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[Jimbuna]

18th May 1918

Western Front

Successful raid by Australians west of Morlancourt; in the night they capture Ville-sur-Ancre, take 360 prisoners, 20 machine guns.

Daylight raid by B.A.F. on Cologne; 33 bombs dropped, all machines return safely.

Southern Front

Air fights in Upper Adriatic, west of Pola, between Italian and Austrian seaplanes.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Alexandropol (Georgia) occupied by the Turks.

Political, etc.

Proclamation by Lord French (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland) re: pro-German conspiracy.

Adolf Hitler receives the Wound Badge.

Ship Losses:

Catapulte (French Navy) The Arquebuse-class destroyer collided with Warrimoo ( United Kingdom and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Bône, Algeria.
HMS Chesterfield (Royal Navy) The fleet messenger was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) north east by east of Malta (36°17′N 15°13′E) by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Denbigh Hall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km)) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°00′N 8°02′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hurunui (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 48 nautical miles (89 km) south by east of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°08′N 5°00′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
John G. Mccullough (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the Île d'Yeu (46°35′N 2°16′W) by SM UB-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Mabrouka (France) The 25-ton sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Port Said, Egypt by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mabrouka (France) The 45-ton sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Port Said by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maria (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Port Said by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Menewar (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ninetta (Italy) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) south east by south of Cape Passero, Sicily by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Scholar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock (48°53′N 8°04′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Tewfig el Bari (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
USS William Rockefeller (United States Navy) The tanker was sunk in the North Sea off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (57°44′N 1°23′W) by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 18, 1918


Air War:

0700 German ace Hans Kirschstein, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number15. This is probably Sgt Chanussot and Adj Legrand, both listed as Missing.

0715 English RAF pilot Sidney Cottle, in Sopwith Camel B5181 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0730 German pilot Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 5.

0730 English RAF pilot Edgar Johnston and observer John Rudkin, in Bristol F.2b C8467, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for Johnston; number 1 for Rudkin.

0735 Edgar Johnston and John Rudking score their second kill of the day, another Albatros D.V. Victory number 3 for Johnston; number 2 for Rudkin.

0745 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 23.

0825 German pilot Rudolf Eck, with Jasta 16m shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 3. This is Eck's last aerial victory. He will survive the war. Further information is unknown.

0840 German pilot OfStv Behneke (No first name given), shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory nmber 2.

0920 French pilot Del Vial, with Spa 315, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 4.

0930 American pilot Douglas Campbell, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 2.

0930 French ace Edmond Pillon, with Spa 67, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 7.

0940 Del Vial scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another German "Scout' for victory number 4.

0940 German pilot Georg Weiner, with Kest 3, shoots down a French SPAD for victory number 3. S/Lt J. Bordes lands safely.

0948 French pilot Albert Chabrier, with Spa 315, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 3.

0950 Two French pilots from Spa 49 share a victory nover a German "Scout":
Jean Bouyer, victory number 7.
Paul Hamot, victory number 1.

1105 German pilot Ltn von Borries (no first name given), flying with Jasta 22, shoots down a Spad for his first and only victory.

1110 German pilot Heinrich Hager, with Jasta 32, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1115 German pilot Vfw Wiest (no first name given), with Jasta 32, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1140 English pilot John Henry Colbert and observer Ronald William Turner, in Bristol F.2b B1168, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 1 for both.

1140 American RAF pilot Paul Thayer Iaccaci and English Observer Ronald William Turner, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 1 for both.

1150 German ace Karl Pech, flying with Jasta 29, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3390 for victory number 8. Lt J.Hollick is killed.

1155 Karl Pech scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Camel D3391 for victory number 9. Lt M.F. Sutton is wounded and taken prisoner.

1200 English RAF ace Horace Debenham, in Sopwith Camel D1781, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 6.

1240 German ace Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down DH.9 D8401 for victory number 12.

1255 German ace Josef Veltjens, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13. This is probably Sgt César Viez and MdL Lamarre, who are both killed.

1840 New Zealand RAF ace Keith Park, flying Bristol F.2b C808 with 2nd Lt G.J. Maynard as observer, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 18.

English RAF pilot Lionel Arthur Ashfield, in DH.4 A7868 with AGL Allen (no first name given) as gunner, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 1.

German pilot Walter Beyer, with Jasta 42, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 2. This is possibly Lt Niels Paulli-Krause-Jensen, wounded, and Capt Eugène Fay, killed.

German pilot Hans Christian Friedrich Donhauser, in a two-seater from FA 10 with Lt Hempler (no first name given) as observer, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 86, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

German ace Robert Heibert, flying with Jasta 46, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 8.

German pilot Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 20.

German pilot Wilhelm Stör, with Jasta 68, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

19th May 1918

Western Front

British raid south-west of Meteren.

Heavy air fighting and many bombing raids behind enemy front.

Shameful bombing of British hospitals at Etaples, etc., outside war zone, by German airmen; 300 casualties.

Air raid on London by over 20 Gothas; considerable damage, 49 killed, 177 injured; 5 raiders destroyed.

Southern Front

At Capo Sile (north-east corner of Venetian Lagoons) Italian storming party captures and holds Austrian advanced positions.

Naval and Overseas Operations

In East Africa General Edwards occupies Nanungu without opposition; Germans retire south-west towards Mahua.

Ship Losses:

Forsøk (Norway) The trawler was sunk in the Barents Sea south west of Cape Kanin Nos Russia by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kirstin Jensen (Denmark) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Palos, Murcia, Spain by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Snowdon (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) south of Malta by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Water Witch (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground in the Strait of Gibraltar and sank.

[Sailor Steve]

May 19, 1918


U.S. Army Major Harold M. Clark Jr. and Sergeant Robert P. Gay make the first inter-island flight in Hawaii, flying from Fort Kamehameha on Oahu to the island of Maui. From there they fly to the main island of Hawaii, where they crash on the slopes of Mauna Kea. Uninjured, they will wander for a week before finding help.
http://aviation.hawaii.gov/


Air War:

0625 Two RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory over an Aviatik two-seater:
Charles Gray CAtto, United States, B6412, victory number 1.
Norman Jones, England, B6372, victory number 2.

0645 English RAF pilot Rupert Norman Gould Atkinson, in DH.9 B7657 with Lt E.A. Shaw as observer, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I and a Pfalz D.III for victories 1 and 2.

0715 English RAF ace Percy Wilson, in Sopwith Camel B6363 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 9. This is Wilson's last aerial victory. He will leave the RAF in September 1919, return in April 1921 and retire again due to ill health in October 1922. His life beyond that is unknown.

0820 German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down DH.9 C6159 for victory number 11. Lt B.F. Dunford and 2nd Lt F.F. Collins are both killed.

0950 French pilot Jean Brugère, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 1.

1000 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 44.

1010 German ace Robert von Greim, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 14.

1015 German pilot Max Kahlow, with Jasta 34, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 5.

1025 English ace pilot Douglas Cooke and observer Stanley Masding, in Bristol F.2b C4749, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 12 for Cooke; number 4 for Masding.

1030 Douglas Cooke and Stanley Masding score their second victory of the day, another Pfalz D.III. Victory number 13 for Cooke; number 5 for Masding. This is also the last aerial victory for both men. Both will survive the war. Nothing else seems to be known of Cooke's life other than that he lived until 1955. I can find nothing about Masding at all.

1030 German ace Otto Köhnnecke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 18.

1035 English RAF pilot David Weston and observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C4763, are credited with shooting down two Pfalz D.IIIs. Victories 5 and 6 for Weston; 4 and 5 for Deighton.

1040 American RAF pilot August Iaccaci and English observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b C859, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number i for Iaccaci; number 2 for Newland. Arthur Iaccaci is the younger brother of Paul Iaccaci, who scored his first victory the previous day.

1040 German ace Fritz Pütter, with Jasta 68, shoots down SE.5a C6449 for victory number 23. 1st Lt E.M. Hammer (USAS) is killed.

1040 David Weston and Ernest Deighton score their third kill of the day, another Pfalz D.III. Victory number 7 for Weston; number 5 for Deighton.

(Time uncertain) German pilot Otto Kirschbaum and observer Kurt Scheibe, in a Rumpler two-seater, shoot down an attacking Nieuport 28. French/American 16-victory ace Gervais Raoul Lufbery is killed when he jumps from his burning airplane.

1100 French pilot André Dupré, with Spa 68, shoots down a Rumpler two seater. Gefr Otto Kirschbaum and Ltn Kurt Scheibe of Reihenbildzug 3 are taken prisoneer.

1110 German ace Paul Billik, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin C4017 for victory number 17. Maj A.D. Carter is taken prisoner.

1130 German ace Werner Steinhäuser, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Bristol F.2b D1002 for victory number 6. Lt F.D. Nevin and Sgt H. Barfoot are both killed.

1135 American pilot Douglas Campbell, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 3. This is probably Ltns Wilhelm Bayer and Ludwig Kämmerer of FlAbt 108, both killed.

1200 Thre RAF DH.4 crews share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
George Darvill, England, victory number 2, and Lt E. Collins, nationality and victory number unknown.
2nd Lts A. Green and F. Lolly, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.
Albert Waller, Ireland, victory number 8, and 2nd Lt Ayres, first name, nationality and victory number unknown.

1220 Two French and one American SPAD XIII pilots, with Spa 3, share a victory over a German two-seater:
Maurice Chevannes, victory number 1.
Jean Denneulin, victory number 1.
Edwin Parsons, victory number 4.
(This is possibly Rffz Walter Graaf and Sgt Christian Hofele, unit unknown.)

1330 German naval pilot Karl Engelfried, with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down DH.9 D2784 for victory number 1. Lt N.A. Taylerson and 2nd Lt C.L. Bray are killed.

1545 Austrian pilot Friedrich Lang, in Phönix D.I A115, shoots down a Macchi M.5 flying-boat fighter for victory number 3.

1625 English RAF pilot John MacKereth, in Sopwith Camel B7351, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1735 Two RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
William Edrington Gray, Scotland, B6239, victory number 1.
John Pinder, England, C65, victory number 7.

1830 German ace Karl Schattauer, with Jasta 16, destroys a Belgian observation balloon for victory number 9. This is Schattauer's last aerial victory. On May 27 he will recieve a wound that will keep him out of the rest of the war. Further information is unknown.

1830 German pilot Eduard Binge, with Jasta 16, is credited with the destruction of a Belgian observation balloon and the downing of an SE.5a for victories 1 and 2.

1840 German ace Karl Menckhoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 26.

1845 French ace Albert Deullin, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 20. This is Deullin's last aerial victory. He will survive the war but die in a flying accident in May 1923.

1940 German ace Franz Hemer, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

1940 Canadian RAF observer Leonare Arthur Christian, riding in DH.0 C6240 with Capt G.L. Stevens as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

2000 German pilot Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

2010 German pilot Willi Gabriel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down DH.9 C6181 for victory number 2. Lt C.G. Capel and AM1 J. Knight are both wounded but make it home.

2010 German ace Werner Steinhäuser, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 7.

2025 German pilot Franz Bacher, with Jasta 3, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

2030 German ace Paul Strähle, with Jastq 57, shoots down DH.9 C6161 for victory number 10. Lt H. Mitchell and A/G C.F. Costen are taken prisoner.

2030 German pilot Otto Wieprich, with Jasta 57, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

2326 South African RAF ace Quintin Brand, in Sopwith Camel D6423, shoots down a Gotha G.IV for victory number 8.

French pilot Arthur Marie Marcel Coadou, flying with Spa 88, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Two French SPAD XIII pilots share a victory over a German "Scout":
Henri Arnault, victory number 2.
André Barcat, victory number 4.

German ace Robert Heibert, with Jasta 46, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6433 for victory number 9. Lt F.J. Brotheridge is killed.

Two French SPAD XIII pilots from different units share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, Spa 95, victory number 3.
Pierre Marinovitch, Spa 94, victory number 7.

German pilot Amandus Rostock, with Jasta 77, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

Austrian pilot Karl Urban, flying Phönix D.I 228.19, shoots down an Italian-flown Hanriot HD.1 for victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

20th May 1918

Western Front

French carry out successful operation east and north-east of Locre, 400 prisoners; also big raid near Bermericourt, penetrating enemy's third line.

Local fighting north of Albert; successful operations north-west of Merville by a Surrey battalion.

Coblenz bombed.

Southern Front

British airmen bomb Cattaro, return undamaged.

Italian seaplanes bomb Durazzo and Lagosta (off Dalmatia).

Ship Losses:

Agios Dionysios (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°39′N 22°18′E) by SM U-32 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Angeliki (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°39′N 22°18′E) by SM U-32 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Khariton Leptev (Russia) The auxiliary brigantine was sunk in the Barents Sea off Murmansk by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
New Sweden (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Sabinal Lighthouse, Spain[121] (36°24′N 2°40′W) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 20, 1918


Air War:

On the evening of May 19th 38 Gotha and 3 Riesenfkugzeug bombers set out on the largest airplane raid on Britain of the entire war. German records say 1500 kg of bombs are dropped on southern England, killing 49 people and inguring 177. British anti-aircraft guns and night fighters claim six of the bombers and one more is forced to land on British soil. This will be the last heavier-than-air raid on Britain until 1940.

0710 English RAF pilot Clement Wattson Payton, flying Sopwith Camel C62, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0730 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 25.

0755 Australian RAF pilot Elwyn Roy King, in Sopwith Camel D6506, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

0830 German pilot Konrad Schwarz, with Jasta 22, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

0900-1000 English pilot Frank Wilkins, in a Sopwith Dolphin, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 2.

0915 American pilot Edwin Parsons, flying with French Spa 3, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

0930 German pilot Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

0930 German ace Johann Janzen, with Jasta 6, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin C3807 for victory number 8. Lt C.A. Crysler is killed.

1100 German ace Hans Oberländerm wutg Jasta 30, shoots down SE.5a D3438 for victory number 6. Lt G. Watson is killed.

1100 English pilot John Stevenson Stubbs and observer Charles Cannon Dance, in DH.9 C6179, destroy a German observation balloon. Victory number 1 for both.

1110 French pilot Gustave Naudin, flying with Spa 26, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

1125 German ace Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 13.

1215 Canadian RAF pilot Arthur Jarvis, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 3.

1320 Two RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory oner a German two-seater:
2nd Lt H.E. Brown, C8278, nationality and victory number unknown.
John Gilmour, Scotland, D8118, victory number 26.

1755 Canadian RAF pilot John De Pencier, in Sopwith Dolphin C4019, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 5.

1905 German ace Josef Mai, flying an Alnatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 13.

1905 German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1876 for victory number 21. Capt L.E. Whitehead is killed.

2030 Two RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
Edward Eaton, Canada, D6630, victory number 4.
John Gilmour, Scotland, D8118, victory number 27.

German pilot Renatus Heydacker, with Jasta 25, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 3.

French pilot Paul Montange, with Spa 155, is credited with shooting down a German two-seater and a 'Scout' for victories 1 and 2.

American ace David Peterson, flying a Nieuport 28, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.


German pilot Erich Schütze, with Jasta 25, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

21st May 1918

Western Front

Hostile counter-attack north-west of Merville fails.

Successful British raids on Lys front and Arras district.

Mannheim, etc., heavily bombed by British airmen.

Raid on Paris by two Gothas, one downed.

Eastern Front

Increasing unrest at Kiev; acts of terrorism ineffectually repressed by Germans.

Naval and Overseas Operations

General Edwards' troops come up with enemy's rearguard nine miles south-west of Nanungu.

Ship Losses:

Chatham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) south west of Cape Matapan, Greece (34°51′N 21°34′E) by SM U-32 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 21, 1918


Air War:

0530 Two English RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Ronald Berlyn, D3403, victory number 5.
Leonard Rochford, D3413, victory number 19.

0807 Serbian pilot Tadja Sondermayer, flying for the French Air Service with Spa 3, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0823 German naval pilot Theodor Lodeman, with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

0825, German naval pilot Reinhold Poss, with SFS 2, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 3.
Who shot who is unknown, but the two Bristols are B1241, Lt C.G. Scobie and wnd Lt J.F. Hudson both killed; C839, Lt K.O. Millar and 2nd Lt S. Davidson both killed.

0910 German pilot Vfw Ehrhardt (no first name given), with Jasta 32, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1100 German pilot Hans Holthusen, flying with Jasta 30, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1300 German naval pilot FlgMt Held (no first name given), with Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1710 Three English RAF Camel pilots share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Albert Jones, B7227, victory number 4.
Solomon Joseph, D3401, victory number 4.
Clement Payton, C62, victory number 2.

1815 Canadian RAF pilot Harold Anthoy Oaks, in Brisotl F.2b C883 with 2nd Lt C.S. Bissett as gunner, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

1830 Canadian RAF pilot William Hubbard, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1850 Four American 103rd Aero SPAD XIII pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Paul Baer, victory number 8.
Hobart Amory Hare Baker, victory number 1.
Christopher Ford, victory number 3.
Charles Wilcox, victory number 2.
This is Hobart Baker's only aerial victory. Prior to the war he was a college ice hockey player, and was so famous he was one of the first group of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the only American on that first list. He will survive the war only to die in a flying accident with his transfer paper in his coat pocket. His death is the subject of a little controversy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobey_Baker

2025 German pilot Johannes Gildemeister, with Jasta 20, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6604 for victory number 1. Lt J.L. Brewster is killed.

German pilot Karl Arnold, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 1.

Two French pilots from Spa 74 share a victory over an unidentified German "Scout""
William Hérisson, victory number 9.
Brig Lacombe (first name not given), victory number unknown.

German pilot Wilhelm Lehmann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

German ace Karl Menckhoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 27.

German naval ace Gotthard Saschenberg, in an Albatros D.V with MFJ 1, shoots down a Dh.9 for victory number 11.

German naval pilot FlgMt Wagner (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V with MFJ 1, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1. He claims this as a DH.4.
The two DH.9s are:
B7604, Lt R.F.C. Metcalfe and 2nd Lt D.R. Bradley land safely on their own side of the lines.
B7661, Lts H.E. Tansley and N.B. Harris are taken prisoner.

German naval pilot Ltn Tinschert (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V with MFJ 1, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 3.

German pilot Hans Viebig, with Jasta 57, ahoots down Sopwith Camel D9539 for victory number 4.

[Jimbuna]

22nd May 1918

Western Front

Liege and Metz railways bombed by British airmen; Mannheim again attacked.

Raid attempted on Paris by about 30 German machines, but only one reaches capital.

Southern Front

Increased artillery fighting along Piave; an attack at Capo Sile bridgehead repulsed.

Allied airmen active.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Air-raids on Zeebrugge; a German destroyer sunk in harbour.

In East Africa British engage enemy between Nanungu and Mahua; capture guns and ammunition, drive Germans westward.

Political, etc.

U.S. Army in France announces it will issue its troops 0.4 ounces of tobacco and 10 rolls of cigarette papers as part of daily rations.

Ship Losses:

Meran (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off Songvår, Vest-Agder by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Red Rose (United Kingdom) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France (50°04′N 0°20′W) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 22, 1918


Air War:

0525 Canadian RAF pilot Camille Henri Raoul Lagesse, flying SE.5a D5869, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

0800 Seven RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Gerald Cooper, England, E1538, victory number 5.
Pruett Dennett, England, serial number unknown, victory number 8.
Herbert Fowler, Canada, s/n unknown, victory number 6.
Reginald Johns, England, s/n unknown, victory number 5.
Edward Johnstone, England, s/n unknown, victory number 12.
William Jordan, South Africa, B1889, victory number 23.
John Sutherland McDonald, England, s/n unknown, victory number 1.

0800 Canadian RAF pilot William Keith Swaze and Irish observer Thomas Elliott, in Bristol F.2b C4633, shoot down an LVG two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.

0900 German pilot Fritz Köhler, with Jasta 25, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

0900 German pilot Ernst Meyer, with Jasta 25, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 3.

0912 American pilot Edward Rickenbacker, flying a Nieuport 28, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0945 American ace Paul Baer, in SPAD VII 3173, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 9.

1053 German pilot Hans Müller, with Jasta 18, shoots down SPAD XIII 2282 for victory number 5. American 1st Lt Erest A. Giroux is killed.

1105 Gefr Deberitz (no first name given, with Jasta 18, shoots down SPAD VII 3173. American 9-victory ace Paul Baer is wounded and taken prisoner.

1220 German pilot Herbert Boy, with Jasta 14, shoots down SE.5a B132 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt G.A. Rainer is taken prisoner.

1225 German pilot Peter Stenzel, flying with Jasta 14, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1230 German pilot Paul Rothe, with Jasta 14, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

2325 German pilot Fritz Thiede, with Jasta 24, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 2.

2343 Fritz Thiede scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Voisin for victory number 3. S/Lt Desgardes is killed; Cpl Lacout is listed as Missing.

French pilot François Battesti, with Spa 73, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

Two French pilots from Spa 81 share a victory onver an Albatros fighter:
P. Guérin, victory number 3.
Adrien Leps, victory numbr 8.

Two French pilots from Spa 57 share a victory over an Albatros fighter:
S/Lt Nuville (no first name given), victory number 4.
André Petit-Delchet, victory number 2.

French pilot Paul Marie Raphael Santelli, with Spa 81, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

German pilot Hermann Schmidt, with Jasta 69, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. Cpl Gibier of Spa 12 is listed as Missing.

[Jimbuna]

23rd May 1918

Western Front

Infantry fighting unimportant.

Successful local raids round Arras.

Artillery active south of the Avre.

French raids on Kemmel front.

Southern Front

Infantry fighting on Italian mountain front increases; much aerial activity.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Arabs successfully attack Turks near Abu Naam (80 miles north of Medina).

Naval and Overseas Operations

British armed mercantile cruiser "Moldavia", carrying American troops, torpedoed and sunk in Channel; 56 lost.

Political, etc.

Georgia (Caucasus) proclaims its independence.

U.S.A. National Conscription (fight or work) after 1 July decided on.

Ship Losses:

Innisfallen (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) east by north of the Kish Lightship ( United Kingdom) (53°26′N 5°21′W) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten lives.
Mefjord (Norway) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°28′N 5°11′W) by SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Moldavia (Royal Navy) The armed merchant cruiser, operating as a troopship, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°24′N 0°26′W) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 56 lives.
Skaraas (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Black Head, Cornwall (49°59′N 5°06′W) by SM UB-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.
SM UB-52 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Otranto (41°36′N 18°52′E) by HMS H4 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 32 of her 34 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 23, 1918

Italy: The United States government approves the assignment of American pilots who have been training in Italy to start serving aboard bombers with the Italian Air Force until a place can be found for them in the US Air Service.


Air War:

0700 New Zealander AFC pilot Carrick Stewart Paul and Australian observer William James Alexander Weir, flying Bristol F.2b C4627 with the Australian Flying Corps, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

0715 Paul Carrick and William Weir score their second victory, another Albatros D.V.

0715 Two French pilots from Spa 81 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Adrian Leps, victory number 9.
Paul Santelli, victory number 2.

0930 German ace Dieter Collin, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.9 D6516 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt G.E. Ffrench and Cpl F.Y. McLauchlan are both killed. Collin claims this as a Bristol F.2b.

0940 German ace Josef Jacobs, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 17.

1110 German pilot Heinrich Seywald, flying with Jasta 23, shoots down Armstong-Whitworth FK.8 C8626 for victory number 1. Lt T.H. Crossman lands safely on his own side of the lines; Lt L.C. Spence is wounded, later dyying from his wounds. Seywald claims this as a Bristol F.2b.

1150 German pilot Roman Schneider, with Jasta 79, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

24th May 1918

Western Front

Many raids by both sides.

British at Nieppe Forest bombed by gas shells.

Eastern Front

General Semenov makes steady progress, organising anti-Bolshevist forces in Siberia.

General Poole lands at Murmansk to organise northern Russian Expeditionary Force.

Political, etc.

Government issues statement exposing Sinn Fein intrigues with Germany and the revolutionary movement in Ireland.

Canada passes an Act granting women the right to vote in federal elections. Asian and aboriginal women are excluded.

Ship Losses:

HMT Gabir (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Nikolaus von Lyncker) and sank in the North Sea of Pakefield, Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew.
Ruth Hickman (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north north west of Graciosa, Azores, Portugal (40°05′N 28°30′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Yucca (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Nikolaus von Lyncker) and sank in the North Sea off Pakefield (52°26′N 1°48′E) with the loss of seven of her crew. by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 24, 1918

The U.S. Signal Corps Aviation Section becomes the Army Air Service, American Expeditionary Force.


Air War:

1045 Canadian RAF ace William Barker, flying Sopwith Camel B6313 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 30.

1050 William Barker scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.V for victory number 31.

1100 Canadian RAF ace Geral Birks, in Sopwith Camel B6424 over the Italian Front, shoots down Berg D.I 422.10 for victory number 10. Austro-Hungarian 19-victory ace Joseph Kiss is killed.

1905 Canadian RAF pilot William Myron MacDonald, in Sopwith Camel C8291 over the Italian Front, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

German naval pilot FlgMt Bieber (No first name listed. One source has this as Bieler.), with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 2.

German pilot Hermann Gilly, with Jasta 40, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

25th May 1918

Western Front

Day and night raids by British.

Heavy shelling by enemy of Villers-Bretonneux area.

British raid on Bruges docks.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Arabs raid El Hasa and Ferafrai stations (Hejaz railway, north of Maan).

Aviation

Josef Kiss, the most successful flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with 19 victories, is killed in action over Italy.


Political, etc.

King Albert thanks U.S.A.

Costa Rica declares war on Germany.

Ship Losses:

Amiral Lafont (France) The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Isla de Alborán, Spain (36°31′N 2°27′W) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Hattie Dunn (United States) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (37°40′N 74°58′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Santa Teresa (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranea Sea north of the Isla de Alborán (36°30′N 2°43′W) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saphir (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.