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[Jimbuna]

24th September 1917

Western Front

German attack north of Bezonvaux, Fosses and Chaume Woods, Verdun (north-east), repulsed.

Southern Front

Captain Marchese di Laureati flies from Turin to London, non-stop, 650 miles, 7 hours 22 minutes.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British destroy German food depots west of Kilwa; Belgian column within ten miles of Mahenge.

Aviation

Aeroplane raid on London and south-east coast, 21 killed, 70 injured.

Political, etc.

Herbert Hoover, head of the U.S. Food Administration, recommends that people eat less candy to preserve sugar supplies.

Satisfactory Japanese Mission (Viscount Ishii) to U.S.A.

Great Britain apologises to Denmark for Jutland violation on 1 September 1917, and offers indemnity.

Ship Losses:

Europe (France) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (46°37′N 11°30′W) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Hastfen (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Karl Dobberstein) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of four of her crew.
Iriston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south by west of Cape Camarat, Var, France (43°17′N 6°49′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leka (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 6 to 8 nautical miles (11 to 15 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
Louis Bossert (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (45°11′N 9°35′W) by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mimosa (France) The three-masted schooner was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued or reached St. Mary's in their lifeboats. Mimosa was later towed in to St Mary's.
Nuova Francesca (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Perseverance (France) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
S. Espedito (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 24, 1917

Air War:
0720 German ace Eduard von Schleich, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 23.

0735 Eduard von Schleich scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a "Rumpf DD" (Biplane fighter) for number 24.

1030 Four RFC Sopwith Pup pilots share a victoy over an Albatros two-seater:
Lt. E. Armitage, B1837.
Lt C. Courtneidge, B1802.
Charles Walter Odell, B1842, victory number 2.
Maurice Scott, B1843, number 10.

1220 German ace Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 11.

1300 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

Three French pilots, flying SPAD XIIs, share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Adj A. Bertrand.
Jean Alfred Fraissinet, number 1.
Charles Marie Joseph Nuville, number 1.

1445 German ace Hans Waldhausen, in Albatros D.V 2284/17, shoots down Martinsyde G.100 A3976 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt W. English is wounded and taken prisoner.

1530 German ace Franz Ray, in an OAW-built Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

1545 Three RNAS aces share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Joseph Fall, Canada, B3892, victory number 22.
Harold Stackard, England, B3883, number 11.
Arthur Wood, England, aircraft unknown, number 7.

1610 English RNAS pilot Rowan Daly, in Sopwith Camel N6359, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1625 Joseph Fall scores his second victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 23.

1650 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, in an OAW-built Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 20.

1814 English RFC pilot Frank Harold Hobson, in Sopwith Camel B2305, shoots ddown an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

German ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

Italian pilot Cosimo Rennella, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an unidentified "Scout" for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

25th September 1917

Western Front

Germans penetrate between Tower Hamlets ridge and Polygon Wood; repulsed later.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russian detachments attack Turks successfully near Ortobo (Bitlis).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Ostend bombarded again.

Brigadier-General Northey's summary of his operations in East Africa published.

Aviation

South-east London raided by German aeroplanes; 9 killed, 23 injured.

Zeppelins attack Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coasts, 3 injured.


A bomb dropped from the Zeppelin attack on Kingston-upon-Hull, England last night

Political, etc.

New Fatherland's Party meeting and declaration of von Tirpitz's policy.

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies votes 53 to 18 to cut diplomatic ties with Germany over its use of U-boats.

Ship Losses:

Boynton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west north west of Cape Cornwall (50°05′N 5°55′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 23 of her crew.
City of Swansea (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) east north east of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Dinorah (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 46°45′N 12°00′W) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Edouard Detaille (France) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (46°00′N 9°30′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT James Seckar (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 46°45′N 12°00′W) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Marceau (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (46°15′N 9°42′W) by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Paolina (United States) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°37′N 8°45′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Unione Republicaine (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west north west of Penmarc'h, Finistère (48°05′N 7°14′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

September 25, 1917

Air War:
0950 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

1130 English RFC pilot Michael Edward Gonne, in Sopwith Pup A6215, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1150 Scottish RFC pilot George Edwin Thomson, in Sopwith Pup B2196, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

1200 Canadian RFC pilot John Crompton, in SE.5a B512, and Scottish pilot Graham Young, in B533, share a victory over an Albatros D.V. Number 3 for both.

1230 French pilot Henri de Slade, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1525 German ace Carl Menckhoff, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

1630 German ace Rudolf Berthold, in an Albatros D.III 2182/16, shoots down SPAD VII B3520 for victory number 24. Lt B.A. Bowers is killed.

1630 English RFC pilot Edward Clarke, in Sopwith Camel B2327, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1730 Three French SPAD pilots share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
William Herisson, number 5.
Rober de Marancour, number 6.
Lt Vernin, unknown.

1810 English RFC pilot Russell Winnicott, in DH.5 A9218, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1815 English RFC pilot Oliver Bryson, flying SPAD VII B3646, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1830 Vfw Bärwald, most likely in an Albatros D.V (Jasta 37's main aircraft at the time), shoots down a DH.5 for victory number 1. No other details available.

1830 English RFC pilot William Rooper, in Nieuport 27 B6767, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

1835 Two RFC teams in Bristol F.2bs share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
A7225, Lt J.P. Dailey, unknown; William Joseph Benger, England, victory number 1.
B1111, Sgt F. Hopper, unknown; Leslie Williams Burbidge, England, number 1.

1835 German pilot Hans Waldhausen, in Albatros D.V 2284/17, shoots down a British observation balloon for victory numbber 3. Observers Lt W.Y. Walls and Sgt Moncrieff are unharmed.

1845 German ace Rudolf Matthaei, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down an SE.5 for victory number 8.

German pilot Uffz Goretski, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for his only aerial victory.

German pilot Lt Breuer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an "Enemy fighter" for his only victory.

German ace Ludwig Hanstein, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Morane-Saulnier 'P' for victory number 11,

German ace Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 12,

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

German pilot Uffz Tönges, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for his only victory.

[Jimbuna]

26th September 1917

Western Front

British advance on six-mile front east of Ypres; Polygon Wood cleared, Zonnebeke stormed; advance towards Passchendaele.

Four hostile counter-attacks fail after fierce fighting.

Southern Front

Fighting in Marmolada region.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Hejaz railway bridge destroyed near Maan; train derailed, 80 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

East Africa: enemy retire from strong post in Lukuledi valley (22 miles south-east of Lindi).

Political, etc.

Former President Roosevelt criticizes US military preparations, stating drafted men are drilling with broomsticks due to lack of rifles.

General Vladimir Sukhomlinov, the former Russian Minister of War, is sentenced to life in prison for leaving the Army unprepared for war.

Australian strike: 50,000 unemployed in Sydney, etc.

M. Venizelos resigns War portfolio.

Reichstag President denounces Mr. Wilson.

Central Georgian Council formed.

M. Kerenski resigns from Soviet.

Ship Losses:

Acorn (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by east of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ciro (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Heraklios (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Cherchell, Algeria (36°38′N 1°50′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jacqueline (France)The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) sout west of Ouessant, Finistère (46°21′N 9°44′W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 35 crew.
HMT Ocean Star (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 50 (Rudolf Seuffer) and sank in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Okhotnik (Imperial Russian Navy) The General Kondratenko-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Iber Strait.
S.N.A. 3 (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (53°54′N 0°07′E) by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by Portaferry ( United Kingdom).
SM UC-33 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was shelled, rammed and sunk in St. George's Channel (51°55′N 6°14′W) by the patrol boat PC-61 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 27 of her 28 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 26, 1917

Air War:

German ace Fritz Kosmahl dies from a stomach wound recieved on the 22nd.

0720 German pilot Karl Stock, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B3490 for victory number 2.

1040 Ltn Joschkowitz of Jasta 4 scores his only victory, over a SPAD VII. Further details of his life are unknown.

1040 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, in an OAW-built Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1100 English RNAS pilot Rowan Daly, in Sopwith Camel N6359, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3. This is Daly's last victory for the RNAS. After the war he will serve in the 1919 Russian Civil war, fighting for the White Russians against the Bolsheviks alongside Raymond Collishaw and other former British pilots, shooting down four Russian aircraft. Daly will die in an aerial collision in 1923.

1100 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in Albatros D.V 2299/17, shoots down RE.8 A4216 for victory number 11. 2nd Lt J. Worstenholm is killed; Lt F.L. McCreary is wounded but manages to crash the plane on his own side of the lines.

1115 German ace Richard Runge, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

1145 German pilot Willy Rosenstein, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B6275 for victory number 2.

1200 German ace Rudolf Berthold, in Albatros D.III 2182/16, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2358 for victory 25. Lt W.H.R. Gould is killed.

1210 German pilot Theodor Quandt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5440 for victory number 5.

1700 German pilot Otto Stadter, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII 10 for victory number 2. AdJ Etienne Ronserail is taken prisoner.

German ace Friedrich Altemeier, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5388 for victory number 9.

German pilot Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 27 B3640 for victory number 3.

German ace Heinrich Bongartz, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 12.

German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots own RE.8 A4615 for victory number 21.

German pilot Albert Hurrle, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

Italian pilot Attilio Imolesi, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I and then an "Enemy Aircraft" for victories number 3 and 4.

German pilot Rudolf Klimke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down two Sopwith Camels for victories 3 and 4.

German pilot August Raben, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down two Caproni bombers for victories 1 and 2.

German ace Karl Thom, in Albatros D.V 2164/17, shoots down a Caudron G.4 for victory number 12

Hungarian pilot Ferdinand Udvardy, in a Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, shoots down an Italian SPAD for victory number 5.

German pilot Max Wackwitz, flying Albatros D.V 4545/17, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 3.

[Jimbuna]

27th September 1917

Western Front

Seven enemy counter-attacks east of Ypres repulsed.

Southern Front

Pola and Olivi Rock (Austrian submarine base) heavily bombed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russians fight Kurds near Oromaru (Van).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Seaplanes raid St. Denis Westrem aerodrome: 15 Gothas hit.

Political, etc.

Russian Democratic Congress at Moscow opens.

National War Bonds (5% and 4%), latter free of Income Tax started.

Arrest of Lenin ordered.

Premier David Lloyd George sues newspapers for libel for reporting that he left London to flee German air raids.

Ship Losses:

HM CMB-8 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
Cydonia (United Kingdom) The collier was lost on this date.
Deux Jeannes (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère (48°06′N 5°40′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Greltoria (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west by north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Liberté (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Ouessant (48°06′N 5°40′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Peuples Frères (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west Ouessant (48°06′N 5°40′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UC-6 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC I submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom (51°30′N 1°34′E) with the loss of all sixteen crew.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Ralph Curtis (pictured), British aerial ace with 15 victories, is killed in action in a dogfight with German pilot Hermann Göring.

AS often happens in WWI victory tallies, not enough credit is given to the observer of two-seater aircraft, in this case the lethal Bristol F.2b . Desmond Percival Fitzgerald Uniacke, himself a commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, was credited with thirteen aerial victories, all in conjunction with the pilot Ralph Luxmore Curtis. Victories number ten and fifteen were actually shared kills with other aircraft and by the accounting standards of later wars, should be accounted 1/2 kills. Victory # 10 was shared with no less than Lieutenant Keith Rodney Park, WWII Air Chief Marshall and commander in the Battle of Malta and dubbed 'the defender of London'. Lt Uniacke survived the war as a POW-relinquished his commission in 1919, and died in 1933; he was a wine salesman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_victory_standards_of_World_War_I

In cases where more than one pilot (or observer) was involved in a British victory, practice was especially inconsistent. Since after all only one enemy aircraft had been destroyed, the victory at unit level (to the squadron or wing for instance) was counted as one. On the other hand, in some cases all pilots concerned might receive a full credit to his personal score, as victories at this time were not divided fractionally, in the way that became common practice later. As a striking example of this, no fewer than twelve Royal Flying Corps pilots each claimed a victory because they helped destroy an Albatros D.III on 8 April 1917. However, some squadrons counted such victories only to the unit concerned without crediting them to an individual, or counted "shared" scores separately from a particular pilot’s 'solo' victories. In the case of two-seater crews, both pilot and observer might each receive credit for a victory. The usual rule of thumb credited all victories to the pilot of a Sopwith 1½ Strutter or Bristol F.2 Fighter two-seater, but the observer/gunner was credited only for those instances where he fired his weapon. Some squadrons kept separate lists of pilot and observer aces; some did not.[

Interestingly, Sailor Steve's question in the death of Werner Voss: "only one pilot (Rhys- Davies) was given credit for the victory??" I suspect might have been a dignity-saving collaboration 'twixt the 7 English combatants in consideration of the profound respect for the fallen great ace and his marvelous bravery... due to an awareness of a overinflated 'coup-counting' system: the 'usual rule of thumb' may have been dispensed with by seven of the best fighter pilots in the Royal Flying Corps – McCudden, Geoffrey H Bowman, Reginald T C Hoidge, Richard A Maybery, Arthur P F Rhys Davids, Keith K Muspratt and Victor P Cronyn.

[Sailor Steve]

Good points.

[Sailor Steve]

September 27, 1917

Air War:

1028 German pilot Rudolf Windisch, flying Albatros D.V 1055/17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

1300 Canadian RFC pilot William Durrand and English observer William Benger, in Bristol F.2b A7245, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 5 for Durand; number 2 for Benger.

1555-1750 English RFC ace James McCudden, in SE.5a B4863, shoots down an LVG C.V for victory number 14.

1600 German pilot Ludwig Weber, in Albatros D.V 2236/17, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2. This is his last win. Weber will serve briefly as an instructor, and survive the war. He will work for Junkers starting in 1928, and spend four years in Abyssinia, then three more (1936-1939) in Portugal. He will end his flying career in 1949 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Date of death unknown, but apparently was still alive in Switzerland in 1977. Among Weber's legends are that he taught Hermann Göring to fly and that he built an airplane for King Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

1605 Canadian RNAS pilot, in Sopwith Camel B6244, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1705 German pilot Hans Waldhausen, flying Albatros D.V 2284/17, shoots down a British observation balloon for victory number 4.

1710 Hans Waldhausen scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an RE.8 for victory number 5.

1805 French ace Albert Deullin, in SPAD VII S401, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 18.

1815 Hans Waldhausen gets his third victory of the day, destroying a second British balloon for number 6.

1830 English RFC observer Valentine Collins, in Bristol F.2b A7226 with 2nd Lt W.D. Bostock as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1835 Three pilots from two different services share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Charles Booker, RNAS, England, Sopwith Camel B6227, number 23.
Sub-Lt J.H. Thompson, RNAS, Sopwith Camel, nation and victory number unknown.
John Tudhope, RFC, Canada, Nieuport 24 B3617, number 2.
Their victim is German ace Hans Waldhausen, who scored his sixth win twenty minutes earlier. Waldhausen lands on the British side of the lines and is taken prisoner.

1840 German pilot Xavier Dannhuber, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7150 for victory number 5.

1845 W.D. Bostock and Valentine Collins get their second kill of the day, an Albatros D.V. Number 3 for Collins, unknown for Bostock.

[Jimbuna]

28th September 1917

Southern Front

Italians gain ground on Monte S. Gabriele.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British defeat Turks near Ramadiya (Euphrates), and take Turkish commander, 3,455 prisoners, and 13 guns.

Red Cross river work.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Zeebrugge and aerodromes bombed. Big German supply centre 82 miles south-west of Kilwa captured.

Rhodesian column arrives 66 miles south-west of Liwale.

Aviation

Aeroplane raid on south-east coast; raiders headed off from London; no damage.

Political, etc.

Bolo Pasha arrested.

Russian government reaffirms its pledge to be committed to the “reconstruction of a free Polish people.”

[Sailor Steve]

September 28, 1917

Air War:

Italy and the United States have made a bargain. The Italian Air Service will train American airmen and the U.S. will supply Italy with raw war materials. On September 28 the first forty-six cadets arrive at Foggia in advance of the main party, led by congressman and army Captain Fiorello LaGuardia.

0800 English RFC ace James McCudden, flying SE.5a B4863, shoots down Albatros D.III 1979/16 for victory number 15. Ltn Herbert Pastor (1 victory) is killed.

0845 German ace Otto Schmidt, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 10.

1045 Canadian RNAS pilot George Trapp, in Sopwith Camel B3822, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

1230 German pilot Harald Auffarth, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 4.

1230 German ace Josef Veltjens, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 7. The two F.2bs were A7241, 2nd Lts H.F. Tomlin and H.T. Noble both killed, and A7210, Cpt J.S. Campbell and Dvr G. Tester both killed.

1230 German ace Rudolf Berthold, flying Albatros D.III 2182/16, shoots down DH.5 A9211 for victory number 26. Jasta War Chronology says this was a Martinside G.100, but the serial number given in The Aerodrom3 is a DH.5.

1610 Five RNAS Camel pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Fred Banbury, Canada, B6230, victory number 6.
Stearne Edwards, Canada, B6217, number 6.
John Hales, Canada, B3832, number 2.
Oliver Redgate, England, B3818, number 4.
Merril Samuel Taylor, Canada, B5651, number 1.

1715-1725 Canadian RFC ace Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5a B506, shoots dfown an Albatros D.V for victory number 24.

1800 German ace Ernst Udet, in Albatros D.V 4476/17, shoots down a Sopwoth Camel for victory number 12.

1805 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Sopwith Camel for number 13.

1810 English RFC pilot Russell Winnicott, flying DH.5 A9218, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

1815 German pilot Ulrich Neckel, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.5 for victory number 2.

Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Eugen Bönsch, in Austrian Albatros D.III 153.35, destroys an Italian observation balloon for victory number 2.

Flgmstr Brenner (first name unknown) flying for Marine Feld Jasta 1, probably in an Albatros, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1.

German 5-victory ace Kurt Wisseman is shot down and killed by an unknown pilot from RFC No.56 Squadron.

[Jimbuna]

29th September 1917

Western Front

Aeroplane raid on London; 3 machines penetrate defences, 14 killed, 87 injured.

Southern Front

Italians improve position on Bainsizza Plateau, taking 1,400 prisoners.

Political, etc.

King of Italy returns after visiting French and Belgian fronts.

Ship Losses:

Bon Premier (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère (46°06′N 11°25′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elmsgarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugenie Fautrel (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of Ouessant (46°30′N 9°59′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Cygne ( France).
Kildonan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north north west of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire (50°11′N 5°42′W) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fourteen of her crew.
Percy B. (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) north by west of Cape Villano, Spain by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
R 235 (France) The fishing schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (34°38′N 34°43′E) by SM U-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sanwen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Béar, Spain (42°52′N 4°15′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Swan River (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 27 nautical miles (50 km) west of Oran, Algeria (36°07′N 0°54′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UC-55 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was shelled, depth charged and sunk off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°02′N 1°02′W) by HMS Sylvia and HMS Tirade (both Royal Navy) with the loss of ten of her 27 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 29, 1917

Air War:

US Army 1st Aero Squadron moves to Issoudun, France.

1040 Italian pilot Giovanni Sabelli, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an Austrian Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1630 German ace Eduard von Schleich, in Albatros D.V 2034/17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

1805 German ace Julius Buckler, in Albatros D.III 2033/16, shoots down a DH.5 for victory number 14.

Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian ace Eugen Bönsch, in Austian Albatros D.III 153.35, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 3.

Austrian pilot Kurt Gruber, in an unidentified fighter, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 4.

Austrian pilot Georg Kenzian, flying Austrian Albatros D.III 153.27, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 3.

[Jimbuna]

30th September 1917

Western Front

Three German flame attacks between Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood repulsed.

Germans gain temporary footing at Berry-au-Bac (Aisne river).

5,296 prisoners and 11 guns, etc., taken by British during September.

Southern Front

Successful Italian attack on Bainsizza Plateau; 600 prisoners taken.

Naval and Overseas Operations

St. Denis Westrem again bombed.

Aviation

Aeroplane raid on London: 4 machines penetrate defences; 14 killed, 38 injured.

Political, etc.

U.S. Navy makes the longest radio communication record, transmitting 5000 miles from Sayville, New York to Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sun-yat-Sen arrested for organising revolution at Canton.

Non-Slav Congress at Kiev demands autonomy for all Russian nationalities.

Ship Losses:

Amiral Troude (France) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) off Penmarc'h, Finistère (46°40′N 15°30′W) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Charlsin (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Mersa Matruh, Egypt by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Drake (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 340 nautical miles (630 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère (46°43′N 13°01′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Heron (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south west of Ouessant (46°27′N 11°14′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 crew.
Midlothian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) south of Cape Greco, Cyprus by SM U-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but three of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Nicolosa (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus by SM U-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 200 ships of 350,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).