is listed as Missing.

1905 German ace Josef Jacobs, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down SPAD VII 2416 for victory number 7. French 9-victory ace Georges Matton is killed.

1930 German pilot Franz Ray, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

11th September 1917

Western Front

British bomb south of Lille and Roulers region heavily.

Southern Front

Austrian counter-attacks on Bainsizza Plateau and north-east of Gorizia heavily repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British seaplanes bomb Zeebrugge mole and air sheds.

British merchant ship “SS British Transport” rams & sinks German submarine U-49: First case in the war where a merchant vessel sinks a U-boat.

Political, etc.

First party of British prisoners from Switzerland arrives.

Russian crisis: M. Kerenski declares General Kornilov a traitor.

Despite being labeled a traitor by the Russian government, General Kornilov & his troops are 33 miles from Petrograd and closing.

Kaiser Wilhelm returns from the Riga battlefields to Potsdam with a severe cold.

Ship Losses:

Embleton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Luxembourg (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north north east of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°13′N 5°40′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rosy Cross (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north west by west of Crackington Haven, Cornwall by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tobol (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) east south east of Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom (58°10′N 1°00′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM U-49 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 43 submarine was rammed, shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (46°17′N 14°42′W) by British Transport ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all 43 crew.
Vienna (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 340 nautical miles (630 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°59′N 13°05′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
William (United Kingdom) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north north west of Crackington Haven (50°56′N 5°39′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 11, 1917

Air War:

RFC observer Lt Albert Wear succumbs to wounds recieved on July 31.

0830 German ace Josef Jacobs, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 8.

0920 English RFC pilot Henry Moody, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 2.

0950 German ace Karl Menckhoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

1005 German pilot Max Wackwitz, in Albatros D.V 4545/17, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

1015 Scottish ace RFC pilot James Binnie and English observer Thomas Tuffield, in Bristol F.2b A7220, shoot down a DFW C.V. Victory number 9 for Binnie and number 5 for Tuffield. This is also Binnie's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and live until 1962.

1020 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 13.

1030 German ace Werner Voss claims a Sopwith Camel for victory number 46. That makes three claims for Camels at this time, the other two being Menckhoff and Wackwitz. Voss also fought Bristol F.2b at this time. Lt Raymond de Lacey Stedman got his plane home safely, with 2nd Lt Harry Edward Jones seriously wounded.

1030 German pilot Kurt Wissemann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD XIII S504 for victory number 5. French 53-victory ace Georges Guynemer is killed. The plane and body are found, but not recovered due to heavy artillery fire. By the time the fighting has moved on both plane and body are gone, apparently destroyed by the barrage. Thus the Germans are unable to hold a funeral for their fallen enemy, and Guynemer is today still listed as Missing.
-Henri Bordeaux, Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air, New Haven Yale University Press, 1918

1055 Four RFC Pup pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Lt E. Armitage, England, B1837, unknown victory.
Eric Hughes, Wales, A6188, number 2.
Arthur Lee, England, B1777, number 2.
Maurice Scott, England, B2191, number 7.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot George Anderson, in Sopwith Camel B3940, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

1100 English RNAS pilot William Chisam, flying Sopwith Camel N6364, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1100 English RNAS pilot Thomas Le Mesurier and observer Horace Jackson, in DH.4 N5968, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 5 for Le Mesurier, number 4 for Jackson.

1101 German pilot Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

1150 Canadian RNAS ace Lloyd Breadner, in Sopwith Camel B3782, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 10. This is Breadner's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and join the Royal Canadian Air Force at its formation in 1924. In 1939 he will go to England as a technical advisor and become an Air Marshal in 1941. In 1943 he will become Commander of the RCAF overseas, becoming Air Chief Marshal, the highest rank ever awarded in the RCAF. He will retire in 1945 and die in Boston, Massachusetts in 1952.

1150 English RNAS ace Ronald Thornely, in Sopwith Camel B3845, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9. This is Thornely's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and die in 1984, aged 95.

1235 German ace Julius Schmidt, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 15.

[Jimbuna]

12th September 1917

Western Front

French headquarters estimate German losses to end of July at four millions.

Southern Front

Italians hold on stubbornly north-east of Gorizia.

French and Russian troops cross River Devoli (Albanian frontier), driving back enemy twenty miles.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Gulf of Riga still controlled by Russian warships; bombard German batteries on Courland shores

Political, etc.

US Secret Service raid the home of Professor Scott Nearing, a pacifist and socialist activist, to find evidence of sedition.

M. Painleve forms ministry.

Russia on point of civil war. Russian Premier Kerensky also becomes Commander in Chief & mobilizes forces, including the Bolsheviks, in Petrograd to cement his rule.

Argentina hands passports to Count Luxburg.

Polish Regency Council created.

Ship Losses:

Agricola (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Bristol Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) west north west of Lundy Island, Devon by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Asia (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Hermann Menzel) and sank in the North Sea off Bressay, Shetland Islands with the loss of seven of her crew.
Deputé Pierre Goujon (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Belle Île, Morbihan (47°06′N 3°57′W) by SM U-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) south east of Cape Creus, Spain (41°17′N 5°50′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Gisla (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Cape Palos, Murcia Spain (37°39′N 0°32′W) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HS 3 and RB 10 (United Kingdom) The tug and refrigerated barge were scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) west by north of Cape Sines, Portugal by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but four of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Reim (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Margaret (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands by SM U-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew.
SM U-45 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 43 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (55°48′N 7°30′W) by HMS D7 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 43 of her 45 crew.
Urd (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north by east of Cape Palos (37°52′N 0°28′W) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Wilmore (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of the Hornigas Lighthouse, Cape Palos (37°41′N 0°31′W) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 12, 1917

Air War:

0800 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 14.

1315 German ace Heinrich Kroll, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down SPAD VII B3506 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt S.W. Dronsfield is taken prisoner.

Russian pilot Ivan Loiko, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

13th September 1917

Western Front

German attack near Langemarck repulsed.

German raids west of Craonne.

Germans penetrate French advanced line north of Caurieres Wood (Meuse).

Eastern Front

Odessa and Black Sea tranquil; population sympathise with Provisional Government.

Political, etc.

General Alexeiev treats with General Kornilov. Latter's revolt fails; his commander, General Krimov, kills himself. General Kaledin and Cossacks revolt. Soviets ban Cadets.

New French Cabinet announced.

Ship Losses:

Arlequin (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Chère Rose' (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Comizianes da Graca (Portugal) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Cape Sines by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Correiro de Sines (Portugal) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ortigia (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UC-21 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine departed Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium for the Bay of Biscay. No further trace, presumed lost with all 26 crew.
Vittoria (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

September 13, 1917

Air War:

US Army 1st Aero Squadron begins training at the French aviation school at Avord.

0810 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sowpith Camel B3933 for victory number 19. Sub-Lt E.D. Abbott is wounded and taken prisoner.

0830 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5429 for victory number 15. Sub-Lt John R. Wilford is wounded and taken prisoner.

1430 Canadian RNAS pilot Fred Banbury, in Sopwith Camel B3832, shares a victory number 5 over an Albatros D.V with two other pilots:
Sub-Lt Ingleson in Camel B3817.
Sub-Lt Oakley, in Camel B3880.
Banbury's listings also include Stearne Edwards and John Hales, but none of the listings for those pilots credit them with victories on this date.

1520 German ace Karl Menckhoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

September 13, 1917

Air War:

0810 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sowpith Camel B3933 for victory number 19. Sub-Lt E.D. Abbott is wounded and taken prisoner.

0830 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5429 for victory number 15. Sub-Lt E.D. Abbot is wounded and taken prisoner. (then ran off a string of 14 victories in September)

An amazing coincidence! E.D. Abbott, described as a 'former WWI pilot', went on to make gliders: the Abbott-Farnham glider and cars:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._D._Abbott_Ltd

[Sailor Steve]

Thanks for pointing that out. Fixed. Also a nice find on Abbott's later career.

[Jimbuna]

14th September 1917

Western Front

French drive enemy out of Caurieres Wood (Verdun).

Eastern Front

Enemy approach trenches near Focsani; repulsed everywhere by Romanians.

Political, etc.

U.S.A. have spent $40,000,000 for naval construction in little over a year.

Elihu Root, former US Secretary of War and Secretary of State, says anyone who opposes the war are traitors.

Lord Reading arrives on financial mission.

Sir J. Allen on New Zealand spirit.

General Kornilov submits.

Ship Losses:

Amiral de Kersaint (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Cape Tortosa, Spain by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ausonia (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Tortosa (40°46′N 1°03′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Chulmleigh (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west by west of Cape Salou, Spain (40°54′N 1°04′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS D-2 (United States Navy) The D-class submarine sank at New London Naval Base, Connecticut. Her crew survived. She was subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Sado (Portugal) The ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Cape Sines by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Zeta (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) south by west of Mine Head, County Cork by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 14, 1917

Air War:

0850 Prussia-born German pilot Gustav Schneidewind, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2333 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt E.S.C. Sen is taken prisoner.

1424 English RFC pilot Edward Clarke, in Sopwith Camel B2327, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1635 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 12.

1645 Welsh RFC pilot Robert Leslie Chidlaw-Roberts, flying SE.5a B4864, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1845 New Zealander RFC ace pilot Keith Park and English ace observer Hugh Owen, in Bristol F.2g A7227, are credited with two Albatros D.Vs at this time. Victories 15 and 16 for Park, 6 and 7 for Owen. One of these is Ltn Maximillian von Chelius, who is killed. This is Hugh Leslie Owen's last aerial victory. He will survive the war, but beyond his death at age 38 in 1930 not much information seems to be available.

1905 German ace Karl Menckhoff, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down SE.5a B516 for victory number 11. 2nd Lt N.H. Crow is killed.

Italian pilot Attilio Imolesi, in a Nieuport, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 2.

Transylvania-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Rudolf Weber, in a two-seater, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.