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[Sailor Steve]

May 10, 1918


Air War:

1000 Two Canadian RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Pfalz D.III:
Acheson Goulding, B28, victory number 6.
Charles Green, B688, victory number 3.

1500 German ace Josef Veltjens, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 12. Adj Henri Chan is listed as Missing.

1640 German ace Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b B1299 for victory number 7. Lt N.G. Stransom and Pvt C.V. Taylor are both killed.

1725 Two French Air Service pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Frank Baylies, United States, victory number 9.
MdL Clement, first name, nationality and victory number unknow.

1930 English RAF pilot Maurice Ashdown Newnham, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1950 German ace Franz Hemer, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2463 for victory number 9. Lt A.W. Rowden is killed.

1950 German ace Hans kirschtein, with Jasta 6, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6419 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt G.A. Wately is killed.

1950 German pilot Paul Wenzel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

2000 Paul Wenzel scores his second victory of the day, shooting down DH.9 B2087 for victory number 3. Lt A.H. Hill and AM1 G.S. Richmond are both Killed.

2030 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 B2081 for victory number 20. Lts L.E. Dunnett and H.D. Prosser are both killed.

2030 Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter scores his second victory of the day, shooting down DH.4 A7514 for victory number 8. Capt G.B.S. McBain and 2nd Lt W. Spencer are both killed.

2030 German pilot Joachim von Winterfeld, with Jasta 4, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

German pilot Hans von Gössel, with Jasta 71, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 17.

German pilot Werner Steinhäuser, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

German pilot Erich Rüdiger von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

German ace Hans-Joachim Wolff, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

German pilot Uffz Zell (no first name given), with Jasta 42, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

11th May 1918

Western Front

Minor local actions on front; hostile artillery active in Ancre sector.

Eastern Front

Fighting between Bolsheviks and Anarchists in Moscow.

Conflicts at Kiev between German troops and supporters of Rada.

Congress of Ukraine peasants demand land, etc.

Southern Front

Italians retain Monte Corno against Austrian counter-attacks.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

In Mesopotamia, General Marshall drives Turks over Lesser Zab river at Alton Keupri, 70 miles from Mosul.

Turks advance in west Persia, occupy Uskner and Suj Bulak:- Enzeli on Caspian Sea being their objective.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Royal Navy submarine HMS E35 sinks the large German submarine SM U-154, killing all 77 crew. Most U-boats carry around 20-30 crew, but this submarine was designed to carry cargo across the Atlantic.

Political, etc.

The King reviews American troops in London.

Peace signed in Berlin between Finland and Turkey.

Ship Losses:

Agnes (Sweden) The steam trawler struck a mine while fishing in the North Sea, west of Vinga Lighthouse. Two survivors, eight casualties.
Clan Mackay (United Kingdom) The 6,580 grt Clan Line vessel was in collision with an unnamed vessel in the Bay of Biscay and sank.
Gigilla (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gothia (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Holly III (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Massouda (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Marsa Matruh, Egypt by an enemy submarine.
Michail (Russia) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Arctic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of Svyatoy Nos by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Andres (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Irish Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom (51°23′N 7°53′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Sant Anna (French Navy) The troopship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Pantelleria, Italy (37°04′N 11°36′E) by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 605 lives.
Suzette Fraissinet (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 37 nautical miles (69 km) south of Cape Spartivento, Italy by SM UB-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM U-154 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 151 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (36°51′N 11°50′W) by HMS E35 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 77 crew.
Verona (Italy) The troopship was sunk in the Strait of Messina (37°04′N 16°19′E) by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 880 lives.

[Sailor Steve]

May 11, 1918


Air War:

1145 German pilot Hermann Stutz, flying with Jasta 21, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 3.

1702 German ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V with MFJ 2, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7192 for victory number 11. Lt J. Reid is killed.

1805 New Zealander AFC pilot Herbert Watson, in Sopwith Camel B7406, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

1821 German pilot Richard Schleichhardt, wiht Jasta 18, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1825 German pilot Karl Mendel, with Jasta 18, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 5.

1825 German pilot Kurt Monnington, flying with Jasta 18, shoots down SE.5a D3442 for victory number 1. Lt R.H. Stacey is wounded.

1835 German ace Friedrich Ehmann, with Jasta 47, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 6.

1910 German pilot Raven Freiherr von Barnekow, with Jasta 20, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1925 English RAF pilot Hugh Maund, in Sopwith Camel D3354, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 3.

2035 German ace Karl Pech, with Jasta 29, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7480 for victory number 6. Lt O.C. Barry is killed.

English RAF ace William Fry, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4131, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 11. This is Fry's last aerial victory. He will leqve the RAF in 1920, only to return a year later. He will retire from service again in 1934, and rejoin again in 1939. He will serve through the Second World War, finally retiring as Wing Commander in 1945. William Mayes Fry will live until 1992.

[Jimbuna]

12th May 1918

Western Front

Quiet on all sectors; artillery duel on right bank of Meuse.

Between 6-12 May B.A.F. contingents from Dunkirk attack Zeebrugge and Ostend continuously.

Eastern Front

In eastern Siberia, Colonel Semenov's forces, acting against Bolsheviks, move west from Manchurian border towards Lake Baikal.

Southern Front

British airmen make raids in Balkans and bomb aerodrome at Drama.

Naval base of Cattaro successfully bombed by Italians.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Successful Arab raids on Hejaz railway line and the Turkish defences round Maan.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Italian destroyers attack enemy convoy off Durazzo; sink a transport.

German submarine SM U-103 attempts to sink the troopship HMT Olympic (sister ship of the Titanic). Instead, the Olympic rams and sinks the U-103.
Olympic in dazzle camouflage.
https://i.imgur.com/S3TaCzJ.jpg

Political, etc.

The Kaiser and Emperor Charles confer at German headquarters.

Ship Losses:

Haslingden (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Seaham, County Durham by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Inniscarra (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Ballycottin Island, County Cork by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 of her crew.
Kong Raud (Norway) The trawler was sunk in the Barents Sea 32 nautical miles (59 km) north east of Svyatoy Nos, Russia by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Omrah (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south by west of Cape Spartivento, Sicily, Italy by SM UB-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Pax (France) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Cape Camarat, Var 43°08′N 6°42′E by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
Tennes (Norway) The trawler was sunk in the Barents Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Svyatoy Nos by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Togo (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (43°10′N 6°36′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
SM U-103 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 57 submarine was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (49°16′N 4°51′W) by Olympic ( United Kingdom) with the loss of nine of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by USS Davis ( United States Navy).
SM UB-72 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel (50°08′N 2°41′W) by HMS D4 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 34 of her crew.
Vea (Norway) The trawler was sunk in the Barents Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east north east of Svyatoy Nos by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vimiera (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) west south west of Lampedusa, Italy (35°23′N 12°19′E) by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 12, 1918


Air War:

Two French SPAD aces share a victory over an Albatros fighter:
Marcel Dhôme, Spa 81, victory number 7.
Armand de Turenne, Spa 12, victory number 9.

American pilot Richard A. Blodgett, in a Nieuport 28 with the 95th Aero Squadron, is killed in action.

Interesting for both these listings is that the Germans reported no victory claims or losses on this day.

[Jimbuna]

13th May 1918

Western Front

German artillery active on Lys and Somme battlefields; heavy rain throughout day.

Local fighting north of Kemmel.

Southern Front

Increased raids and bombing activity on Balkan front.

11 enemy planes destroyed on Italian front.

Political, etc.

Government announce policy denouncing all commercial treaties which contain "most favoured nation" clauses.

Ship Losses:

HMT Balfour (Royal Navy) The naval trawler collided with Nidd (United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Nidd.
Esperanza de Larrinaga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Irish Sea (55°49′N 7°25′W) by SM UB-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was beached in Lough Swilly.
Julia (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°35′N 22°10′E) by SM U-32 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
HMT Loch Naver (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 74 (Wilhelm Marschall) and sank in the Aegean Sea (37°50′N 24°26′E) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
SM UB-114 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine sank at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein with the loss of seven of her crew. She was later raised.
USS Zaanland (United States Navy) The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by USS Hisko ( United States Navy). Her crew were rescued by Munalbro ( United States).

[Sailor Steve]

May 13, 1918

The United States issues its first air mail stamps to the public. They bear a picture depicting a Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny" in an unprecedented two-color format. One sheet comprises the famous "Inverted Jenny" error.
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/stampstakeflight/addingacolor.html

Air War:

0615 Australian RAF pilot Cedric Howell, flying Sopwith Camel B5238 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

0620 English RAF pilot Ernest Harold Masters, in Sopwith Camel B2379 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0630 Two English RAF Camel pilots on the Italian Front share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Ernest Masters, B2379, victory number 2.
Francis Stephen Bowles, B2426, victory number 1.

0800 Two Canadian RAF SE.5a pilots over the Macedonian Front share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Gerald Bell, B695, victory number 5.
Acheson Goulding, B28, victory number 7.

0845 Canadian ace Harold Hudson, flying Sopwith Camel B5356 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 11.

[Jimbuna]

14th May 1918

Western Front

Germans attack on a mile front south-west of Morlancourt; fine counter-attacks by Australians.

Southern Front

Great massing of enemy troops and artillery along Alpine lines and Friuli Plains for new offensive.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Daring Italian sea-raid into military port of Pola; enemy warship torpedoed.

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Phoenix is sunk by Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-27. It is the only British warship sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
https://i.imgur.com/ZsaWQ2B.jpg

Political, etc.

First million tons of ships ordered by U.S.A. on the seas.

Ship Losses:

SMS A72 (Kaiserliche Marine) The A56-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 25 of her crew.
Embla (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the North Sea south west of Skudesnes, Rogaland, Norway (57°45′N 3°30′E) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Phoenix (Royal Navy) The Acheron-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Vlorë, Albania by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of two of her 72 crew.
Ruth (Sweden) The steam trawler struck a mine while fishing in the North Sea, southwest of Marstrand. All four crew perished
Stairs (Norway) The trawler was sunk in the Barents Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Vaidaguada, Russia by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Woolston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Syracuse, Sicily, Italy (37°30′N 12°20′E) by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 14, 1918


Air War:

1530 German pilot Roman Schneider, flying with Jasta 79, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

1640 German ace Josef Jacobs, in an Albatros D.V, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 15.

1645 Josef Jacobs destroys a second French balloon for victory number 16.

1645 German pilot Max Mertens, with Jasta 7, brings down a British observation balloon for victory number 1.

1845 Canadian RAF pilot William Thomson and English observer George Kemp, flying Bristol F.2h C859, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for both.

1915 German ace Emil Thuy, flying a Pfalz D.IIIa, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

1920 German pilot Karl Christ, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1818 for victory number 1. American pilot Lt L.R. Sinclair, with the Australian Flying Corps, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1945 English RAF pilot Albert Leslie Jones, in Sopwith Camel B7227, shoot down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 1.

2000 Albert Jones scores his second kill of the day, bringing down another Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 2.

2120 German ace Dieter Collin, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

German pilot Theodor Cammann, flying with Jasta 74, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 5.

German pilot Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 74, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Orazio Pierozzi, in a Macchi M.5 flying-boat fighter, is credited with two Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 flying boats - A70 and A 85 - for victories 3 and 4.

[Jimbuna]

15th May 1918

Western Front

Heavy artillery fire on whole front; infantry actions locally.

North of Kemmel, French advance their line; capture a wood south of Hailles in Avre Valley.

Southern Front

Reconnoitring raids on both sides along Italian front.

In Balkans lively artillery actions near Lake Doiran; British airmen bomb depots near Seres.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Official account of Ostend raid issued.

Political, etc.

"Bonnet Rouge" trial ends in Paris; Duval sentenced to death, other accused men imprisoned.

Chino-Japanese Agreement signed at Peking to ensure co-operation in Far East against German menace.

Ship Losses:

Villa de Soller (Spain) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Hyères, Var, France by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
War Grange (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Town Head, Cornwall (50°28′N 5°07′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew. She was beached at Newquay but was later salvaged.

[Sailor Steve]

May 15, 1918

United States:

The first regular American air mail service begins, with Army Lieutenant Geoffrey Boyle flying a Curtess JN-4H "Jenny" between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Second Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger becomes the first Chief of the Airmail Service.


Air War:

0630 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Gerald Bell, Canada, B28, victory number 6.
Frederick Travers, England, B688, victory number 2.

0635 English RAF pilot Robert James Cullen and observer Edward Henry Ward, in Bristol F.2b C780, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

0645 Nine RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Charles Booker, England, D1852, victory number 24.
Reginald Brading, England, serial number unknow, victory number 2.
Maxwell Findlay, Scotland, B3884, victory number 11.
James Forman, Canada, D3393, victory number 7.
Lt R. Hammans, information unknown.
Samuel Kinkead, South Africa, s/n unknown, victory number 22.
Robert McLaughlin, Ireland, s/n unknown, victory number 2.
Lt R.S.S. Orr, information unknown.
Hazel Wallace, Canada, B5479, victory number 6.

0815 German pilot Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6438 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt J.W. Williamson is killed.

0930 German pilot Robert Mossbacher, with Jasta 77, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

0930 German pilot Kurt Muller, flying with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1015 Canadian RAF pilot Wilfred Reid May, in Sopwith Camel B6398, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1030 German pilot Paul Wenzel, with Jasta 6, shoots down DH.9 C6177 for victory number 4. Capt W.G. Chanmers, RAF, and Lt R.J. Burky, USAS, are both killed.

1115 German pilot Heins Graf von Gluczewski-Kwilcki, with Jasta 4, shoots down a Bregut 14 for victory mumber 1.

1120 German ace Hans Bohning, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots downa SPAD for victory number 10.

1135 Two French pilots with Spa 3 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Jean Bozon-Verduraz, victory number 5.
Marechal-des-Logis Molines, victory number 1.

1140 Two RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Lt C.F. Brown, C61, nationality and victory number unknown.
Leonard Rochford, England, B3353, victory number 15.

1145 Four RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
John Denis Breakey, England, D3384, victory number 1.
Lt W.W. Goodenow, B7198, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt H.W. Skinner, B7123, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt A.N. Webster, B3788, nationality and victory number unknown.

1205 German ace Hans Kirschtein, with Jasta 6, shoots down Sopwith Camel B6257 for victory number 0. Lt G. Wilson is killed.

1205 American pilot David Peterson, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 3.

1210 David Peterson scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Rumpler for victory number 4.

1210 German pilot Otto Schmutzler, with Jasta 4, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for his first and only victory.

1215 German ace Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B5666 for victory number 9. 2nd Lt O.G. Brittorous is killed.

1220 Prussian pilot Gustav Klaudat, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Caudron R.11 for victory number 1.

1225 Three French pilots with Spa 26 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Adj Antoine (no first name given).
Joseph de Sevin, victory number 9.
S/Lt de Tascher (no first name given).

1250 German ace Johann Janzen, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down DH.4 A7645 for victory number 6. Lts F.L. Mond and E.M. Martyn are both killed.

1325 German ace Eirch Lowenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 A7725 for victory number 21. Lt E.H. Piper and 2nd Lt H.L.B. Crabbe are both killed.

1510 German ace Hans-Joachim Wolff, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 10.

1515 German ace Hans Kirschtein, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 10.

1515 German pilot Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

1700 Australian AFC pilot Garnet Malley, flying Sopwith Camel C8261, ahoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1720 two RAF Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
C4882: John Aspinal, England, victory number 6; and Lt P.V.D. de la Cour, nationality and victory number unknown.
C4673: Herbert Sellars, England, victory number 8; Charles Robson, Scotland, victory number 8.

1745 English RAF pilot Reginald Brading, in Sopwith Camel B5749, shoots down an Albatros Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1805 Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Breguet 14 for victory number 10.

1815 German ace Josef Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b C845 for victory number 12. Lt H.W. Sellars is killed; Lt C.C. Robson is taken prisoner.

1820 German ace Hans Kirschtein, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down Bristol F.2b C4882 for victory number 11. Capt J.V. Aspinall and Lt P.V. de la Cour are both killed.

1955 Englsh RAF pilot Hugh White, in SE.5a D3937, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

2010 German pilot Lt Feuereissen (no first name given), with Jasta 51, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

2045 German pilot Richard Ruckle, with Jasta 33, shoots down a DH.0 for victory number 1.

Two French pilots share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Bernard Artigau, Spa 15, victory number 7.
Andre Barcat, Spa 153, victory number 3.

Two French SPAD pilots share a victory over a German observation balloon:
Pierre Marie Joseph Cardon, victory number 1.
Adrien Leps, victory number 7.

Pierre Cardon brings down another balloon for victory number 2. This is shared with a MdL Chaigneau.

Two French pilots from Spa 65 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Eughene Camplan, vicory number 5,
Charles Nungesser, victory number 35.

Three French pilots from Spa 77 share a victory over an unidentified Albatros:
Sgt Decoin, first name and victory number unknown.
Sgt Gelin, first name and victory number unknown.
Jean Sardier, victory number 5.

German pilot Maximilian Elder von Daniels, with Jasta 61, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

Jean Sardier brings down another Albatros for victory number 6, again accompanied by Sgt Gelin.

Jean Sardier and Sgt Gelin bring down a third Albatros. Victory number 7 for Sardier.

German pilot Hermann Kunz, with Jasta 55 over the Palestinian Front, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 5.

French ace Pierre Marinovitch, with Spa 94, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

German pilot Wilhelm Schwartz, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Breguet 14 for victory number 4.

German pilot Erwin Tresenreuter (1 victory) is wounded when he is mistakenly attacked by a Fokker Dr.I.

German ace Rudolf Windisch, flying with Jasta 66, shoots down a two-seat SPAD 16 for victory number 20. Lt Jean Chotard is killed; Asp Jean Fropo is wounded, later dying from his wounds.

German pilot Carl Kuring, with Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

16th May 1918

Western Front

Big-gun duel still in progress; few infantry actions; successful British raid near Beaumont Hamel (Ancre River).

Sharp air fights.

Saarbrucken raided.

Germans bomb hospitals at Hoogsbade and Calais.

Naval

The Imperial German Navy recommissions the light cruiser "Stuttgart" after her conversion into a seaplane carrier. She is the only German seagoing aviation ship capable of working with the fleet commissioned during either World War I or World War II.

Political, etc.

U.S.A. delegates received by King and Queen.

Ship Losses:

Fyedor Chizhov (Russia) The coaster was sunk in the Barents Sea off Vaidaguada by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Heron Bridge (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 320 nautical miles (590 km) east by north of São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal (38°49′N 18°26′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Llancarvan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 370 nautical miles (690 km) east of São Miguel Island (38°24′N 17°18′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mansoura (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Port Said, Egypt (32°15′N 31°35′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marie Frédérique (French Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 54 (Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea north of Cap de Garde, Algeria (37°02′N 7°52′E) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.
Polarstrømmen (Norway) The trawler was sunk in the Barents Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Vaidaguada, by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Silvery Harvest (Royal Navy) The naval trawler collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon with some loss of life.
Tagona (Canada) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom 50°29′N 5°07′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.
Tartary (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of the Skulmartin Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yturri Bide (Spain) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (52°27′N 5°35′W) by SM UB-118 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

May 16, 1918


Air War:

0840 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, flying with Jasta 30, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9540 for victory number 7. Lt W.D. Coan is taken prisoner.

0930 South Africa RAF pilot Cristoffel Johannes Venter, in SE.5a D3359, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0940 Three French pilots from Spa 3 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Jean Bozon-Verduraz, victory number 7.
Marechal-des-Logis Molines, victory number 2.
Sgt Risacher (first name unknown), victory number 1.

1005 English RAF observer Ronald Malcolm Fletcher, in Bristol F.2b B1213 with an unnamed pilot, is credited with shooting down two Pfalz D.IIIs for victories 1 and 2.

1015 Ronald Fletcher and his unnamed pilot shoot down a third Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

1045 Two French pilots flying with Spa 26 share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Lt Puget (no first name given), victory number 1.
Joseph de Sevins, victory number 10.

1050 German pilot Max Gossner, with Jasta 23, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

1050 German ace Ludwig Luer, with Jasta 62, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 6. This is possibley S/Lt Charles Albinal of Spa 3, listed as Missing.

1055 German ace Otto Kissenberth of Jasta 23, flying a captured Sopwith Camel, shoots down SE.5a C1859 for victory number 20. Lt S.B. Reece lands safely on his own side of the lines. This is Kissenberth's last aerial victory. On May 29th he will be seriously injured when he crashes his captured Camel. He will recover and serve out the war as head of the flying school at Schliessheim. Otto Kissenberth will die on August 2, 1919, in a mountain-climbing accident.

1100 Two French Nieuport 17 pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Marius Ambrogi, victory number 3.
Lt Dencausse (no first name given), victory number 1.

1100 German pilot Max Nather, flying an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 1.

1125 German pilot Lt Hospelt (no first name given), with Jasta 9, shoots down a Breguet 14 for victory number 1.

1220 German pilot Carl Degelow, with Jasta 7, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 4.

1440 German ace Hans Kirschstein, with Jasta 6, shoots down Brisotl F.2b C4859 for victory number 12. Lt C.H. Arninson is wounded; Lt C.D. Wells is killed.

1545 German ace Erich Lowenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 22.

1615 German pilot Hasso von Wedel, flying with Jasta 75, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 2.

1645 German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down SE.5a D3912 for victory number 18. Lt H.N.J. Proctor is killed.

1800 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

1805 Canadian RAF pilot Roy Manzer, in SE.ta D259, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 2.

1830 English pilot David Weston and observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C4763, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 4 for Weston; number 3 for Deighton.

1840 German pilot FlgMt Stuke (no first name given), flying with Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1845 English RAF pilot Wilfred Green, in SE.5a C1093, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

1915 South African RAF pilot Horace Barton, in SE.5a C6417, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 4. Not certain, but probably 10-victory German ace Hans Joachim Wolff, who is killed about this time.

1920 English RAF pilot George Gates, in Sopwith Camel D3350, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 2.

1930 German pilot Richard Wenzl, with Jasta 6, shoots down SE.5a C1847 for victory number 2. Cpt H.P. Smith is wounded.

1945 German pilot Thilo Boelcke, flying an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

2027 German pilot Kurt Schonfelder, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

2110 Hans Kirschstein scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SE.5a B183 for victory number 13. Capt T. Durrant is killed.

German pilot Alfred Auersbach, with Jasta 67, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

Two French SPAD XIII pilots share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Francis Guerrier, victory number 1.
Jean Sardier, victory number 8.

English RAF pilot Maurice Le Blanc-Smith, flying a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 2.

German pilot Richard Rube, with Jasta 67, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

Germa ace Rudolf Windisch, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

[Jimbuna]

17th May 1918

Western Front

Much artillery and aerial activity along front.

Metz station bombed by British airmen.

Southern Front

In southern Albania, Franco-Italian troops drive back Austrians west of Koritsa and advance 12 miles.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British mounted troops occupy Fatha on Tigris, 45 miles north of Tekrit; Turks retire north.

Arab troops raid Turkish post at Wadi Jerdun (Palestine) on Hejaz railway.

Aviation

Australian troops and RFC mechanics towing the fuselage of a wrecked German AEG G.IV bomber by a lorry through Amiens.
https://i.imgur.com/d889boJ.jpg

Political, etc.

Sudden arrest of about 150 Sinn Fein leaders in Ireland for plotting with Germany.

President Wilson signs the Sedition Act of 1918, forbidding the “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” towards the US government, military, or the flag.

"Denaturalisation of Dangerous Aliens" Bill issued.

London: Government abolishes compulsory meatless days.

Ship Losses:

Mavisbrook (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east by south of Cabo de Gata, Andalusia, Spain (36°05′N 1°35′W) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eighteen crew.
Motricine (France) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nautical miles (133 km) north east of Ouessant, Finistère (49°19′N 7°29′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Pietro Brizzolari (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sculptor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Oran, Algeria by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached at Mers-el-Kebir, Libya The bow section of the ship was destroyed by an explosion during salvage operations and she was abandoned as a total loss.
SM UC-35 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south west of Sardinia, Italy (39°48′N 7°42′E) by Ailly ( French Navy) with the loss of twenty of her 25 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 17, 1918


Air War:

0715 German pilot Hans Schlömer, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

0745 Australian RAF pilot Allan Hepburn, in Bristol F.2b C821 with 2nd Lt G.W. Lambert as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0915 German pilot Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 43, shoots down SE.5a D3535 for victory number 3. Lt L. Seymour is taken prisoner.

0915 Italian pilot Mario Fucini, in an Hanriot HD.1, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

1015 Italian pilot Antonio Chiri, in an Hanriot HD.1, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1045 Scottish RAF pilot Finlay McQuistan, flying Sopwith Dolphin C3901, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1045 German pilot Marat Schumm, with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a C6404 for victory number 1. Lt L.M. Nixon is killed.

1105 English RAF pilot Herbert Andrew Patey, in Sopwith Camel D3391, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 1.

1110 German ace Hans Kirschstein, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

1115 German ace Johann Janzen, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 7. It is uncertain which pilot shot down which two-seater, but Escadrille Br 120 lost two aircraft. The first serial number is unknown, Ad Michelaut is killed and Lt du Sapin is thaken prisoner. The second is number 2009, with S/Lt Tanner killed and MdL Attall wounded and taken prisoner.

1147 German pilot Wilhelm Saint-Mont, flying with Jasta 52, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1210 German pilot Erwin Wenig, with Jasta 80, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 3.

1220 German ace Karl Pech, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 7.

1225 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoos down Sopwith Camel B6408 for victory number 14. 2nd Lt E.R. Prideaux is killed.

1230 German pilot Heinrich Drekmann, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1230 German pilot Johannes Werner, flying with Jasta 14, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

1515 Two Australian Flying Corps Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
B1229: Ross Smith, victory number 2, and Ernest Mustard, victory number 1.
B1276: Albert Victor Tonkin, victory number 1, and Lt R.A. Camm, victory number 1.

1705 German ace Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down SE.5a C1105 for victory number 11. Lt E. Harrison is killed.

1800 French pilot Jean André Pezon, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1824 American pilot Edward Rickenbacker, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1825 German pilot Andreas Triebswetter, flying with Jasta 16, shoots down DH.4 for victory number 4.

1925 Englsih RAF pilot William Farrow, in SE.5a C6458, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 2.

1940 German ace Karl Schattauer, with Jasta 16, destroys a Belgian observation balloon for victory number 8.

1945 Germa pilot Rudolf Lander, with Jasta 52, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

2100 Two American 95th Aero Squadron Nieuport 28 pilots share a victory over LVG C.VI 14512. The crew survived. Not confirmed until September when a captured crew member reports landing with his engine on fire.
David Peterson, victory number 5.
John A. Hambleton, victory number 1.

German pilot Fritz Imme, flying with Jasta 42, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German pilot Karl Koller, with Jasta 76, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

Two French pilots with Spa 62 share a victory over a German "Scout":
Charles Quette, victory number 7.
Adj Veau (No first name given), victory number 2.

Italian pilot Cosimo Rennella, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 19.

[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.
https://i.imgur.com/IZpAZ9X.jpg

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.

[Sailor Steve]

May 25, 1918


Air War:

1430 German ace Walter Kypke, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 8.

1945 English RAF pilot Eric Guy Brooks, in Sopwith Camel C8291, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1. This is probably Ltn Walter Angerund of Jasta 76, who was wounded this day.

1950 Canadian RAF pilot Alfred Leitch, in Sopwith Camel D1903, shoots down Albatros D.V 7221/17 for victory number 4. Ltn Karl Koller of Jasta 76 is taken prisoner.

French pilot Jean-Paul Favre de Thierrens, with Spa 62, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft for victory number 4.

[Jimbuna]

26th May 1918

Western Front

No infantry actions of importance; increased artillery activity at certain points north and south of the Avre.

Southern Front

Good progress made by Italian troops in mountain passes between Lake Garda and Swiss frontier (Monticello and Adamello region).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Transcaucasian Federal Government dissolved.

Georgia forms National Government.

Armenian National Council takes charge of Armenian affairs.

Naval and Overseas Operations

In Portuguese East Africa Germans driven south towards Upper Lurio river.

Political, etc.

The Democratic Republic of Georgia declares itself independent. The National Council Meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia declaring independence.

Ship Losses:

HMT Clara & Alice (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Dayspring (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled andsunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eclipse (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fortuna (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Janvold (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Irish Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) north west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by SM U-98 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Kyarra (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was sunk in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south east of Anvil Point, Dorset by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Le Gard (France) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 88 nautical miles (163 km) north west of Cape Bengut, Algeria by SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fourteen lives.
Princess Royal (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west north west of St. Agnes, Cornwall (50°19′24″N 5°19′54″W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen crew.
Thames (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east by east of Seaham, County Durham by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
SM UB-74 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine was depth charged and sunk in Lyme Bay (50°32′N 2°32′W) by HMY Lorna ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 35 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 26, 1918


Air War:

0840 Italian pilot Amadeo Mecozzi, flying Hanriot HD.1 11435, shoots down an Austrian two-seater and an Austrian Albatros D.III for victories 2 and 3.

1600 German pilot Fritz Schwartz, with Jasta 33, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1700 English RAF pilot Clement Payton, in Sopwith Camel C62, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1835 South African RAF pilot Herbert Gordon Ross, in an SE.5a, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

1945 Welsh RAF pilot Herbert Howell Beddow, in Bristol F.2b B1209 with Sgt J. Goodman as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

English 7-victory RAF ace pilot Thomas Frederick Le Mesurier and observer 2nd Lt R. Lardner are killed when DH.9 D1693 is hit by flak. Le Mesurier manages to get to his own side of the lines, and the plane is only twenty feet (6.1 m) up when the port wing folds up and both men are killed.

[Jimbuna]

27th May 1918

Western Front

Third Battle of the Aisne begins; New German thrust for Paris. After heavy bombardment enemy deliver great attack on Aisne between Soissons and Reims; Allies' line pressed back; Germans carry Chemin des Dames Ridge; smaller attack between Locre and Voormezeele.

Long-range guns bombard Paris.

Southern Front

Italians storms Austrian positions at Capo Sile, north-east of Venice.

British air raid on Durazzo (Albania); Austrian torpedo-boat sunk.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Tatar National Council proclaims establishment of "Republic of Azerbaijan" (northern Persia).

Political, etc.

Interesting Parliamentary Paper (Cd. 9059) published on methods used by Germany in the past to influence British trade.

Ship Losses:

Carmela (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) south east of Formentera, Spain by SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Carskey (United Kingdom) The ketch sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued.
Forto (Norway) The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Joseph Simone (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel north west of Fécamp, Seine-Maritime by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Leasowe Castle (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 104 nautical miles (193 km) west by north of Alexandria, Egypt (31°30′N 27°56′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 101 lives.
Merionethshire (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of the Azores, Portugal by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Molière (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Petit Georges (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel north west of Fécamp (49°53′N 0°15′E) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Souvenir de Ste Marie (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel north west of Fècamp by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Uganda (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) north east of Algiers, Algeria (38°16′N 3°30′E) by SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She sank on 29 May 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of Algiers. Her crew survived.
Wayside Flower (United Kingdom) The vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east by north of the mouth of the Humber by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

May 27, 1918


Operation "Blücher", the German offensive on the Aisne begisn.


Air War:

1006 American pilot Douglas Campbell, flying a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4. This is probably Ltn Walter Fritzsche of Jasta 65, who is killed.

1030 German pilot Otto Fitzner, with Jasta 65, shoots down Nieuport 28 N6142 for victory number 4. 1st Lt W.D. Hill, of the 94th Aero Squadron, is seriousl wounded in the leg. Fitzner claims this as a SPAD.

1055 English RAF pilot John Aldridge, in Sopwith Dolphin C3833, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1115 German pilot OfStv Tiedje (no first name given), with Jasta 65, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1,

1125 English ace pilot Wilfred Beaver and ace observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C889, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I Victory number 15 for Beaver; number 7 for Deighton.

1127 Wilfred Beaver and Ernest Deighton score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker Dr.I. Number 16 for Beaver; number 8 for Deighton.

1128 Wilfred Beaver and Ernest Deighton shoot down a third Fokker Dr.I. Victories number 17 and 9 respectively.

1130 French ace Lucien Gasser, with Spa 87, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 7. This is probably Ltn Max Thässler and Obltn Karl Röchling of FlAbt 276, both killed.

1320 German pilot Heinrich Krüger, with Jasta 70, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1420 French pilot André Bosson, with Spa 62, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

1425 Five RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Percy Clayson, England, C1114, victory number 10.
Ernest Tilton Sumpter Kelly, Canada, B130, victory number 1.
Duerson Knight, United States, C6479, victory number 1.
Harold Albert Kullberg, United States, D337, victory number 1.
Basil Henry Moody, South Africa, C1092, victory number 1.

1450 Five RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Percy Clayson, England, C1114, victory number 11.
Ernest Kelly, Canada, B130, victory number 2.
Duerson Knight, United States, C6479, victory number 2.
Harold Kullberg, United States, D337, victory number 2.
Basil Moody, South Africa, C1092, victory number 2.

1735 Four American pilots, in Nieuport 28s with the 95th Aero Squadron, share a victory over a German two-seater:
Edward Buford, victory number 2.
Edward Peck Curtis, victory number 1.
George F. Fisher 1.
Alexander H. McLanahan, victory number 1.
This is probably Ltns Hans Behringher and Wilhelm Wilhelm Ortegel of FlAbt 46, both killed.

1815 German ace Viktor von Pressentin gen von Rautter, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14. Sgts Louis des Salles and Jean Lingueglia are listed as Missing.

1915 Canadian RAF pilot William Gordon Claxton, in SE.5a B38, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

1920 Canadian RAF ace Charles Hickey, flying Sopwith Camel C74, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1920 Canadian RAF William Stanley Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel D3403, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1940 Percy Clayson scores his third kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.V for number 12.

2030 German ace Franz Ray, with Jasta 49, shoots down RE.8 B4100 for victory number 11. Lt A.H. Maltby and 2nd Lt J.B.P. Simms land safely on their own side of the lines.

Two French Spa 15 pilots, in SPAD XIIIs, share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Bernare Artigau, victory number 8.
Armond Berthelot, victory number 4.

Thre French pilots flying with Spa 82 share a victory over a German scout:
François de Boigne, victory number 5.
MdL Faure (no first name given), victory number 1.
Adj Rimbaud (no first name given, victory number 3.

German ace Theodor Cammann, with Jasta 74, shoots down a Dorand A.2 for victory number 6.

Greman pilot Sgt Dittberner (no first name given), in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

Cpl Gérard and Lt Charlet, in a Bréguet 14, shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft", a scout and a two-seater for victories 1, 2 and 3 each. The "Scout" is Hptm Rudolf Freiherr von Esebeck (1 victory), Commanding Officer of Jasta 17, who is killed.

French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 86, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9.

German pilot Arthur Laumann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

French ace Georges Madon, with Spa 38, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 26. This is possibly Vfw Willy Glander and Ltn Kurt Haese of FlAbt 244, bot kiled.

Georges Madon scores his second kill of the day, another "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 27. Possibly Uffz Wilhelm Weniger and Ltn Fritz Freit, FlAbt252, both killed.

American pilot John Mitchell, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

German pilot Alfons Nagler, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German pilot Willy Peters, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German naval pilot Ltn z.S. Schultze (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V with Marine Feld Jasta 1, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

German pilot Paul Turck, in a Fokker D.V, shoots down a SPAD and a Dorand AR. 2 for victories numbe 2 and 3.

German ace Rudolf Windisch, In Fokker D.VII (OAW) 2035/18, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 22. Windisch also comes down with a hole in his petrol tank. He is taken prisoner, giving rise to yet another controversy over the fate of a high-scoring ace. Windisch is reported as a prisoner several times, both by the Red Cross and by captured French pilots. On this basis he is awarded the Pour le Merite, the 'Blue Max'. After the war ends and it is time to be repatriated Windisch has disappeared. No trace of him is ever found. When, how, or even if he died is unknown.

[Jimbuna]

28th May 1918

Western Front

Enemy cross the Aisne on 18-mile front; battle of plateau between Aisne and Vesle, Allies fall back, Germans force passage of Vesle. Allies left and right wings make stand at Vregny plateau and heights of St. Thierry.

Line restored south of Ypres.

Big British R.A.F. raids into Germany.

Eastern Front

The Cossacks of the Don notify Ukraine Government of their opposition to the Soviets and of independence of the rest of Russia.

Colonel Semenov forced by Bolsheviks to retire to right bank of Onon (Mongolia).

Southern Front

Two Austrian counter-attacks repulsed at Capo Sile.

British aeroplanes bomb Cattaro.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Severe fighting near Alexandropol (90 miles south of Tiplis).

British advance two miles north from Jaffa.

Political, etc.

British Government opens negotiations with Germany for direct exchange of prisoners on lines of Franco-German Convention.

Further revelations of brutal treatment of British prisoners.

Ship Losses:

Cairnross (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west north west of Flores Island, Azores by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Coronation (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) east south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dronning Margrethe (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 140 kilometres (76 nmi) east of Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom (56°30′N 1°54′E) by SM U-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Flora (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Tintagel, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°46′N 4°41′W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

May 28, 1918


Air War:

0620 German pilot FlgMt Bieber (no first name given), flying with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down DH.9 A8065 for victory number 3.

0635 Ten RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over two DFW C.Vs:
Lt H.B. Bradley, C1102, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Percy Clayson, England, C1849, victories 13 and 14.
Lt E.M. Forsyth, B773, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Lt C.B. Henderson, C1112, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Duerson Knight, United States, C6479, victories 3 and 4.
Harold Kullberg, United States, B8254, victories 3 and 4.
Lt K.J.P. Laing, B8504, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Basil Moody, South Africa, C1092, victories 3 and 4.
Ernest Owen, England, B8512, victories 2 and 3.
Lt A.F. Scroggs, C6416, nationality and victory numbers unknown.

0730 American RAF pilot Frederic Ives Lord, in Sopwith Dolphin C4182, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0830 French ace Eugene Camplan, with Spa 65, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6. This is possibly Flg Ackermann and Flg Jeschke of Schasta 5, both taken prisoner.

0845 German pilot Flg Kuhlmey (no first name given), with Jasta 28, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

0815 American ace Frank Baylies, flying with French Escadrille Spa 3, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 10.

0850 German ace Paul Billik, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down SE.5a C6455 for victory number 18. Lt W.P. Southall is killed.

0900 German pilot Otto sowa, with Jasta 52, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

0931 American pilot Edward Rickenbacker, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0945 German ace Kurt Schönfelder, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

1110 English RAF pilot Chester William McKinley Thompson and observer Hubert Cecil Hunt, flying Bristol F.2b C4894, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.

1115 German pilot Oliver Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Siemens-Schuckert D.III, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

1115 German ace Rudolf Berthhold, with JG 2, shoots down a Nieuport 27 for victory number 29.

1115 South African RAF pilot Arthur Eden Reed, in SE.5a D3563, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1120 German pilot Kurt Baier, with Jasta 18, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

1120 Canadian RAF pilot Camille Lagesse, flying SE.5a D5969, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1120 German pilot Ernst Pabst, with Jasta 51, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 4.

1145 Canadian RAF pilot William Claxton, in SE.5a B38, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3/

1230 German ace Fritz Loerzer, with Jasta 29, shoot sdown a SPAd for victory number 11.

1245 German pilot Emil Koch, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SE.5a B8394 for victory number 3. Lt R.S. Milani is wounded and taken prisoner.

1245 German pilot Uffz Marchner (no first name given), flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots ddown an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1330 Three pilots flying SPAD VIIs for the French Air Service, share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Thomas Gantz Cassady, United States, victory number 1.
Cpl Dequeker, France, Victory number unknown.
William Thomas Ponder, United States, victory number 1.

1355 Four French pilots with Spa 62, share a victory over a German two-seater:
Adj Blanc (first name not given), victory number 3.
André Bosson, victory number 4.
Adj Dupont (first name not given), victory number 1.
Adj Veau (first name not given), victory number 2.

1415 William Claxton, having switched aeroplanes to SE.5a D3927, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

1500 German pilot Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for 3/

1615 Two American Nieuport 28 pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
John Hambleton, victory number 1. Hambleton is wounded during this fight.
William H. Taylor, victory number 1.

1730 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, In Fokker D.VII, shoots down an observation balloon for victory number 6.

1830 American RAF pilot Alvin Andrew Callender, in SE.5a C1884, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

2020 German pilot Friedrich Ehmann, with Jasta 47, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 7.

French pilot Jean Hnry Maurice Arpheuil, with Spa 151, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

English 17-victory ace Reginald Makepeace is killed in a flying accident.

French pilot Charles Quette, with Spa 62, shoots down a German two-seatter for victory number 8.

French pilot Jean Charles Romatet, with Spa 76, shoots down an LVG two-seater. for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

29th May 1918

Western Front

Further Allied retreat. On left enemy sweep over Vregny Plateau, take Soissons; in centre gain heights south of the Vesle, make progress towards the Marne. On right, Allied troops covering Reims fall back behind Aisne Canal.

Enemy repulsed near Kemmel.

Bombs on Metz and Thionville.

Southern Front

Artillery actions on the Doiran-Vardar front and in Serbian sector.

Bad weather hampers activity.

Political, etc.

Report of Food Production Department issued, showing that four million acres have been added for tillage; and that four-fifths of country's food for the year will be home-grown.

Ship Losses:

Begum (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (47°30′N 12°28′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
Carlton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Dirk (Royal Navy) The coaster, operating as a naval trawler, was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (54°08′N 0°11′E) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty of her crew.
Missir (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) west by north of Alexandria, Egypt by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 34 crew.
Souvenir (Denmark) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (51°47′N 7°46′W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 29, 1918


Air War:

0815 American ace Frank Baylies, flying with French Escadrille Spa 3, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 11.

0815 French ace Jean Bozon-Verudaz, with Spa 3, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

0815 Two Australian AFC Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
B1280, observer William Weir, victory number 3. Weir's listing has Carrick Paul as pilot, but Paul's records do not mention this fight.
C4623, George Peters, victory number 3, and James Traill, victory number 2.

0850 Canadian RAF pilot Alfred Leitch, in Sopwith Cammel D1903, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

1600 German ace Friedrich Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down the first of five observation balloons in a row; 2 Belgian, 2 British and 1 undescribed. Victory number 11.
1604 Friedrich Röth, victory number 12
1609 Friedrich Röth, number 13.
1612 Friedrich Röth, number 14.
1619 Friedrich Röth, number 15.

1630 English RAF ace Percy Clayson, flying SE.5a C1114, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 15.

1645 Percy Clayson scores his second kill of the day, a Halberstadt two-seater, for number 16.

1820 German ace Rudolf Berthold, flying with JG 2, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 30.

1825 Englsih ace pilot Wilfred Beaver and ace observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C889, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 18 for Beaver; number 10 for Deighton.

1830 German ace Josef Veltjens, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

1840 Rudold Berthold scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 31.

1840 English RAF pilot Thomas Cathcart Traill and Welsh observer Percy Jones, in Bristol F.2b C856, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 1 for Trail; number 3 for Jones. Thomas Traill only a distant relative of Australian observer James Traill.

1940 Irish RAF pilot Joseph Callaghan, in Sopwith Dolphin D3671, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 2.

1940 Canadian RAF pilot Camille Lagesse, in SE.5a D5969, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

2030 New Zealander pilot Malcolm McGregor, in an SE.5a, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

2050 German pilot Wilhelm Kühne, flying with Jasta 18, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 2.

2100 German pilot Raven von Barnekow, with Jasta 20, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I with Jasta Boelke, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

French ace Maurice Boyau, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 14.

Maurice Boyau teams up with French ace Jean Sardier to defeat an Albatros D.V.
Boyau, victory number 15.
Sardier, victory number 9.

French pilot Gustave Daladier, flying with Spa 93, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

French pilot Pierre Desire Augustin Ducornet, with Spa 93, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

German pilot Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 3.

German pilot Günther Keitsch, with Jasta 74, shoots down a French Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 3.

German ace Gotthard Saschenberg, with Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 12.

German pilot Gerhard Schulte, flying with Jasta 50, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

[Jimbuna]

30th May 1918

Western Front

French hold enemy up south of Soissons, preventing further advance. In centre Germans capture Fere-en-Tardenois and Vezilly, increase their pressure towards Ville-en-Tardenois, reach the Marne near Jaulgonne, and gain some forts north-west of Reims.

Enemy claim capture of 35,000 prisoners and much war material.

British bomb various towns on German front.

Southern Front

Franco-Greek success at Srka di Legen, 1,500 prisoners taken (11 miles west of River Vardar).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British bomb Turks at Fatha (Tigris, above Tekrit) and at junction of Lesser Zab river.

Ship Losses:

Asiatic Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 190 nautical miles (350 km) east by south of Malta by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ausonia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 620 nautical miles (1,150 km) west south west of the Fastnet Rock (47°59′N 23°42′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 44 crew.
Aymeric (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 145 nautical miles (269 km) south west by west of Cape Matapan, Greece (34°53′N 20°15′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cyprus (Isle of Man) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Glad Tidings (Isle of Man) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Honey Bee (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 (Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jane Gordon (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lloyd (Isle of Man) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marianne McCrum (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Never Can Tell (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pietro Maroncelli (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sardinia (40°48′N 8°00′E) by SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Seabird (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sparkling Wave (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Mary (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) west north west of the Calf of Man by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Waneta (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 42 nautical miles (78 km) south south east of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 30, 1918


Air War:

0700 English RAF ace Spencer Horn, flying SE.5a D6027, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 7.

0738 American ace Edward Rickenbacker, in a Nieuort 28, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

0755 American pilot James Meissner, in a Nieuport 28 and German pilot OfStv Tiedje (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V, collide while in combat with each other. Both crash safely and both are awarded a victory, number 2 for each.

0800 Five American pilots, in Nieuport 28s, share a victory over a German two-seater:
Harold Robert Buckley, victory number 1.
Wilfred V. Casgrain, victory number 1.
John Hambleton, victory number 2.
Stuart E. McKeown, victory number 1.
John Mitchell, victory number 2.

0805 Stuart McKeown scores his second victory of the day, shooting down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number

1030 German ace Johann Janzen, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down SPAD VII 3635 for victory number 0. MdL Maurice Fuchs is listed as Missing.

1045 American RAF pilot James William Pearson, in Sopwith Dolphin C2834, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1,

1115 English RAF pilot Dennis Henry Stacey ?Gilbertson, in Sopwith Camel C1648, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1120 German ace Fritz Pütter, with Jasta 68, shoots down Bristol F.2b C871 for victory number 24. 2nd Lts W.B. Yuille and W.D. Davidson are both killed.

1130 English RAF pilot Edwin Swale, in Sopwith Camel D3392, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1200 German pilot Hans Kiessling, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 1,

1230 German pilot Emil Koch, with Jasta 32, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

1300 Two French pilots with Spa 37 share the destruction of an observation Balloon:
Bernard Barny de Romanet, victory number 3.
Jacques Lostalot, victory number 1.

1300 English RAF ace pilot David Stewart and observer William Miller, in DH.4 A8038, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 13 for Stewart; number 1 for Miller.

1305 Fritz Pütter scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 25. MdL Jacques Lostalot of Spa 37 is listed as Missing.

1305 David Stewart and William Miller score their second victory of the day, another Pfalz D.III. Number 14 for Stewart; number 2 for Miller.

1410 French pilot Jean Dubois de Gennes, with Spa 57, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1515 Irish RAF ace William Cairnes, in SE.5a C6443, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

1515 Australian AFC pilot George Cox, in SE.5a D3451, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1545 German ace Franz Ray, with Jasta 49, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 12.

1745 English ace RAF pilot David Weston and observer Walter Noble, flying Bristol F.2b C979, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 8 for Weston; number 5 for Noble.

1810 English RAF pilot Ronald Sykes, in Sopwith Camel B6378, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 2.

1930 South African RAF pilot Philip Tudhope, in Sopwith Camel C1671, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

2030 Irish RAF ace pilot Albert Waller and Australian observer Basil Blackette, in DH.4 A8018, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 10 for Waller; number 4 for Blackett.

2035 German pilot Hans-Eberhardt Gandert, with Jasta 51, shoots down SE.5a C1862 for victory number 3. Capt E.L. Benbow is killed.

2050 German pilot Ltn Seewald (no first name given), flying with Jasta 54, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

2050 Albert Waller and Basil Blackett score their second kill of the day, a Fokker D.VII. Number 11 for Waller; number 5 for Blackett. This is also the last aerial victory for both men. Albert Gregory Waller will survive the war and serve in the RAF Volunteer Reserve in World War 2 and live until 1967. Basil John Blackett will also survive the war but will die in 1927 at age 40.

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

German ace Walter Böning, with Jasta 76, is credited with shooting down two Sopwith Camels for victories 16 and 17. 2nd Lt P.T. Bruce (D1793) and Lt C.P. Macklin (D6483) are both killed.

French pilot André Bosson, with Spa 62, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

31st May 1918

Western Front

Germans reach Marne river from Chateau Thierry to Dormans and advance on Compiegne. French retire from River Ailette, drive Germans east of Sempigny, and recover Thillois (west of Reims).

British bomb Karlsruhe.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British bomb Turkish camps near Amman (Hejaz railway).

Naval and Overseas Operations

British destroyer HMS Fairy sunk in collision.

"President Lincoln", U.S.A. transport, torpedoed.

Fighting near Imagu Hills (160 miles north-east of Blantyre).

Political, etc.

Great fire at Constantinople for 27 hours.

Dutch Government refuses to tolerate British examination of convoyed ships.

Ship Losses:

Alert (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Boulmer, Northumberland by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Attila (United Kingdom) The brig caught fire at Itaporã, Brazil. She was beached but was a total loss.
HMS Fairy (Royal Navy) The Gipsy-class destroyer foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire after ramming and sinking SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
USS President Lincoln (United States Navy) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Brest, Finistère, France by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 of the 715 people on board. Survivors were rescued by USS Smith and USS Warrington (both United States Navy).
Pretty Polly (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of County Galway, Ireland by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven crew.
SM UC-75 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was rammed and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head by Blaydonian ( United Kingdom) and HMS Fairy ( Royal Navy).

MERCHANT SHIPPING

British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 147 ships of 306,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

[Sailor Steve]

May 31, 1918


Air War:

0500 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, flying with Spa 94, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 8.

0730 English RAF pilot Leslie Capel, in Bristol F.2b C4604 with Pbr F.J. Ralphs as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0750 Two RAF Sopwith Dolphin pilots share a victory over a Pfalz D.III:
James Hardman, England, C3818, victory number 3.
Lewis Hector Ray, Canada, C4129, victory number 1.

0805 American pilot Douglas Campbell, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 5.

1030 English RAF pilot Leslie King and Scottish observer James McDonald, in Bristol F.2b C4835, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for King; number 1 for McDonald.

1100 English RAF pilot Charles John Warton, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4158, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

1110 Four RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
Pruett Dennett, England, D1854, victory number 9.
Reginald Johns, England, s/n unknown, victory number 6.
John Jordan, South Africa, B1889, victory number 25.
John McDonald, England, s/n unknown, victory number 2.

1200 English RAF observer Eric Walker, in DH.4 A7990 with 2nd Lt J. Waugh ast pilot, is credited with two Fokker DR.Is for victories 1 and 2.

1705 German ace Otto Esswein, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1706 German pilot Christian Mesch, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2. Mesch's first victory is listed as "1918", with no details at all.

[Jimbuna]

1st June 1918

Western Front

Germans advance down River Ourcq, taking Chouy and Neuilly St. Front.

French lose and retake Fort de la Pompelle (dominating Reims-Chalons Railway, south-east of Reims); French retreat between Oise and Aisne to line Carlepont Wood (south of Noyon) - Fontenoy (north of Soissons).

German bombardment of, and raid on, Paris.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Withdrawal of British in Kirkuk area (east of Tigris, between Mosul and Baghdad).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Germans retreat in East Africa, crossing River Lurio (to east of southern end of Lake Nyassa).

Fighting near Imagu Hills (160 miles north-east of Blantyre, Nyassaland).

Aviation

During the evening, the first of only two giant German Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI bombers lost to enemy action in World War I is shot down by anti-aircraft guns over the French lines. It becomes the first R.VI to be examined by the Allies.
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Political, etc.

At Pittsburgh, expatriate Czech and Slovak leaders sign an agreement to form a united, independent country after the end of the war.

Ship Losses:

Angelina (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Cape Granitola (approximately 37°N 12°E) by SM UB-68 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Egret (United Kingdom) The trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east by north of the Humber Lightship by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine with the loss of eleven of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 1, 1918


Air War:

0650 German pilot Georg Weiner, flying with Kest 3, shoots down DH.4 A7482 for victory number 4. 2nd Lts L.deG. Godet and A. Haley are both killed.

0735 German ace Josef Jacobs, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b C4749 for victory number 18. Lt Thomas Traill and 2nd Lt Percy Jones crash safely on their own side.

0815 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 7.

1100 German pilot Ludwig Laveuve, with Jasta 77, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1235 German ace Johannes Werner, with Jasta 14, shoots down SE.5a D3530 for victory number 6. Australian 32-victory ace Roderic Stanley Dallas is killed.

[Jimbuna]

2nd June 1918

Western Front

Violent battle on Ourcq; Germans take and lose Longpont, Corcy, Faverolles (again retaken) and Troesnes.

German attack on Chateau-Thierry road, south-east of Bouresches (north-west of Chateau-Thierry), repulsed.

French capture Champlat (12 miles south-west of Reims).

Fierce fight at Choisy Hill, south of Noyon.

End of Third Battle of the Aisne.

Eastern Front

Defeat of Bolsheviks by Semenov in east Siberia.

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S.A. have 150 vessels in European waters.

Political, etc.

Publication in Politiken (Swedish Socialist paper) of Secret Convention between Germany and Finland.

Ship Losses:

Argus (Denmark) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west by north of Loop Head, County Clare (52°27′N 11°29′W) by SM U-97 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Carolina (United States) The passenger ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) east of Atlantic City, New Jersey by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of thirteen lives. Survivors were rescued by Appleby ( United Kingdom), Bryssel ( Denmark) and Eva B. Douglas ( United States) or reached the shore in their lifeboat.
Edward H. Cole (United States) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Isabel B. Wiley (United States) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the Barnegat Lighthouse by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jacob M. Haskell (United States) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of the Barnegat Lighthouse by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Texel (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of New York (38°57′N 73°13′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Winneconne (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (39°26′N 72°50′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

https://i.imgur.com/N76ir4h.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

June 2, 1918


Air War:

0600 French ace Georges Madon, flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 31.

0700 Georges Madon scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another "EA" for number 32.

0710 German pilot Aloys von Brandenstein, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 A7882 for victory number 2. Lt J.R. Zieman and 2nd Lt H. Tannenbaum are both taken prisoner.

0805 Australian AFC pilot Roby Manuel, in SE.5a B184, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

0815 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Camille Lagesse, Canada, D5969, victory number 4.
Cristoffel Venter, South Africa, B8240, victory number 4.

[Jimbuna]

3rd June 1918

Western Front

Choisy Hill retaken by French.

Germans capture Pernant (west of Soissons).

French check German attempts to enter Forest of Villers-Cotterets, re-capture Faverolles.

French and Americans force Germans back over Marne at Jaulgonne (north-east of Chateau-Thierry).

U.S. Marines at the Battle of Belleau Wood defeat a German attack near Vaux. Captain Lloyd W. Williams to a French colonel ordering them to retreat retorted: “Retreat? Hell, we just got here.”

Eastern Front

Retreat of Semenov on Borsia (120 miles from Karimskaya on Siberian Railway).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air-raid on Amman (on Hejaz railway, 25 miles north-east of Jericho).

Naval and Overseas Operations

German retreat in East Africa; Germans dislodged from crossings of Upper Lurio.

German submarine SM U-151 sinks 6 American ships in a single day off the East Coast in an event known as “Black Sunday.”
https://i.imgur.com/n8H3kBP.jpg

Political, etc.

King George V fires all men up the age of 35 in the service of the royal household so that they can serve in the military.

British Government admits recognition of Czecho-Slovak aims.

Declaration of Premiers of Great Britain, France and Italy at Versailles re: Poles, Czecho-Slovaks and Yugo-Slavs.

Proclamation of Lord French re: Irish recruiting.

Ship Losses:

Glaucus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Cape Granitola, Italy (37°33′N 12°15′E) by SM UB-68 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Mecanicien Donzel (France) The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 68 nautical miles (126 km) north west of Cape Argentira (40°45′N 6°59′E) by SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Marguerite-Marie ( French Navy).
Nora (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 205 nautical miles (380 km) south east of Malta (33°38′N 17°42′E) by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Samuel C. Mengel (United States) The four-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (38°07′N 73°46′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sant' Antonio (Italy) The brig was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 82 nautical miles (152 km) south of Santa Maria di Leuca, Lecce (37°55′N 19°00′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT St. John's (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Tory Island, County Donegal (55°55′N 8°15′W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.

[Sailor Steve]

June 3, 1918


Air War:

0845 American pilot Sumner Sewall, flying a Nieuport 28, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0905 Canadian RAF pilot Mansell Richard James, in Sopwith Camel B3872, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1030 German pilot Otto Fitzner, with Jasta 65, shoots down SPAD XIII 1927 for victory number 5. Sgt Pierre Burello is listed as Missing.

1250 German pilot Martin Skowronski, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1630 German ace Kurt Schönfelder, with Jasta 7, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 10. Lt Payen (no first name given) of the 78° Cie d’Aérostiers is wounded.

1830 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 26. Cpl Charles Gueret is listed as Missing.

1835 English RAF pilot Arthur Whitehair Vigers, in Sopqith Dolphin C4159, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I and then an Albatros D.V for victories 1 and 2.

1920 German pilot Fritz Kublum, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for his only aerial victory. He will be hospitalized on June 10, after which there is no information.

1930 German ace Hans Kirschtein, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 19.

1930 German pilot Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 4.

1935 Hans Kirschtein scores his second kill of the day, another Bréguet 14, for number 20.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13.

German pilot Walter Beyer, with Jasta 42, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 3.

German pilot Hermann Frommherz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 3.

German pilot Christian Kairies, with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down DH.4 C62754 for victory number 2. Lt B.A. Bird is wounded and taken prisoner, Lt A.R. Cowan is also taken prisoner.

French pilot Maurice Rousselle, flying with Spa 81, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

[Jimbuna]

4th June 1918

Western Front

Germans capture Veuilly-la-Poterie (half-way between Ourcq and Chateau-Thierry).

Americans check Germans at Veuilly Wood.

Eastern Front

Ukraine Government recognised by Central Powers.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on Amman.

Political, etc.

French Chamber of Deputies votes 577 to 110 in confidence in the government of Prime Minister Clemenceau despite recent territorial losses to the German offensives.

M. Cooreman succeeds Baron de Brogneville as Belgian Prime Minister.

M. Clemenceau praises armies of French and Allies.

German article on main Continental idea.

Renewal of Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty.

Ship Losses:

Eidsvold (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (37°12′N 73°55′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS T68 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S66-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 4, 1918


Air War:

0830 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, flying a Pfalz D.III, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 8.

1520 German ace Karl Mendel, with Jasta 18, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 7.

1640 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

1715 German pilot Wilhelm Kühne, with Jasta 18, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 3.

1725 German ace Wilhelm Reinhard, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 18.

1725 Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, cousin of Manfred and Lothar, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1820 Two RAF Camel aces share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Edward Johnstone, England, s/n unknown, victory number 13.
William Jordan, South Africa, B1889, victory number 28.

1830 German pilot ernst Lielefeld, with Jasta 60, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 3.

1830 German ace Arno Benzler, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

1835 Ernst Bielefeld scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt Edgar A. Lawrence, 147th Aero Squadron, US Army, is killed.

1845 German pilot Heinrich Dreckmann, flying with Jasta 4, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 3. Adj Wenceslas Pilat, Spa 125, is wounded.

1915 English RAF observer Edward Darby, in DH.4 N5993 with Lt A.L. Godfrey as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

1930 English RAF pilot Laurence Herbert Pearson, flying DH.4 A7930 with AGL S.E. Allatson as observer, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 1.

2030 German pilot Eduard Hannemann, flying an Albatros D.III on the Italian Front, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 3.

2050 German pilot Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 5.

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

Two French SPAD aces share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
André Bosson, victory number 7.
Jean-Paul Favre de Thierrens, victory number 6.

Two French SPAD aces share the destruction of two German observation balloons:
Maurice Boyau, victories 17 and 18.
Jean Sardier, victories 10 and 11.

French ace Jean Derode, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 7. Shortly after this Derode is shot down and killed. His attacker is unknown.

German pilot Friedrich Huffsky and observer Gottfried Ehmann, in a Halberstadt CL.II, shoot down a Dorand AR.2. Victory number 1 for Huffzky; number 4 for Ehmann.

German pilot Ltn Langen (first name not given, flying with Jasta 39, shoots down a SPAD for his only victory.

German pilot Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

French ace Charles Quette, with Spa 62, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 10.

German pilot Wilhelm Schulz, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

German pilot Erich Sonneck, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

5th June 1918

Western Front

Near Vingre (north-west of Soissons) German attempt to cross Aisne checked.

German attacks at Longpont (north of Forest of Retz) and at Chezy (south of Ourcq) defeated by French.

Sir W. R. Robertson appointed to command of British home forces.

Aviation

Douglas Campbell, the first American to become an ace while flying for an American-trained unit, scores his sixth and final victory. Badly wounded during the flight, he sees no further combat.
https://i.imgur.com/yGXETlg.jpg

Political, etc.

Britain, France, and Italy announce that they are committed in creating an independent Poland that has free access to the seas after the war.

Speech of Count Tisza in Hungarian Diet re: Dual Alliance extension.

Madsen machine-gun debate in House of Commons.

General Robertson Commander in Chief Home Defences.

Ship Losses:

Anton (Sweden) The wooden barque was sunk in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) west south west of the Lindesnes Lighthouse, Norway[18] by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Argonaut (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Western Approaches (49°12′N 6°45′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harpathian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpeoded and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Cape Henry, Virginia by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Polwell (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east of Lambay Island, County Dublin (53°33′N 5°55′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Snaefell (Royal Navy) The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) east-southeast of Malta by the submarine SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vinland (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Cape Henry (36°32′N 73°58′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 5, 1918


Air War:

0745 German pilot Justus Grassmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 1.

0750 English RAF pilot Solomon Joseph, in sopwith Camel D3401, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

0825 Solomon Joseph shoots down a second two-seater for victory number 6, this time shared with Lt K.T. Cambell, in Camel D3391, nationality and victory number unknown.

9895 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 9.

0905 German pilot Friedrich Nüsch, with Jasta 22, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

1000 Two American pilots in Nieuport 28s share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Doughlas Campbell, victory number 6.
James Meissner, victory number 3.

1000 German ace Hermann Göring, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 19. This is claimed as an AR.2, which is very similar in appearance.

1900 English RAF pilot Albert Jones, in Sopwith Camel D3381, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1030 English ace RAF pilot John Gurdon and observer John Herbert Hall, inBristol F.2b A7243, are credited with two Albatros D.Vs. Victories 11 and 12 for Gurdon; 1 and 2 for Hall.

1115 German ace Josef Jacobs, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7220 for victory number 19. Sub-Lt A.N. Webster is killed.

1120 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 7.

1135 German ace Hans Kirschtein, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down SPAD VII 5572 for victory number 21. Cpl Marcel Girardeau lands safely on his own side of the lines.

1140 German ace Johann Janzen, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1145 German pilot Amandus Rostock, with Jasta 77, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

1200 English RAF pilot Noel Keeble and Irish observer Eric Betts, in DH.4 A7446, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 3 for Keeble; number 2 for Betts.

1200 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 26.

1210 German pilot Wilhelm Kühne, flying with Jasta 18, shoots down SE.5a C6416 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt A.F. Scroggs is wounded.

1210 German pilot Kurt Monnington, with Jasta 18, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7243 for victory number 2. Lt J.E. Gurdon and Sgt Hall (no first name given) land safely on their own side of the lines.

1300 German pilot Hermann Juhnke, with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a D337 for victory number 2. Lt H.S. Hennessey is killed.

1445 German pilot Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 3.

1510 German ace Wilhelm Schulz, with Jasta 66, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 6.

1735 Hans Kirschtein scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for number 22. Cpl Arthur Blumenthal and Lt Charles de Coopman of Br 227 are both killed.

1735 German pilot Richard Wenzl, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 3.

1735 German pilot Martin Skowronski, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 3.

1800 Four French pilots with Spa 154 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Paul Barbreau, victory number 2.
Louis Gros, victory number 3.
Auguste Lahoulle, victory number 7.
Paul Waddington, victory number 4.

1832 German naval pilot Alexander Montanus Zenzes, in a Fokker D.VII with Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1835 German pilot Paul Reimann, flying with Jasta 52, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

1840 German pilot Hermann Juhnke, with Jasta 52, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 3.
the Bristols are B1114, Lt J.E.W. Sudgen and Sgt W. O'Neill both taken prisoner; C817, Lt E.A. Magee and 2nd Lt R.J. Gregory both taken prisoner.

1845 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27.

1845 German ace Alois Heldmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

2010 Friedrich Friedrichs scores his second kill of the day, downing an Allied observation balloon for victory number 8.

2015 Canadian RAF pilot Kenneth Burns Conn and English observer Bruce Digby-Worsley, flying Bristol F.2b C787, are credited with two Albatros D.Vs. Victories 1 and 2 for both.

2025 Hans Kirschtein scores his third kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 23.

2025 Johann Janzen scores his second kill of the day, shooting downa SPAD for victory number 12.

2050 German ace Helmut Diltheys, in an Albaros D.Va, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 7.

2055 German pilot Hermann Gilly, in an Albatros D.V, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 1.

German ace Rudolf Berthold, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.4 D0256 for victory number 32. Lt W.V. Theron and Sgt H.F. Monday land safely on their own side of the lines.

Three SPAD VII pilots with Spa 157 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft":
James Baugham, United States, victory number 2.
James Connelly, United States, victory number 2.
Sgt Viquier (first name not given), France, victory number 2.

James Baugham is shot down behind German lines, but manages to escape to his own side. His attacker is unknown.

American pilot Thomas Cassady, with Spa 163, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

Two French aces with Spa 94 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Pierre Marinovitch, victory number 10.
André Martenot de Cordou, victory number 6.

German ace Karl Menckhoff, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 32.

French ace Charles Nungesser, with Spa 65, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 36.

American pilot David Putnam, with Spa 38, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

French 10-victory ace Charles Quette, flying SPAD VII 5603, goes missing. Attacker, if any, is unknown.

English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Camel D3417, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 20.

German pilot Vfw Steinsträter (no first name given), flying with Jasta 50, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 1.

English 5-victory RAF ace Hugh Elliott is killed in a flying accident.

[Jimbuna]

6th June 1918

Western Front

Germans capture village and height of Bligny (south-west of Reims); height re-taken by British; counter-attacks by Allies, especially in region nearest to Paris.

Gotha raid on Paris; third British air-raid on Coblenz.

Eastern Front

Capture of Gurks (93 miles north-east of Borsia on Kharbin-Karimskaya Railway) by Semenov.

Naval and Overseas Operations

"Koningen Regentes", Hospital ship accompanying British delegates to Hague, torpedoed - four lost.
https://i.imgur.com/uTock37.jpg

Ship Losses:

Active (United Kingdom) The fishing ketch was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Archbank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) east south east of Malta by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Beryl (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Christophero Colombo (Italy) The schooner was scuttled in the Strait of Messina (37°09′N 11°25′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dianthus (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Huntsland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 23 nautical miles (43 km) north by west of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (49°50′N 0°10′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Menzaleh (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) east south east of Malta by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Koningin Regentes (Netherlands) The paddle steamer, a hospital ship and former passenger ship, was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Leman Lightship ( United Kingdom) by the submarine SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 6, 1918


Air War:

0725 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, flying a Fokker D.VII, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 9.

0745 English RAF pilot Ernest Owne, in SE.5a B8512, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.

0750 German pilot Heinrich Otto, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys an Allied observation balloon for his first and only victory. Otto is severely wounded in the attack. When he leaves the hospital he will be assigned to Idflieg and score no more victories. He will live until 1975.

0825 Two Canadian RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
William Jenkins, D9590, victory number 2.
John Manuel, D3410, victory number 11.

1035 South African RAF pilot Arthur Reed, in SE.5a D5970, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1105 German pilot Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, flying a Siemens-Schuckert D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 2.

1140 German pilot Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1140 German pilot Joachim von Ziegesar, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1140 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27.

1620 Three RAF DH.9 crews are credited with a shared victory over two Fokker D.VIIs:
D1007, Lt I.W. Leiper and Pvt J. Buffery, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.
D5569, 2nd Lt C.H. Henderson, nationality and victory number unknown; Charles Ewart Eddy, South Africa, victories 1 and 2.
C6179, John Stubbs, England, victories 2 and 3; Charles Dance, England, victories 2 and 3.

1715 English RAF pilot Cecil Vernon Gardner, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4129, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

1900 American RAF pilot Alvin Callendar, in SE.5a C1884, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1950 Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

1950 German ace Johannes Klein, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down and SE.5a for victory number 9.

1950 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 16.

French ace Jacques Gérard, flying with Spa 65, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6.

Two French aces from Spa 48 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Gilbert de Guingand, victory number 7.
René Montrion, victory number 9.

Four French pilots from Spa 100 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Claude Haegelen, victory number 4.
Sgt Ouizille (no first name given), victory number unknown.
MdL Schuster (no first name given), victory number unknown.
Adj Vidal (no first name given, victory number unknown.

Three French pilots from Spa 81 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Pierre Cardon, victory number 5.
Adrien Leps, victory number 11.
Maurice Rousselle victory number 4.

French ace Georges Madon, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 33.

French ace Georges Madon, flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 33.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, shoots doen a German two-seater for victory numer 20.

Maurice Rousselle scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

7th June 1918

Western Front

French and Americans capture Veuilly-la-Poterie and Vinly (west of Chateau-Thierry), Bouresches and Hill 204 (west of Chateau-Thierry).

British regain Bligny.

Eastern Front

Kern (northern Russia) occupied by Entente forces.

Omsk (Siberia) taken by Czecho-Slovaks.

Political, etc.

Installation of Signor Avezzano as Italian Minister at Athens: friendly speech.

Ship Losses:

Axpe Mendi (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Brest, Finistère, France by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Brisk (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°46′N 5°49′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Diana (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-108 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 7, 1918


Air War:

0705 German ace Johann Janzen, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13

0710 German ace Hans Kirschstein, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 24. Japanese volunteer pilot Sgt Shukunosuke Kobayash is killed this day. His listing associates him with Kirschstein's victory, but gives the time as 1800.

0742 English RAF pilot Alfred Haines, in Sopwith Camel D1975 over the Italian Front, is credited with two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 2 and 3.

0825 German ace Heinrich Kroll, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory 25.

0900 American RAF pilot Frederic Lord, in Sopwith Dolphin C4131, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1045 Brazilian-born English RAF pilot Gordon Rule, flying DH.9 D5576 with Lt E.H. Tredcraft as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1120 German pilot Lt Ehrharedt (no first name given), with Jasta 32, shoots down DH.4 D9266 for victory number 2. Lt L.A. Hacklett and Sgt W.C. Elliott are both taken prisoner.

1130 South African RAF pilot Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour, in DH.4 D8412 with 2ne Lt J.H. Preston as observer, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 1.

1130 South African RAF pilot George Edgar Bruce Lawson, in SE.5a C1881, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1200 German pilot Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Siemans-Schuckert D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 4.

1200 English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, flying Sopwith Camel D3417, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 21.

1200 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 17.

1310 German Naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 12.

1435 German ace Oskar von Boenighk, in a Pfalz D.III, destroys a Frency observation balloon for victory number 12.

1830 German ace Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.Va, brings down a French observation balloon for victory number 11.

1900 German pilot Karl Schmelcher, flying with Jasta 71, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1.

1900 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 28.

French ace Bernard Artigau, with Spa 15, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 10.

German pilot Helmut Brünig, with Jasta 50, brings down a French observation balloon for victory number 1.

Three Fench pilots with Spa 48 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Edmond Caillaux, victory number 4.
Gilbert de Guingand, victory number 8.
René Montrion, victory number 10.

German ace Theodor Cammann, flying with Jasta 74, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 8.

German pilot Ulrich Fischer, with Jasta 22, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

Three French pilots with Spa 100 share the downing of a German observation balloon:
Claude haegelen, victory number 5.
Sgt Ouizille (no first name given), victory number 2.
MdL Schuster (no first name given), victory number 2.

German ace Wilhelm Hippert, with Jasta 74, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 7.

German pilot Fritz Jacobsen, with Jasta 73, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 5.

German pilot Herbert Knappe, flying with Jasta 81, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 3.

German pilot Alfred Lenz, with Jasta 22, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 3.

French Pierre LeRoy de Boiseaumarie, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 5.

German pilot Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4.

German pilot Rudolf Otto, with Jasta 74, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 2.

German pilot Erich Raabe, flying with Jasta 41, brings down a French observation balloon for victory number 3.

German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down SE.5a B611 for victory number 23. 2nd Lt J.J. Dawe is killed.

German pilot Max Schick, with Jasta 76, ahoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

8th June 1918

Eastern Front

Bolshevik Government orders Entente forces in the north to leave the country.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Arab raid on Hejaz railway near Toweira (105 miles north-west of Medina); British advance north of Jaffa.

Germans land at Poti (north of Batum).

Naval and Overseas Operations

"Pinar del Rio" (American steamer) sunk by U-boat off Maryland.

Political, etc.

Report shows record production at American shipyards, which produced 71 ships in May. Total tonnage of ships produced surpassed British production by 200,000 tons.

Prisoners of War Conference at the Hague opens.

Arrival in London of Sir R. Borden and Mr. W. Massey (Canadian and New Zealand Premiers).

Georgians and Armenians sign peace treaties with Turkey.

Ship Losses:

Concettina (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elektra (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of the Ryvingen Lightship ( Norway) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eros (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Hermann Menzel) and sank in the North Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) east north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.
Hogarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham (54°51′N 1°03′W) by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 of her crew.
Hunsgrove (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°36′N 5°11′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
La Bayonnaise (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 21 nautical miles (39 km) south east of Cape Spartivento, Italy (37°55′N 16°34′E) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pinar del Rio (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (36°15′N 73°55′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saima (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Trevose Head (50°29′N 5°23′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 8, 1918


Air War:

0710 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, flying a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation baloon for victory number 10.

0815 French ace Alexandre Marty, with Spa 90, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 7.

0946 French ace Maurice Arnoux, with Spa 49, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

1830 German pilot Lt Feuereissen (no first name given), with Jasta 51, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 2.

German ace Otto Rosenfeld, with Jasta 41, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

[Jimbuna]

9th June 1918

Western Front

First Battle of Lassigny begins.

New German offensive from between Montdidier and Noyon towards Compiegne.

Germans enter Thiescourt Wood (south-west of Noyon) and Ressons-sur-Matz; are checked on line Mortemer-Cuvilly.

Ship Losses:

Clan Forbes (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 115 nautical miles (213 km) west north west of Alexandria, Egypt (31°55′N 27°50′E) by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Helene (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea (55°38′N 2°55′E) by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Moidart (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south east of Lyme Regis, Dorset by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
Pundit (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) west north west of Alexandria by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Queen Victoria (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Lundy Island, Devon by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine.
Tewfikieh (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 115 nautical miles (213 km) west north west of Alexandria by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Vandalia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) west north west of the Smalls Lighthouse (51°44′N 6°10′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 9, 1918


Air War:

0640 Nine RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
John Bateman, England, B8254, victory number 5.
Percy Clayson, England, C1114, victory number 21.
Lt H.B. Bradley, C1102, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt F.S. Crossley, D6881, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt C.B. Henderson, C1849, nationality and victory number unknown.
Duerson Knight, United States, C1106, victory number 6.
Harold Kullberg, United States, C8842, victory number 8.
Kenneth Laing, Scotland, C1898, victory number 5.*
Ernest Owen, England, B8512, victory number 5.

0715 Canadian RAF pilot Ernest James Salter, in Sopwith Camel B7171, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0720 Duerson Knight scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 7.

0730 Harold Kullberg scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

0750 German pilot Friedrich Poeschke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

0815 German pilot Hans von Freden, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

0820 Canadian RAF ace John Manuel, in Sopwith Camel D3410, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 12.

0830English RAF pilot Cedric Edwards, flying Sopwith Camel B6371, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

0830 English RAF ace Solomon Joseph, in Sopwith Camel D7155, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 7.

0835 German pilot Hubert Helten, with Jasta 20, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

0835 John Manuel scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 13.

0845 German ace Hermann Göring, in Fokker D.VII 324/18, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 20. Cpl Pierre Chan of Spa 94 is taken prisoner.

0900 German ace Wilhelm Reinhard, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

0900 German ace Werner Steinhäuser, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

0900 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 6. S/Lt Victor du Tremblay of Spa 159 is wounded.

0911 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7163 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt C. Marsden is taken prisoner.

0920 German pilot Kurt Katzenstein, with Jasta 30, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3348 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt W. Breckenridge is wounded and taken prisoner.

1010 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, flying with Spa 94, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1015 German ace Heinrich Kroll, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 26. Sgt Benoit Savot is listed as Missing.

1023 Two American SPAD VII pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Charles I. Merrick, victory number 1.
Charles Wilcox, victory number 3.

1025 Heinrich Kroll scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XIII for number 27. Sgt Joseph Poullain of Spa 88 is listed as Missing.

1040 Canadian RAF pilot William Swaze, in Bristol F.2b B1238 with 2nd Lt E.M. Nicholas as observer, is credited with two Pfalz D.IIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1130 Two English RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Cedric Edwards, B6371, victory number 5.
Joseph Sidall, B6369, victory number 8.

1135 Joseph Sidall scores his second victory nof the day, shooting down another LVG for victory number 9.

1215 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Dorand A.2 for victory number 18.

1220 German pilot Wolfram von Richthofen, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1220 Werner Steinhäuser scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 10

1320 German pilot Hermann Pritzch, flying with Jasta 17, shoots down a Salmson 2A.2 for victory number 1. Sgt Maurice Laurent is killed and Lt Lt Jules Mevellec is wounded.

1630 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 11.

2100 German pilot August Delling, with Jasta 34, shoots down Sopwith Camel B5244 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt R.A. Barling is killed.

French ace Armond Berthelot, with Spa 15, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 6.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

German ace Rudolf Francke, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 11.

German pilot Hermann Frommerz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

German ace Albert Haussmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 7.

German pilot Ernst Hencke, with Jasta 13, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

German 13-victory ace Johann Janzen suffers a synchronizer failure and shoots off his own propeller. He lands on the French side of the lines and is taken prisoner.

German pilot Herbert Knappe, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 4.

German pilot Alfred Lenz, with Jasta 22, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1844 for victory number 4. Lt J.H. Johnson is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German pilot Werner Niethammer, with Jasta 13, shoost down a Bréguet 14 fro victory number 1.

German pilot Heinrich Piel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

10th June 1918

Western Front

German advance on Compiegne. On east French withdraw from Carlepont Wood on Ribecourt. In centre Germans take heights of Marqueglise and reach Antheuil. French retreat on River Aronde, recapture Mery. Courcelles (south-east of Montdidier) taken by Germans, retaken by French.

Bombardment of Paris by long-range gun continues.

Australians advance south of Morlancourt (between Ancre and Somme).

Eastern Front

Retreat of Colonel Semenov in Siberia.

Southern Front

French carry Mt. Kamia (south-west of Lake Ochrida) and villages of Streksaj and Proptisti.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Successful British raid on Turks north of Kefr Malik (between Shechem Road and Jordan Valley).

Naval

Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István is sunk by two Italian torpedo boats, resulting in deaths of 89 sailors.
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Political, etc.

International Seamen's Congress at Copenhagen forms International Federation; Mr. Havelock Wilson, President, Mr. Damm (Dane), Secretary.

Officially stated that between 15 May and 1 June Germans had bombed hospitals on seven occasions, with resulting loss of 248 killed and 693 wounded.

Ship Losses:

Boma (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west by west of Beer Head, Devon (50°32′N 3°14′W) by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Borg (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°37′N 5°07′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 of her crew.
Brodholme (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew. She was beached but was later refloated.
Dora (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk with the loss of nine crew in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) east of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom[54] (55°18′N 1°32′W) by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Henrik Lund (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (36°30′N 71°29′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Lowtyne (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) east south east of Whitby (54°29′N 0°30′W) by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
HMML 64 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date.
Mountby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°58′N 5°01′W) by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nivernais (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Balearic Islands, Spain (38°10′N 4°07′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Princess Maud (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east by north of Blyth, Northumberland by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine)with the loss of three of her crew.
Stryn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
SMS Szent István (Austro-Hungarian Navy) The Tegetthoff-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Pula, Croatia-Slavonia by MAS-15 ( Regia Marina) with the loss of 89 of her 1,094 crew.
Vindeggen (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (36°25′N 71°20′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

June 10, 1918


Air War:

0440 Brazil-born English RAF pilot Gordon Rule, flying DH.9 D1715 with Lt E.H. Tredcraft as observer, is credited with two Albatros D.Vs for victories 4 and 5.

0500 English RAF pilot Edward Dannett Asbury, in DH.9 C6140 with 2nd Lt W.N. Hartley as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0745 German pilot Heinrich Gockel, with Jasta 33, shoots down Sopwith Camel D8117 for victory number 1. Lt J. Balfour lands safely.

0845 German ace Josef Jacobs, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1963 for victory number 20. 1st Lt Burr Watkins deBassett Leyson, U.S. Air Service, is taken prisoner.

1635 German pilot Willi Gabriel, flying a Fokker Dr.I, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. Some time later Gabriel is himself shot down but lands safely on his own side of the lines.

1724 German pilot Walter Balzer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1745 Six RAF Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
John Drummond, Canada, victory number 3.
2nd Lt N.Y. Lewis, nationality and victory number unknown.
Harold Oaks, victory number 3.
Frank Ransley, victory number 6.
Lt E.D. Shaw, nationality and victory number unknown.
Charles Steele, victory number 2.
(None of the observers or aircraft numbers are mentioned in the records.)

2010 German pilot Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

2010 Scottish RAF observer James Grant, riding in DH.4 D9248 with Lt C.W. Peckham as pilot, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

2025 Peckham and Grant bring down a second Fokker Dr.I. Victory number unknow for Peckham; number w for Grant.

German pilot Franz Büchner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots downa SPAD for victory number 3.

Two French pilots with Spa 153 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft" (probably Ltn Walter Balzer, Jasta 44, who went missing. His wrecked aircraft, with his body still inside, was found on June 24.)
Georges Halberger, victory number 2.
MdL Parresse (first name not given), victory number 2.

German pilot Wilhelm Laabs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

Canadian 13-victory RAF ace John Gerald Manuel is killed when his Sopwith Camel collides with that of rookie pilot F.C. Dodd.

[Jimbuna]

11th June 1918

Western Front

Check to German advance.

Successful French counter-attack from Rubescourt to St. Maur; recapture of Belloy.

Germans driven out of Antheuil.

Americans capture Belleau Wood (west of Chateau-Thierry).

Eastern Front

Soviet delegates arrive in Berlin.

Czecho-Slovaks in control of Siberian Railway between Cheliabinsk and Nizhni-Udinsk (west of Irkutsk); Bolsheviks retreat to Slatust.

Czechs threaten Samara (on Volga).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on Amman.

Political, etc.

Bill for new Constitution of Finland presented to Finland Diet.

Speech of von Stein re: military position.

Ship Losses:

Lorle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°47′N 5°14′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 11, 1918


Air War:

0810 German ace Karl Thom, flying with Jasta 21, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15.

1420 German pilot Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Siemens-Schuckert D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1962 for victory number 5. Lt C.W.H. Douglas is killed.

1500 English RAF pilot Clifford Bowman, in DH.9 D7201 with Lt V. Gordon as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1525 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 19.

1550 German pilot Hans Jeschonneck, with Jasta 40, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1.

1550 Josef Veltjens scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another DH.9 for victory number 20.

1645 French pilot Gustave Naudin, with Spa 26, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 4.

1940 German pilot Erich Mix, with Jasta 54, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a French two-seater for victory number 33.

German pilot Franz Büchner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 4. S/Lt Pierre Cramoisy of Spa 159 is killed.

Two French pilots flying with Spa 48 share a victory over a Halberstadt CL.II:
Adj A. Binois, victory number 1.
René Dousinelle, victory number 5.

René Dousinelle scores his second kill of the day, another Halberstadt CL.II, for victory number 6. This one is shared with Cpl A. Mercier, victory number 1.

German pilot Walter Hertzsch, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

German pilot Kurt Hetze, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 1. Lt Guy de la Rochefordière of Spa 94 is killed.

German pilot Robert Hildebrandt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

German ace Karl Menckhoff, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2351 for victory number 33. Lt J.I. Carpenter is killed.

German pilot Ltn Schmid zur Nedden (no first name given), in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

German pilot Heinrich Piel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. Sgt Edouard Mieille of Spa 87 is wounded.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, in an Albatros D.Va, ahoots down a DH.9 for victory number 29.

Eduard von Schleich scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 30.

German pilot Willy Schmelter, flying with Jasta 42, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

12th June 1918

Western Front

French advance near Belloy and St. Maur; Germans cross Matz, enter Meliocq (south of Lassigny).

Americans capture Belleau Wood (Nancy).

German advance on Cutry plateau (Villers-Cotterets).

700,000 U.S. reported in France.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Tiflis, capital of Georgia, occupied by Germans; Kurdamir (Transcaucasia) and Ujari (northern Persia) occupied by Turks.

Aviation

The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit in France is carried out.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Allies enter Malema (Portuguese East Africa).

Germans retreat to River Ligonya.

Political, etc.

First meeting of Imperial War Conference.

Warm speech of Mr Balfour re: Japan.

Czecho-Slovak movement recognised also by France and Italy.

Ship Losses:

Afrique (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Kennington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-108 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Kul (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (50°00′N 5°46′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her 21 crew.
Poincare (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Malta by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 12, 1918


Air War:

0600 English RAF pilot Douglas Arthur Davies, flying Sopwith Camel C1599, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0800 Douglas Davies scores his second victory, another Albatros D.V.

1040 Australian AFC ace Roy Phillipps, in SE.5a D6860, is credited with shooting down two Fokker Dr.Is for victories 8 and 9.

1130 Roy Phillipps scores kill number 3 for the day, an LVG two-seater, for victory number 10.

1145 Roy Phillipps shoots down his fourth plane of the day, a Fokker D.VII, for victory number 11.

1150 Australian RAF pilot Edgar James Kingston McCloughry, in Sopwith Camel D1961, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1150 German ace Theo Osterkamp, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 13.

1200 Edgar McCloughry scores his second victory, a Pfalz D.III

1300 German pilot Raven von Barnekow, with Jasta 20, shoots dwon Sopwith Camel B5646 for victory number 3. Lt W.S. Martin is killed.

1300 Canadian RAF pilot William Ernest Shields, in SE.5a D8023, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1315 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

1315 German pilot Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

1315 German ace Josef Veltjens, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

1345 Canadian RAF pilot William Claxton, in SE.5a D6120, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1530 Canadian RAF ace Charles Hickey, in Sopwith Camel C74, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for bictory number 7.

1530 RAF ace Ronald Keirstead, in Sopwith Camel N5389, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 13.

1840 German pilot Heinrich Klose, with Jasta 54, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

1900 German pilot Hugo Schäfer, flying with Jasta 15, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 4.

2120 German pilot Johann Schäfer, with Jasta 16, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

2130 German pilot Fritz Thiede, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a two-seat SPAD 11 for victory number 34. Lt Albert Charett of Spa 266 is wounded and captured, later dying of his wounds; S/Lt André Weismann is killed.

German pilot Ltn Brockhoff (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 2.

German pilot August Delling, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 3.

German pilot Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 4.

French ace Georges Madon, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker (model unknnown) for victory number 34.

German ace Hans Pippart, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SE.5a D3690 for victory number 15. Lt G.J. Hammond of 2 Sqdn AFC is killed.

German ace Wilhelm Reinhard, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 20.

German ace Gotthard Sachenberg, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 C6321 for victory number 14. Lt C.L. Brading and Sgt R.S. Joysey land safely on their own side of the lines.

[Jimbuna]

13th June 1918

Western Front

Germans gain footing on edge of Forest of Villers-Cotterets; otherwise held up.

End of First Battle of Lassigny.

Eastern Front

Fighting at Irkutsk (Siberia) between Red and White Guards.

Southern Front

Austrian attack against Cady summit and Monticello ridge (north and south of Tonale Pass, western Trentino), defeated by Italians.

Ship Losses:

Agnes (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of two of the crew in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom[69] by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Conquest (Royal Navy) The C-class cruiser struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Werner Lange) and was damaged in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south west of the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°50′45″N 1°34′30″E) with the loss of seven of her crew. She was subsequent repaired and returned to service.
Kalo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Octo (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 22 (Heino von Heimburg) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Zemra Island, Tunisia (37°08′N 10°54′E) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
HMS Patia (Royal Navy) The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Hartland Point, Devon (50°53′N 5°41′W) by SM UC-49 with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Penhallow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 52 nautical miles (96 km) north by west of Cape Caxine, Algeria by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

June 13, 1918


Air War:

0430 New Zealander AFC pilot Carrick Paul and Australian observer William Weir, flying Bristol F.2b C4627, shoot down a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 3 for Paul; number 4 for Weir.

0630 German pilot Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

0800 English ace RAF pilot Wilfred Beaver and ace observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C889, shoot down an Alvatros D.V. Victory number 19 for Beaver; number 10 for Deighton.

1815 Three American 94th Aero Squadron pilots, in Nieuport 28s, share a victory over a Hannover CL.II two-seat fighter:
James Meissner, victory number 4.
Thorne Taylor, victory number 1.
Alan Winslow, victory number 2.

0830 American pilot William H. Plyler, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Hannover CL.II for victory number 1. His name is variously listed as Flyer, Phyler and Player, but family records indicate that Plyler is the correct spelling.

0950 Canadian RAF pilot Willeam Claxton, flying SE.5a D6120, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 5.

0850 German pilot Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 43, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4. Lt E.T.S. Kelly is killed.

1015 English RAF pilot Sydney Carlin, in SE.5a C6459, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

1030 Flg Bünning (no first name given), with kest 3, shoots down Nieuport 28 6218 for victory number 1. 1st Lt William H. Plyler is taken prisoner.

1115 Canadian RAF pilot William Otway Boger, in SE.5a C9567, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

1115 Two French pilots flying with Spa 3 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Fernand Chevannes, victory number 2.
André Dubonnet, victory number 4.

1245 German pilot Heinrich Zempel, with Jasta 65, shoots down DH.4 A7466 for victory number 1. 2nd Lts W. Legge and A McKenzie are both killed.

1255 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 10. S/Lts Robert Masson and René Ruf of Br 35 are listed as Missing.

1605 German pilot Willi Gabriel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

1715 French ace Armand de Turenne, with Spa 12, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 10.

1745 German ace Ernst Udet, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 29

1745 German pilot Heinrich Drekmann, with Jasta 4, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

1920 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

1930 German pilot Christian Mesch, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

2035, English RAF ace Percy Clayson, in SE.5a C1114, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 22.

French ace Paul d'Argeff, flying with Spa 124, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 8.

English 7-victory ace Herbert Hamilton is killed in a flying accident when Sopwith Camel C158 loses a wing.

German pilot Kurt Jacob, with Jasta 36, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

German pilot Wilhelm Lehmann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

Three 27th Aero Nieuport 28 pilots share a victory over an Albatros:
Kenneth Smith Clapp, victory number 1.
John Knox MacArthur, victory number 1.
Edward W. Rucker, victory number 1.

German pilot Josef Schwendermann, flying with Jasta 41, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

It is uncertain who shot down whom, but the following SPADs were lost this day:
Brig Françoise Aleppe, Spa 98, SPAD VII, Missing.
Sgt Emile Lecarpentier, Spa 12, Wounded.
Sgt Cyrus Chamberlain, US, Spa 98, SPAD VII, Killed.
Cpl ?? Chapel, Spa 98, SPAD VII, Missing.
MdL André Delannoy, Spa 37, SPAD XIII, Wounded, Prisoner.
Lt Edmond Friedel, Esc 2, SPAD VII, Prisoner.
Cpl Henri Lacombe, Spa 75, SPAD XIII, Missing.
Sgt Fernand Massicot, Spa 12, SPAD XIII, Wounded.
Brig Maxime Ouizille, Spa 100, SPAD VII, Prisoner.
Sgt Emile Strohl, Spa 77, SPAD XIII, Wounded.

[Jimbuna]

14th June 1918

Western Front

British successful midnight attack north of Bethune along La Bassee Canal.

General Guillaumont appointed Military Governor of Paris.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turkish capture of Tabriz (north-west Persia) reported; they repulse British on Hejaz line (Maan region, south of Dead Sea).

Political, etc.

Inadequate majority in Finnish Diet for bill to establish monarchy.

Protocol of agreement between Don and Kuban Cossack Governments.

Provisional Treaty between Russia and Ukraine.

Ship Losses:

Kringsjå (Norway) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Virginia, United States (38°02′N 71°40′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Princess Olga (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 77 (Johannes Ries) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew survived.
Samoa (Norway) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Virginia (37°30′N 72°10′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 14, 1918


Air War:

0900 German ace Hans Kirschstein, flying with Jasta 6, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 25.

0915 Hans Kirschstein scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for vumber 26.

1530 English ace pilot Frank Ransley, in Bristol F.2b C786 with Sgt W. Lauder as pbserver, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 7.

1755 German ace Oskar von Boenigk in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1800 German pilot Busso von Alversleben, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1. S/Lt Raymond Carré of the 29° Cie d’Aérostieres parachutes safely. His name is also spelled von Albersleven and von Albersleben, depending on the source.

1800 Two French pilots flying with Spa 74 share a victory over a Fokker D.VII. This is probably Ltn Busso von Alversleben, who is wounded and taken prisoner. He will die from his wounds on the following day.
S/Lt Bamberger, victory number 2.
MdL Beaulieu, victory number 1.

1930 French ace Paul d'Argueeff, with Spa 125, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9.

1945 French pilot Marie de la Débuterie, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 4.

1945 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 16. S/Lt Marie Majon de la Débuterie of Spa 163 is taken prisoner.

2000 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 30.

2000 German ace Wilhelm Schwarz, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

2010 German ace ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 11.

2015 Ulrich Neckel claims a second Camel for victory number 12. Only two Camels were lost this day: D6420, 2nd Lt A.R. Melbourne killed; D6597, Lt P.R. Beare wounded.

German pilot Fritz Anders, with Jasta 73, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 16.

Two French pilots flying with Spa 153 share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
Lt Brantonne (no first name given), victory number 1.
Georges Halberger, victory number 6.

French ace Raoul Echard, with N 82, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 6.

German pilot Karl Paul Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

15th June 1918

Western Front

German air-raid on Paris.

French regain Coeuvres (Villers-Cotterets).

Southern Front

Second Battle of the Piave begins.

Great Austrian offensive from Lagarina Valley to sea; British line in Asiago section penetrated and restored.

Grappa front Austrians gain footing in Mts. di Val Bella, Asolone and Solarolo, and are ejected.

Austrians cross the middle Piave in Nervesa and Fagare-Musile regions.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Germans retreat in East Africa at Alto Mulocue (225 miles west of Port of Mozambique).

Political, etc.

Formation of Committee of Ministers for Home Affairs under Chairmanship of Sir G. Cave).

Large riots break out in Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and other Austro-Hungarian cities due to food shortages and growing antiwar sentiments.

Ship Losses:

Makambo (Australia) The steamship ran aground near Neds Beach at the northern end of Lord Howe Island with the loss of one life. She was refloated nine days later, repaired, and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

June 15, 1918


Air War:

0745 English RAF pilot Arthur Jarvis, in Sopwith Camel B7356 over the Italian Front, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

0910 German pilot Raven von Barnekow, with Jasta 20, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

1000 Two Italian Hanriot HD.I pilots share a victory over a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I:
Amadeo Mecozzi, victory number 4.
Antonio Riva, victory number 5.

1210 English RAF pilot Stanley Puffer, in SE.5a D5984, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1230 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 33.

1245 Francesco Baracca scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Austrian Albatros D.III for number 34.

1315 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Lt G.W. Bellin, England, nationality, serial number and victory number unknown.
Percy Clayson, England, victory number 23.
Harold Kullberg, United States, victory number 9.

1800 German ace karl Menkhoff, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 34. Cpl Jean-Marie Martre of Spa 94 is listed as Missing.

2035 Scottish RAF ace John Gilmour, in Sopwith Camel D8118, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 28.

2130 German pilot Fritz Thiede, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

French ace Adrien Leps, Commander of Spa 81, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 12. This is Leps' last aerial victory. He will survive the war and remain with Spa 81 until it is disbanded at the end of 1919. He will rejoin the French Air Force for World War 2 and end up retiring with the renk of Lieutenant-colonel. Adrien Louis Jacques Leps will live until 1983.

German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

American ace David Putnam, on detachment with the French Air Service, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8. This is probably Uffz Martin Höntsch and Gefr Wilhelm Naraska of SchSta 22, both of whom are killed.

David Putnam scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation Balloon for victory number 9.

[Jimbuna]

16th June 1918

Southern Front

Violent fighting on Piave.

Austrians capture ground south-east of Montello and Capo Sile (north-east of Venice).

British capture Austrian advance in the hills.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on El Kutrani on Hejaz railway (30 miles east of southern end of Dead Sea).

Yekaterinenfeld (Tiflis) occupied by Germans.

Political, etc.

Bulgarian Cabinet (M. Radoslavov) resigns; M. Malinov becomes Premier: beginning of the end foreshadowed.

Ship Losses:

Melanie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
HMT Ocean Fisher The naval trawler, operating as a Q-ship, was lost on this date.

[Sailor Steve]

June 16, 1918


Air War:

0610 Four RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Lt C.F. Brown, D0535, nationality and victory number unknown.
Edwin Hayne, South Africa, D3417, victory number 15.
Yvone Eustace Sutton Kirkpatrick, D3414, victory number 1.
Lt R. Stone, D3571, nationality and victory number unknown.

0645 German ace Paul Aue, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 7

0700 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 12.

0720 American RAF pilot Lawrence Kingsley Callaghan, in SE.5a D6871, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0900 German pilot Martin Dehmish, with Jasta 58, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

0900 German pilot Hans Viebig, flying with Jasta 58, shoots down Bristol F.2b C788 for victory number 5. Lt J.M. Goller and 2nd Lt M. Ross-Jenkins are both killed.

0905 German pilot Ltn Seewald (no first name given), with Jasta 54, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

0953 German Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

1000 German ace Willi Gabriel, in a Fokker Dr.I, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 6.

1150 German pilot Hugo Schäfer, with Jasta 15, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 5.

1150 German pilot Theodor Weischer, flying with Jasta 15, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1200 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 7.

1200 German ace Johannes Klein, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 10.

1200 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 22.

English RAF pilot Alec Stratford Cunningham Reid, in SE.ta D6859, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1705 German ace Kurt Schönfelder, flying with Jasta 7, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 11.

1915 Ehglish RAF pilot David Esplin Smith and observer John Hills, in Bristol F.2b C859, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 2 for Smith; number 1 for Hills.

1955 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2524 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt G.H. Glasspoole is taken prisoner.

2000 American RAF pilot George Augustus Vaughn, in SE.5a D6149, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

2010 Canadian RAF ace William Claxton, in SE.5a D6126, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

2100 German pilot Georg Schalk, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7347 for victory number 2. Lt J.A. Sykes is killed.

2105 German pilot Helmut Preiss, with Jasta 54, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 17.

German pilot Johann Heemsoth, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

German pilot Willy Peters, with Jasta 66, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 2.

Two French pilots from Spa 154 share a victory over a "Scout". Vfw Willy Peters is taken prisoner.
S/Lt Henot, victory number 1.
Auguste Lahoulle, victory number 8.

German ace Otto Rosenfled, with Jasta 41, shoots down a Caudron R.11 for victory number 11. Some sources describe this as an unidentified pilot, Brig Picard and Sgt Léon Condamine of C 46, who were all wounded but made it home safely. Only one R.11 was lost that day, wit MdL Jean Allaert, S/Lt Laurier and MdL Jean Buisson of C 227 all killed, but this is listed as an accident. Possibly they made it back to their base but crashed due to combat damage.

German pilot Erich Sonneck, with Jasta 66, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

German pilot Wilhelm Suer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

German pilot Lt Vogt (no first name given, with Jasta 54, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

17th June 1918

Western Front

Aeroplane raid on Kent; no damage.

Southern Front

Italians and French capture Razea Pizzo and heights south-east of Sasso (Asiago).

In Grappa region Allies gain ground.

Lower Piave (between S. Andrea and Fossalta) Italians repulse Austrian attempts to cross.

Political, etc.

Disturbances and partial strike in Vienna, etc., re: reduced bread ration.

Ship Losses:

Pronzitelny (Soviet Navy) The Bespokoynyy-class destroyer was scuttled at Novorossiysk.
SM U-64 (Kaiserliche Marine) The SM U-64 submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (38°07′N 10°27′E) by HMS Lychnis ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 38 of her 43 crew.

A Bristol Fighter of No. 22 Squadron "banking". Taken from another machine, Serny aerodrome, 17 June 1918.
https://i.imgur.com/3ZC9veh.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

June 17, 1918


Air War:

0630 English RAF pilot Alec Reid, flying SE.5a D6859, shoots down a German teo-seater for victory number 2.

0740 English pilot Leslie Capel and ace observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C4604, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 5 for Capel; number 13 for Deighton.

0755 Leslie Capel and Ernest Deighton shoot down a second Pfalz D.III. Number 6 for Capel; number 14 for Deighton.

0800 German pilot Max Hillmann, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

0800 German pilot August Eigenbrodt, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

0830 German pilot Franz Brandt, flying with Jasta 26, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 5. MdL Luc Dol of Spa 162 is listed as Missing.

0830 German ace Hermann Göring, in Fokker D.VII 324/18, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 21. Adj Bernard Breton of Spa 93 is taken prisoner. He will escape in October, just too late to get back into combat.

0830 German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 8. MdL Georges Franceschi of Spa 93 is taken prisoner. He will also escape in October, just before the end of the war.

0850 English RAF observer William Dyke, in DH.4 A7799 with 2ne Lt A. Pickin as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

0915 Canadian RAF ace William Claxton, in SE.5a C8879, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.

0920 Canadian RAF pilot Roger Amedee Del'Haye, in Sopwith Dolphin C3792, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

0945 William Claxton scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for number 8.

1015 German ace Johannes Werner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 7.

1025 German pilot Alfred Rüdiger, with Jasta 59, shoots down DH.9 B9332 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt W.J.T. Atkins is taken prisoner; Sgt J.H. Read is wounded and taken prisoner.

1030 German pilot Fritz Kraft, with Jasta 59, ahoots down DH.9 D1694 for victory number 1.

1100 German pilot August Delling, with Jasta 34, shoots down an SE.5a D3955 for victory number 4. Lt J.S. Turnbull is killed.

1130 German pilot Emil Schäpe, flying with Jasta 33, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 3. MdL MdL ?? Grisset, 39° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely.

1500 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 6.

1630 German pilot Paul Achilles, with SeeFrontStaffel 2, shoots down DH.4 A7935 for victory number 1. Lts G.B. Coward and J.F. Reid are both taken prisoner.

Three French pilots with Spa 48 share a victory over a Halberstadt CL.II:
Edmond Caillaux, victory number 5.
René Montrion, victory number 11.
Jacques Roques, victory number 5.

Two French pilots with Spa 68 share a victory over an Albatros C.V:
Pierre Gaudermen, victory number 3.
Sgt Sinclaire (no first name given), victory number1.

German pilot Wilhelm Leusch, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 2. american 12-victory ace Frank Lehmann Baylies, with Spa 3, is killed.

German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 14.

German pilot Rudolf Reinau, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

French pilot Èmile Julien Mathurin Régnier, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

German ace Josef Schwendemann, with Jasta 41, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 6. This is possibly S/Lt André Guersant of Spa 162, listed as Missing.

German 27-victory ace Kurt Wüsthoff, in Fokker D.VII 2469/18 borrowed from Georg Hantelmann, is brought down by Sopwith Camels of 23 and 24 Squadrons. Critically wounded, he will spend the next two years in various hospitals before he can walk again. Released by the French in 1920 he will spend another two years in German hospitals before finding a job with an Austrian car maker. Wüsthoff will start flying again, and the suffer a major accident at an airshow to raise funds for a memorial to Max Immelmann on July 19, 1926. He will die five days after that.

[Jimbuna]

18th June 1918

Western Front

French repulse German attack on Reims front from Sillery (south of La Pompelle Fort) to Trigny (seven miles west of Reims).

Southern Front

Piave in flood.

Austrian attempts to cross between S. Andrea and Candelu repulsed; Italians recapture Capo Sile.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on Amman.

German troops land at Poti (Black Sea, 35 miles north of Batum).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Dutch Government sends a delegation to investigate cause of loss of "Koningen Regentes".

Germans in retreat reach Mujebu (80 miles north of Quilimane, Portuguese East Africa).

Russian battleship Svobodnaya Rossiia and 9 other ships are scuttled in Novorossiysk to prevent them from being handed over to the Germans under the terms of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty.
https://i.imgur.com/5Kl21Qg.jpg

Political, etc.

Arrival of Prince Arthur of Connaught in Japan.

Publication of Secret Treaty between Bolsheviks and Germans re: Poland.

Publication of Agreement between Entente and Sweden.

Ship Losses:

No. 11 (Imperial Russian Navy) The torpedo boat was scuttled at Novorossiysk.
Dwinsk (United Kingdom) The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) north east of Bermuda by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 lives. Survivors were rescued by USS Rondo, USS Siboney and USS Von Steuben (all United States Navy).
Fidonsi (Imperial Russian Navy) The Kerch-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Gromki (Imperial Russian Navy) The Gromki-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Kapitam-Leitenant Baranov (Imperial Russian Navy) The Leitnant Shestakov-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Kerch (Imperial Russian Navy) The Kerch-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Leitnant Shestakov (Imperial Russian Navy) The Leitnant Shestakov-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Norfolk Coast (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (53°40′N 0°28′E) by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.
Pronzitelny (Imperial Russian Navy) The Gromki-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Smyetlivi (Imperial Russian Navy) The Pruitki-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Stremitelni (Imperial Russian Navy) The Pruitki-class destroyer was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Svobodnaya Rossiya (Imperial Russian Navy) The Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship was scuttled at Novorossiysk by Kerch ( Imperial Russian Navy).

[Sailor Steve]

June 18, 1918


Air War:

0450 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Arthur Randall, Scotland, B7870, victory number 3.
Alec Reid, England, D6859, victory number 3.

0845 German ace Kurt Schönfelder, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopqith Camel for victory number 12.

0900 South African RAF pilot Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger, in Sopwith Camel B7171, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

0915 German pilot Rudolf Heins, with Jasta 56, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 4. Heins is wounded in this fight, effectively ending his combat career.

0920 German pilot Max Mertens, in a Pfalz D.IIIa, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

0930 English RAF pilot Eric Brooks, flying Sopwith Camel C8291, is credited with shooting down a Fokker Dr.I and an Albatros D.V for victories 2 and 3.

0930 German pilot Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down SE.5a C3870 for victory number 5. Lt R.G. Pierce of 29 Sqdn lands safely on his own side.

1000 German pilot Willi Nebgen, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1020 German pilot Bernhard Lauscher, with Jasta 31, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for his first and only aerial victory.

1040 Austalian RAF pilot Edgar McCloughry, in Sopwith Camel D1961, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 3.

1045 German ace Karl Thom, flying with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD VII vor victory number 17. Sgt Mallet of Spa 100 is listed as Missing.

1100 German ace Robert von Greim, in a Fokker Dr.I, shots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 15.

1105 German pilot Johann Pütz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SE.5a C1883 for victory number 5. 1st Lt John M. Grider is killed.

1135 German ace Georg von hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 5. MdL Pierre Rouxel of Spa 100 is listed as Missing.

1150 German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 35.

1155 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 8.

1155 Rudolf Berthold scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SE.5a vor number 36.

1450 German pilot Martin Dehmisch, in an Albatros D.Va, desroys a French observation balloon for victory number 2. Sgt-Maj Boom of the 56° Cie d’Aérostiers parachutes safely.

1810 English RAF pilot Sydney Carlin, in SE.5a C6459, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 86, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

French pilot Antwone Laplasse, flying with Spa 75, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

Martin Dehmisch scores his second victory of the day, destroying another French Balloon for number 3.

[Jimbuna]

19th June 1918

Eastern Front

Reported overthrow of Bolshevist Government in western Siberia.

Anti-Bolshevist Government set up at Nizhni-Udinsk (330 miles north-west of Lake Baikal).

Tomsk taken by Anti-Bolsheviks.

Southern Front

Allies regain initiative; furious fighting from Montello to sea; Austrian lines on Montello thrown back; On Asiago Plateau French capture Mts. Bertigo and Pennar; Italians capture Mt. Costalunga.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British squadron in north of Heligoland Bight attacked by German seaplanes. One German seaplane destroyed.

Aviation

Francesco Baracca, one of Italy’s top flying aces with 34 aerial victories, is killed in action near Mount Montello.
https://i.imgur.com/r998CdL.jpg

Political, etc.

M. Malinov becomes Foreign Minister.

Decision re: Finnish Monarchy postponed till 1920.

Report of British Sub-Committee of Re-construction Committee re: increase of home-grown food.

Swiss Government adopts project of subvention of port at Basle.

Ship Losses:

Non reported on this day.

[Sailor Steve]

June 19, 1918


Air War:

1455 Australian AFC pilot Elwyn King, flying Sopwith Camel D1895, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

1815 Italian 34-victory ace Francesco Baracca and rookie pilot Franco Osnago take of on a ground-strafing mission. After the two become separated Osnago flies back to their base to find that Baracca has not returned. Four days later, on June 23rd, Baracca's body is found still in the cockpit of his wrecked SPAD XIII. His pistol is in his hand, indicating that he may have taken his own life rather than burn to death in a flaming plane. As usual his death is surrounded by controversy. The obvious conclusion is that he was shot down by ground fire. Did he shoot himself rather than burn or be captured? Did he attempt to shoot it out with Austrian troops? There is also a report filed by Zgst Max Kauer and Ltn Arnold Barwig in Phönix C.I 121.17, saying they were attacked by a SPAD and shot it down. After the war Baracca's mother presented a copy of his personal insignia, a black prancing horse, to family friend Enzo Ferrari, who would start using on his cars in 1923.

1900 German pilot Max Mertens, in a Pfalz D.IIIa, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

1930 Scottish RAF observer James Grant, in DH.4 A7821 with Lt J.T. Kirkland as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

2000 English RAF observer William Dyke, in DH.4 A8010 with 2nd Lt A. Pickin as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.

2020 English RAF ace pilot John Gurdon and observer James Scaramanga, flying Bristol F.2b C989, are credited with two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 13 and 14 for Gurdon; 3 and 4 for Scaramanga.

2025 German ace Josef Jacobs, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 21.

Max Mertens is shot down and killed attacing a second Allied balloon.

[Jimbuna]

20th June 1918

Southern Front

Italian advance continued in Montello, Fagare and Zenson (Lower Piave) sectors.

Austrian line at Cortelazzo (mouth of Piave) broken.

Nervesa re-captured.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Appointment of General Northey as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of East African Protectorate and High Commissioner for Zanzibar Protectorate.

Political, etc.

Re-establishment of Civil Law Courts in occupied territory of Palestine.

Publication of Lord Grey's "League of Nations"; Report of Shipping Committee; Speech of Lord Curzon re: Ireland; Speech of Mr. Balfour re: peace; Reception of Sir M. De Bunsen's Mission by President of Chile.

Food riots in Vienna.

Refusal of passport to M. Troelstra (Dutch Socialist leader) to visit England.

Ship Losses:

SM UC-64 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Dover (50°58′N 1°23′W) with the loss of all 30 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

une 20, 1918


Air War:

Captain Fiorello LaGuarda leads eighteen USAAS cadets to become the first American flyers to enter service with the Italian Air Force. They join several Squadriglias conducting bombing operations against Austria-Hungary.

1715 Scottish RAF ace John Gilmour, flying Sopwith Camel D8118, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 29.

1835 Italian ace Antonio Reali, in a Nieuport 27, is credited with a "Scout" and an "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 6 and 7.

English 7-victory ace Captain William Reginald Guy Pearson, Lt William Smith Macfarlane and American RFC pilot Lt Vincent Flynn are all killed in a mid-air collision. Pearson and Macfarlane were in a two-seater practicing mock combat with Flynn in a single-seat scout. The two planes collide, killing Pearson and Flynn instantly. Macfarlane dies a few minutes later.

[Jimbuna]

21st June 1918

Southern Front

Italians enlarge bridgehead at Cavazuccherina (near mouth of Piave); Austrian attempts to regain initiative in Montello and Grappa regions checked; 12,000 prisoners to date.

Political, etc.

Captain A.M. Shchastnyi, commander of naval forces in the Baltic Sea and chief architect of the Ice March of the Baltic Fleet, is executed in Moscow, following a dispute with Trotsky.

Food crisis in Vienna eased.

Mr. Balfour censures Pacifists.

Lord Curzon announces abandonment of Home Rule and conscription in Ireland for the present.

Ship Losses:

Eglantine (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Montebello (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 320 nautical miles (590 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°05′N 12°45′W) by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 41 crew.
USS Schurz (United States Navy) The Bussard-class cruiser was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Cape Lookout Lightship ( United States Navy) by Florida ( United States) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

June 21, 1918


Air War:

1445 German ace Kurt Schönfelder, flying with Jasta 7, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7227 for victory number 13. 2nd Lt R.G. Carr is taken prisoner. He will escape to his own side on July 1.

1630 German pilot Reinhold Maier, with Jasta 30, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 1.

1815 German pilot Hans-Eberhardt Gandert, with Jasta 51, shooss down sopwith Camel B6326 for victory number 5. Lt W.K. Wilson is taken prisoner.

French pilot André Lévy, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

22nd June 1918

Western Front

Enemy attack on Bligny (Reims) repulsed.

Eastern Front

Appeal of General Horvath to Allies for help against German invasion.

Southern Front

Piave in flood; Austrian retreat across Piave begins.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turkish attack at El Haza (northern Hejaz) repulsed.

Political, etc.

Turkish war aims published.

Ship Losses:

Avance (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54°13′N 0°08′W) by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[87] One crew member died.
USS Californian (United States Navy) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by USS Corsair ( United States Navy).
Camp Boulhant (France) The four-masted schooner was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew survived.
Chilier (Belgium) The cargo ship was captured by, and sunk by gunfire from, U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine) in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland (39°30′N 53°40′W).
Metamorphosis (Greece) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy (37°14′N 16°17′W) by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rana (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Skaggerak 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west by south of Ryvingen, Rogaland (57°12′N 6°36′E) by SM U-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rhea (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
UC 49 (Hans Kükenthal) and sank in the English Channel off Étaples, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 22, 1918


Air War:

2045 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 28. Adj Bralat (or Vaillat - sources vary) and S/Lt Lemoine of Br 11 are listed as Missing.

German pilot Alfred Aursbach, with Jasta 67, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

23rd June 1918

Western Front

British line on Lys front advanced south-west of Meteren.

Southern Front

Austrians in disordered retreat from Montello to the sea; heavy losses.

End of Second Battle of the Piave.

Political, etc.

Resignation of von Seidler (Austrian Premier).

Anglo-American Union proposed by Lord Reading.

Ship Losses:

Augvald (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
London (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mountain Laurel (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom (55°38′N 6°38′W) by SM UB-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 23, 1918


Air War:

0600 Four RAF SE.5a aces share a victory over a Pfalz D.III:
John Bateman, England, B8254, victory number 6.
Percy Clayson, England, C1114, victory number 24.
Duerson Knight, United States, C1894, victory number 8.
Harold Kullberg, United States, C1835, victory number 10.

0710 Two RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Lt W.J. Armstrong D3398, nationality and victory number unknown.
John Kenneth Summers, England, D3338, victory number 1.

0730 English RAF ace pilot Leslie Capel and ace observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C4604, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 7 for Capel; number 13 for Deighton. This was the last aerial victory for both men. Leslie Howard Tandy Capel disappears from the records until February 14, 1939 when he recieves his civilian pilot's license, then is not mentioned again anywhere. Ernests Arthur Deighton also drops from sight until being commissioned as Second Lieuteneant in 1942. He leaves the RAF again in 1945, and is not mentioned again until his death on December 5, 1957.

0845 German ace Arno Benzler, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 7.

0945 German ace Friedrich riedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13.

0945 German ace Alois Heldmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 7. This is possibly Sgt Albert Voisin of Spa 62, in SPAD VII 7231, listed as Missing.

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

1210 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoot down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 31. This is probably Lt Pierre Tournadre and Soldat Pic (no first name given) of Br 216, both killed.

1215 English RAF pilot Ivan Couper Sanderson, in Sopwith Camel B7153, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1830 German pilot August Delling, with Jasta 34, shoots down DH.9 A7742 for victory number 5. Lt C.W. Pecham of 57 Sqdn is taken prisoer; 2nd Lt A.J. Cobbin dies of his wounds.

2015 English RAF ace pilot Joh Gurdon and Scottish observer James McDonald, flying Bristol F.2b C989, are credited with two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 15 and 16 for Gurdon; 4 and 5 for McDonald.

2015 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, another Bréguet 14, for number 32.

Three Spa 163 pilots share a victory over a Halberstadt CL.II:
Thomas Cassady, United States, victory number 3.
Sgt Guillet (no first name given), France, victory number 2.
Sgt Lederlin (no first name given), France, victory number 2.

French pilot Jean Fraissinet, with Spa 57, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 5.

French ace Lucien Gasser, with Spa 87, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 8. This is possibly Uffz Ernst Bielefeld, who is killed. According to Jasta 60 records an unnamed pilot was killed while riding as a passenger in a Rumpler two-seater the next day. Since Bielefeld was the only Jasta memeber killed on either day, either listing could be correct.

German pilot Bernard Linke-Schluckbier, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

24th June 1918

Southern Front

Right bank of Piave cleared of Austrians; Italians attack Austrians north-west of M. Grappa without much success. Further 8,000 prisoners.

Aviation

The Royal Air Force employs its new 1,650-lb (748-kg) bomb in combat for the first time when a Handley Page O/400 of No. 216 Squadron drops one on Middelkerke, Belgium.

Political, etc.

Speeches of Mr. Lloyd George in House of Commons and of von Kuhlmann, on the situation.

Emperor Charles refuses resignation of von Seidler.

Appeal of Irish Recruiting Council: Irish overseas aghast at inaction in Ireland.

Ship Losses:

Caroline (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland (56°39′N 10°01′W) by SM U-102 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS D6 (Royal Navy) The D-class submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal (55°37′N 7°15′W) by SM UB-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 of her 26 crew. Both survivors were rescued by SM UB-73.
Maria (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Antoine (France) The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Mahdia, Tunisia by SM UB-68 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sophia (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Syracuse by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[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.
https://i.imgur.com/gExbNom.jpg

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.
https://i.imgur.com/2P6phEY.jpg

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.
https://i.imgur.com/CCHmWhv.jpg

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.

[Jimbuna]

2nd July 1918

Western Front

Germans re-capture ground north-west of Albert.

French advance north of River Aisne near Moulin sous Touvent (north-west of Soissons).

1,019,115 U.S. troops embarked for France up to date: 291 lost at sea.

Southern Front

Successful Italian attack on Austrians in Piave delta begins - 1,900 prisoners.

Political, etc.

Opening of International Commercial Conference at Westminster.

Establishment of (British) Central Council of Agriculture.

Ship Losses:

Admiral (United Kingdom) The tug was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Erme (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (52°30′N 16°00′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Shirala (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east by east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 2, 1918

Air War:

0735 Canadian RAF pilot Harold Oads, in Bristol F.2b C883 with Lt G.J. Maynard as observer, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 5

0845 English RAF David Smith and observer John Hills, in Bristol F.2b C859, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 3 for Smith; Number 2 for Hills.

Two French pilots with Spa 153 share the destruction of a German observation Balloon:
André Barcat, victory number 5.
Georges Charles Emmanuel Halberger, victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

3rd July 1918

Western Front

French advance north of Aisne between Autreches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners.

Eastern Front

Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway.

New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Retreat of Germans at Nhamacurra.

Political, etc.

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland John French restricts the activities of Sinn Fein, Irish Volunteers, and the Gaelic League, labeling them as “dangerous organizations.”

Death of Lord Rhondda (British Food Controller).

Death of Mohammed V., Sultan of Turkey; succeeded by Mohammed VI (Vahid-ed-Din).

Ship Losses:

Agia Trias (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°05′N 22°10′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Evangelistria (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°39′N 22°18′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Gripen (Sweden) The wooden barque was shelled and sunk in the Skagerrak 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Ryvingen Lighthouse, Vest-Agder, Norway by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine), with the loss of two of the crew.
Panaghia (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 36°05′N 22°10′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
P. C. Petersen (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) west of Lindesnes, Vest-Agder by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

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[Sailor Steve]

July 3, 1918


Air War:

1835 Australian RAF pilot Herbert Joseph Larkin, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4173, is credited with an Albatros D.V and a Fokker Dr.I for victories 1 and 2.

German pilot Ernst Bormann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

4th July 1918

Western Front

Australians and Americans re-capture village of Hamel and Vaire Wood (east of Amiens).

Eastern Front

Czecho-Slovaks defeat Bolsheviks near Nikolaievsk (50 miles north of Vladivostok) and occupy the town.

Southern Front

Continued Italian advance in Piave delta and on Grappa front.

Political, etc.

British Government reiterates British right of search, but waives it re: Dutch Convoy to East Indies.

American Independence Day celebrations.

Proclamation at Constantinople of Vahid-ed-Din as Sultan.

Ship Losses:

Cordova (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Taormina, Sicily (37°51′N 15°25′E) by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mentor (Norway) The sailing vessel was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was towed in to port but was a constructive total loss.
Napoli (Italy) The ship collided with a vessel from Convoy GaG 37 in the Mediterranean Sea and sank.
SM U-20 (Austro-Hungarian Navy) The U-20-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea (45°29′N 13°05′E) by the submarine F-12 ( Regia Marina) with the loss of all eighteen crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 4, 1918


Air War:

1030 American RAF pilot Walter Carl Simon and Scottish observer William Watson Smith, flying Bristol F.2b C999, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

1415 German ace Emil Thuy, in a Pfalz D.IIIa, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3858 for victory number 24. 2nd Lt H.R. Frank is killed.

1430 Canadian RAF pilot Ernest Salter, in Sopwith Camel D1948, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 2.

2030 American RAF pilot Roy Edward Dodds and Canadian observer John Bernard Russel. in DH.9 C6150, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 1 for both.

German ace Karl Menckhoff, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6494 for victory number 35. 2nd Lt C.H. Atkinson is killed.

German ace Reinhard Treptow, flying with Jasta 25, shoots down a Nieuport 27 for victory number 6. Sgt J. Demdier is killed.

[Jimbuna]

5th July 1918

Western Front

Australians advance line north-east of Villers-Bretonneux (south-east of Amiens).

Southern Front

French and Italian offensive in southern Albania begins.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Dutch Government accepts conditions re: convoy; Convoy sails.

Political, etc.

Treaty of Bucharest passes Reichstag.

Ship Losses:

Columbia (United States) The passenger ship capsized and sank in the Illinois River with the loss of 87 or 175 lives (depending on sources).
Vera Elizabeth (United Kingdom) The auxiliary schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 54 nautical miles (100 km) south by east of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands (60°42′N 5°32′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 5, 1918


Air War:

0920 German ace Josef Mai, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b C791 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt B.S. Hillis and Sgt S.J. Pratt are both killed.

2145 German ace Heinrich Kroll, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 30.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 20. 1st Lt Sidney Thompson, U.S. 95th Aero Sqdn, is killed.

French ace Maurice Boyau, with Spa 77, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 21.

Maurice Boyau scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a German "Scout" for number 22.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 5. 1st Lt Carlyle Rhodes, U.S. 95th Aero Sqdn, is taken prisoner.

German pilot Wolfgang Plüschow (1 victory), is killed in action.

[Jimbuna]

6th July 1918

Eastern Front

Cossacks fight Bolsheviks north-west of Nikolsk (between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk) and Czecho-Slovaks take Nikolsk.

Assassination of Count Mirbach (German Ambassador at Moscow).

Southern Front

Piave delta cleared of Austrians by 23rd Italian Corps; 21,000 men and 63 guns, etc., taken by Italians since 15 June.

Political, etc.

Left Socialist Revolutionary Party launches an uprising in Moscow against the Bolsheviks in order to restart the war against Germany.

Publication of Mantagu-Chemsford Report re: Indian Constitutional Reforms.

U.S. first large aeroplane launched near New York.

Silver Wedding of Their Majesties.

Ship Losses:

Bertrand (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) east south east of Cape Bon, Algeria (36°58′N 11°36′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS C25 (Royal Navy) The C-class submarine was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Orford Ness, Suffolk by Luftstreitkrafte aircraft with the loss of four of her crew. She was taken in tow by HMS E51 ( Royal Navy) but was declared a constructive total loss.
Gullfaxi Iceland) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Port Hardy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 78 nautical miles (144 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°44′N 7°35′W) by SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
San Nicola (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°06′N 25°19′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 6, 1918


Air War:

0545 Indian RAF pilot Indra Lal Roy, flying SE.5a B180, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 1.

1135 English RAF pilot Leslie Norman Hollinghurst, in Sopwith Dolphin C4136, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1155 Indian RAF ace Lawrence Coombes, in Sopwith Camel D3387, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 13.

1250 German pilot Eugen Siempelkamp, with Jasta 28, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9631 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt W.J. Saunders is wounded and taken prisoner.

German pilot Heinrich Hünninghaus, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 1.

German pilot Karl Paul Schlegel, flying with Jasta 45, destroys the first American balloon shot down during the war. 1st Lts Leo M. Murphy and Malcolm A. Sedgwick of the 1st U.S. Balloon Sqdn both parachute safely.

[Jimbuna]

7th July 1918

Western Front

Australian advance continued on each side of River Somme.

German air-raid on ambulance park at La Panne (village behind Yser): 43 girls killed.

Eastern Front

Czecho-Slovaks defeat Bolsheviks near Chita (east of Irkutsk).

Southern Front

Italians attack on Middle and Lower Vojusa (southern Albania).

Aviation

Hermann Göring assumes command of the "Flying Circus", Jagdgeschwader 1.

Political, etc.

President Wilson agrees to organize an Allied intervention in Russia against the Bolsheviks.

Agreement between Great Britain, U.S., France and Murman Council re: Allied help.

Ship Losses:

Aby (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Albion (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of Spurn Point by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Carl (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland (49°20′N 9°40′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fourteen crew.
SMS G172 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S138-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Giuseppino Padre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°30′N 18°30′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Marosa (Norway) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (40°00′N 50°35′W) by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS S138 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S138-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 32 of her crew.
Vergine di Lourdes (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

July 7, 1918


Air War:

0720 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 22.

0940 Two Amrican pilots with the 94th Aero Sqdn share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
1st Lt Cates (first name not given), victory number 1.
Hamilton Coolidge, victory number 1.
(This per The French Air Service War Chronology. According to Over The Front Coolidge's partner is James Meissner, but their listing for Meissner has nothing on this day.)

At an unlisted time, German ace Otto Rosenfeld, with Jasta 41, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 13.

1010 American pilot Stuart McKeown, flying a SPAD XIII, claims an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2. It seems likely that this is Otto Rosenfeld, who is killed around this time.

1015 Stuart McKeown scores his second kill of the day, another "Enemy Aircraft", for number 3.

1110 German ace Franz Brandt, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 6.

1115 German pilot Erich Buder, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 3.
(These two are 1st Lts William Chalmers, in N.28 6181, and Stuart McKeown, both with the 95th Aero Sqdn, both taken prisoner.

1115 German ace Franz Büchner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3329 for victory number 8. Lt M.S. Taylor is killed.

1115 German ace Ulrich Neckel, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down Sopwith Camel C8279 for victory number 20. Lt D.V. Hunter is killed.

1128 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, claims a Nieuport 28 for victory number 11. Only the two Nieuports 28 were lost this day, leaving the question of who shot down whom.

1130 English RAF pilot Charles Steele and observer Arnold Ansell, in Bristol F.2b D7909, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 3 for Steele; number 5 for Ansell.

1140 Englisn RAF pilot Charles John Sims, in Sopwith Camel D9672, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1730 German pilot Ltn Sauermann (no first name given), with Jasta 70, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1900 French ace Michel Coiffard, flying with Spa 154, destroys a German obseration balloon for victory number 8.

1905 French pilot Gabriel Thomas, with Spa 88, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 3.

1915 Three French pilots from two different units share the downing of a Rumpler two-seater:
Lucien Gasser, Spa 87, victory number 10.
Lt Heno (no first name given), Spa 154, victory number 2.
MdL Vuillemin (no first name given), Spa 154, victory number 1.

1940 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1844, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 29.

2015 Englsh RAF pilot Walter Hunt Longton, in SE.5a D6026, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

Three French pilots from Spa 82 share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
S/Lt Flers (no first name given), victory number 1.
Marie Lecoq de Kerland, victory number 3.
Sgt Ventre (no first name given), victory number 1.

S/Lt Flers scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker Dr.I for number 2.

German naval pilot Hans Goerth, wih Marine Feld Jasta 2, shoots down DH.9 D1730 for victory number 3. Lt J.R. Harrington and 2nd Lt C.L. Bray are both killed.

German pilot Hans Mittermayr, with Kest 2, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 2.

German pilot Erich Raabe, with Jasta 41, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4.

German ace Josef Schwendemann, flying with Jasta 41, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 9.

Two French pilots with Escadrille 12 share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater.
Lt Chalus (first name not given), victory number 2.
Joseph Vuillemin, victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

8th July 1918

Western Front

Successful French attack north-west of Longpont (west of Villers-Cotterets); 346 prisoners.

Eastern Front

Czecho-Slovaks occupy Irkutsk.

Declaration of aims to Allies by Siberian Government.

Southern Front

Italians win passage of Vojusa and occupy Fieri (20 miles north-east of Valona); French and Italians threaten Berat (north-east of Valona).

Naval and Overseas Operations

British monitors aid Italian advance on Lower Vojusa.

Political, etc.

Report of five M.P.'s re: enemy aliens, recommending stricter treatment.

House of Commons prolongs life of Parliament to 30 January 1919.

Ship Losses:

Ben Lomond (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of the Daunt Rock by SM U-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 23 crew.
Chicago (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Horta (Portugal) The cargo ship was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Manx King (Norway) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (40°05′N 52°00′W) by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mars (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 74 nautical miles (137 km) west by north of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°44′N 8°20′W) by SM U-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Nicola (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea off Andros by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
War Crocus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east by north of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 8, 1918


Air War:

0645 Indian RAF pilot Indra Roy, flying SE.5a B180, ahoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 2.

0750 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1844, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 30.

0800 William Jordan scores his second kill of the day when he shoots down a Pfalz D.III for number 31.

0810 American RAF pilot Alvin Callendar, in SE.5a C1903, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

0830 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down Bristol F.2b C1002 for victory number 23. Lt. J.A. Chubb and Sgt J. Borwein are both killed.

0850 German pilot Ltn Becker (no first name given), flying with Jasta 52, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2473 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt E.G. Reynolds is killed.

0850 Paul Billik scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SE.5a C1089 for number 24. Capt A. Claydon is killed.

0900 German pilot Michael Lüderitz, with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a B8346 for victory number 2. Lt H.W. Burry is taken prisoner.

0907 Two French pilots with Spa 49 share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Jean Bouyer, victory number 8.
Paul Hamot, victory number 2.

0915 French ace Charles Nuville, with Spa 57, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

0925 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Hannover two-seater:
George McElroy, Ireland, C8869, victory number 36.
Indra Roy, India, B180, victory number 3.
Gilbert Strange, England, B191, victory number 2.

0950 French pilot Antoine Cordonnier, with Spa 15, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 5.

1025 Indra Roy scores his third victory of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for number 4.

1045 George McElroy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Hannover two-seater for number 37.

1100 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 13. This is possibly American Sgt Dudley Gilman Tucker, flying with Spa 15, reported Missing, body later recovered.

1105 German pilot Ltn Marcard, flying with Jasta 26, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1110 German ace Fritz Brandt, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Two-seater for victory number 7.

1130 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 8.

1130 German ace Otto Frühner, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 12.
(Only one Bréguet 14 was lost this day. MdL Alphonse Hays and Asp Maxime Girard of Br 224 are both listed as Missing.)

1230 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Nieuport 28 6264 for victory number 21. 2nd Lt Maxwell O. Parry of the U.S. 147th Aero Sqdn (1 victory) is killed.

2030 German pilot Josef Schulte, flying with Jasta 14, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

2030 German pilot Ltn von Wulffen (no first name given), with Jasta 14, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

2045 Josef Schulte scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Camel for victory number 3.

2100 German pilot Herbert Boy, with Jasta 14, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

French ace Leon Bourjade, with Spa 152, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 10.

German pilot Heinrich Hentzen, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a Germany observation balloon for victory number 21.

American pilot William Ponder, with Spa 163, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

German pilot Richard Schneider, with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1. This is probably S/Lt Maurice André of Spa 86, listed as Missing.

German pilot Ltn Schultze (No first name given), with Jasta 51, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. Jasta Pilots has this on June 8.)

French pilot Del Vial, flying with Spa 152, shoots down a German two seater and an "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 5 and 6.

[Jimbuna]

9th July 1918

Eastern Front

Bolsheviks take Sizran and Bulgulma, and reach Stavropol (north-west of Samara).

Martial law at Moscow.

Southern Front

Successful Italian progress in Albania.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Announced that ships lost homeward bound to U.K. since 1 January 1918 rather more than 1 per cent.

Aviation

James McCudden, British flying ace with 57 victories, enough to make him the seventh-highest-scoring ace of World War I, is killed due to an accident when his aeroplane crashes soon after takeoff.
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Political, etc.

Salzburg Conference opens re: economic relations of Central Powers.

Resignation of von Kuhlmann (German Foreign Secretary); succeeded by Admiral von Hintze.

Appointments of Mr. J. R. Clynes, M.P. as (British) Food Controller.

Ship Losses:

HM CMB-2 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
Frederika (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fryken (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Humber Estuary[43] (53°27′N 0°29′E) by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Silvia (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (35°54′N 7°18′W) by SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tris Adelphi (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°47′N 25°19′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 9, 1918


Air War:

0715 German pilot Heinrich Henkel, flying with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 1. Lts A. Burton and H. McKay of AR 24 parachute safely.

1025 German pilot Joachim von Busse, with Jasta 20, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 5.

1030 German pilot Waldemar von Dazur, with Jasta 20, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

1030 German pilot H-R. von Decker, with Jasta 20, shoots down SE.5a 1950 for victory number 2. Lt A.J. Battel is killed.

1030 German pilot Karl Plauth, in a Fokker D.VII with Jasta 20, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1100 English pilot T.W. Martin and observer John Herbert Hall, flying Bristol F.2b D7896, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for Martin; number 3 for Hall.

1130 T.W. Martin and John Hall shoot down another Albattros. Victory number 2 for Martin; number 4 for hall.

1150 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1844, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 32.

German 7-victory ace Helmuth Dilthey is killed attacking a flight of DH.9s.

German ace Otto Könnecke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b B1115 for victory number 21. 1st Lt E.D. Shaw and Sgt T.W.Smith are both killed.

English 57-victory ace James McCudden flies across the Channel from England to France to join 60 Sqdn, which he is commanding. He lands at Auxi-le-Château, France, to get directions to his new aerodrome. He takes off again, and almost immediately his plane is seen to climb straight up until it stalls, then come straight down again to crash in the woods. Personnel from the aerodrome he had just departed pull him from the wreckage and rush him to the hospital, where he dies two hours later without regaining consciousness. As usual there is controversy regarding the crasg of a famous ace. The crash is at first thought to have been caused by a faulty carburetor, but some witnesses say McCudden had been "stunting", and possibly lost control of the plane. Also as usual, nothing is known for certain except that another great ace has been lost.

[Jimbuna]

10th July 1918

Western Front

French capture whole of Courcy (village east of Villers-Cotterets).

Eastern Front

General Horvath (Czecho-Slovak Commander) establishes new Siberian Government at Grodekovo (north-west of Vladivostok).

Southern Front

Italians occupy Berat (Albania).

Political, etc.

German Socialists in the Reichstag declare they will not vote on a budget unless Germany’s war aims are clarified.

Soviet Russia adopts its coat of arms with the hammer and sickle and the motto “Workers of the world, unite!”

Mr. Asquith on President Wilson and League of Nations.

Ship Losses:

SMS A79 (Kaiserliche Marine) The A56-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 53 of her crew.
Agios Loukis (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°45′N 25°19′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
SMS S62 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V25-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 27 of her crew.
SMS S66 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V25-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 76 of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 10, 1918


Air War:

0650 English RAF pilot Walter Longton, flying SE.5a D6026, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 2.

1000 English Pilot T.W. Martin and observer Dennis Edward Francis Waight, in Bristol F.2b D7896, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 3 for Martin; number 1 for Waight.

1015 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Valentine Collins, in Bristol F.2b C989, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 7 for Gibbons; number 5 for Collins.

1015 English RAF pilot Frederick Cecil Stanton and observer Clifford John Tolman, in Bristol F.2b D8089, claime two Pfalz D.IIIs. Victories 1 and 2 for both.

1030 Frederick Stanton and Clifford Tolman score their third victory of the day, another Pfalz D.III.

1055 Three French pilots with two different Escadrilles share a victory over a German two-seater:
S/Lt Gaudry (no first name given), Spa 100, victory number 1.
Claude Hegelen, Spa 100, victory number 10.
Charles Nuville, Spa 57, victory number 9.

1109 German pilot Hans Holthusen, with Jasta 30, ahoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

1355 German pilot Albert Hets, with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 2.

French pilot Fernand Bonneton, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

American pilot Quentin Roosevelt, son of former President Theodore Roosevelt, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Fokker for his first and only aerial victory.

German pilot Wilhelm Sommer, flying with Jasta 39, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

Twelve American airmen from the 96th Bombardment Squadron are captured when their flight of 6 Bréguet 14s become lost and land at a German airfield:
Bréguet 14 4012, Maj Harry M. Brown and 2nd Lt Harold A MacChesney.
Bréguet 14 4015, 1st Lts Robert C. Browning and James E. Duke, Jr.
Bréguet 14 4020, 1st Lts Henry C. Lewis and Caxton H. Tichenor.
Bréguet 14 4003, 1st Lt Durwood L. McDonald and 2nd Lt Alfred R. Strong.
Bréguet 14 4005, 1st Lts George I. Patterman and Herberd D. Smith.
Bréguet 14 4019, 1st Lt Joseph M. Mellen and 2nd Lt Rowan H. Tucker.

[Jimbuna]

11th July 1918

Western Front

Successful Australian raid near Merris (north of River Lys).

74 British air-raids in Germany during June announced.

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S. supply ship "Westover" torpedoed and sunk in European waters, 10 lost.

Political, etc.

Count Herling in Committee of Reichstag on foreign policy; to be unchanged.

British Government announces stricter treatment of enemy aliens to be adopted.

Ship Losses:

Agios Constantinos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°38′N 25°12′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Bacchus (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Ionian Sea 78 nautical miles (144 km) south west of Sapienza (36°25′N 20°19′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 crew.
Kong Guttorm (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Marigo (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°59′N 34°08′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Roberto (Spain) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Alexandria, Egypt by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS Westover (United States Navy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland (46°36′N 12°21′W) by SM U-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 11, 1918


Air War:

0550 English RAF ace George McElroy, flying SE.5a C8869, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 38.

0700 Three RAF SE.5a pilot share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Lt J.A. Beeny, B695, nationality and victory number unknown.
ArthurJarvis, Canada, serial number unknown, victory number 4.
Lt W. Ridley, B30, nationality and victory number unknown.

0755 Two American pilots in SPAD XIIIs from the 103rd Aero Sqdn share a victory over a German two-seater:
Eugene B. Jones, victory number 1.
Edgar Gardner Tobin, victory number 1.
(This is probably from FlAbt 179. OfStv Franz Trautman is wounded; Uffz Jucknut is unharmed.

0915 German pilot Heinrich Nebelthau, with Jasta 29, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

0915 German pilot Eugen Siempelkamp, with Jasta 29, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 3.

0920 German pilot Gustav Wackwitz, flying with Jasta 29, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.
(It is unknown who shot whom, but the three DH.9s are all from 107 Sqdn RAF:
C2182: 2nd Lts J.D. Cook and H.H. Ankrett are both killed.
C2183: Lt R.A. Arnett and 2nd Lt H.R. Whitehead are both wounded and taken prisoner.
D5647: 2nd Lt A.T. Minons and Lt T.F. Blight are both wounded and taken prisoner.)

1750 Two French pilots from Spa 315 share a victory over a German "Scout":
Lt Fraslon (no first name given), victory number 1.
Gilbert Uteau, victory number 1.

2035 Adolf Gutknecht, with Jasta 43, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2. This is possibly D1724 from 98 Sqdn. 2nd Lt F.C. Wilton is unharmed, 2nd Lt E.V. Austin is killed.

French pilot Marie Lecoq de Kerland, with Spa 82, claims two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 4 and 5.

Two French pilots from Escadrille 12 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft":
Lt Dagnaux (no first name given), victory number 4.
Joseph Vuillemin, victory number 6.

[Jimbuna]

12th July 1918

Eastern Front

Announcement of Allied force on Murman coast.

Czecho-Slovaks capture Kazan (on River Volga); Czecho-Slovaks control Siberian Railway east of Penza.

Southern Front

French advance on both sides of River Devoli (southern Albania); Austrians retreat.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Japanese battleship Kawachi suffers a magazine explosion and sinks while docked in Tokuyama Bay, resulting in over 600 deaths.

Political, etc.

Count Hertling in Reichstag on Belgium as a pawn.

Prussian Upper House expels Prince Lichnowsky.

Mr. Huges (Australian Premier) re: Pacific islands.

Denaturalisation Bill passes first and second reading in House of Commons.

Ship Losses:

Kawachi (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Kawachi-class battleship suffered an onboard explosion and sank at Tokuyama with the loss of 621 of her 1,059 crew. The hulk was subsequently scrapped.

[Sailor Steve]

July 12, 1918


Air War:

0650 French pilot Paul Homo and observer S/Lt Guerin (no first name given), flying a Bréguet 14, shoot dwon an Albatros fighter. Victory noumber 5 for Homo; number 1 for Guerin. This is Homo's last aerial victory. He will survive the war achieve the rank of Capitaine in 1923 before retiring. Recalled to the service in World War 2, he will reach the rank of Colonel before retiring for good in 1954. He will live until 1968.

0655 Three French pilots from Spa 154 share a victory over an Albatros fighter:
Michel Coiffard, victory number 9.
Jacques Erlich, victory number 4.
Paul Waddington, victory number 5.

0805 English pilot Alan Rice-Oxley, in Sopwith Camel D8240 over the Italian Front, claims a Hansa-Brandenburg D.I and a Phönix fighter for victories 1 and 2.

1055 German pilot Hans Schlieter, with Jasta 70, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3. American 1st Lt Gilbert N. Jerome of Spa 90 is killed. This is Schlieter's last aerial victory. He will survive the war, but nothing more is known of his life.

Croatia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Roman Schmidt, in a Phönix D.I, shoots down an Italian SAML two-seater for victory number 4.

Austro-Hungarian 5-victory ace Karl Urban is killed testing a Phönix fighter when the wings come off, causing a fatal crash.

[Jimbuna]

13th July 1918

Southern Front

French General Gramat appointed Chief of Staff to Greek Army.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks attack British positions on Jordan and on Abu Tellul ridges (seven miles north of Jericho).

Political, etc.

Demonstrators in Trafalgar Square urge the British government to intern all enemy aliens.

Haiti declares war on Germany.

Ship Losses:

Badagri (United Kingdom) The Elder Dempster 2,956 grt cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 425 nautical miles (787 km) west north west of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (35°17′N 16°50′W) by SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Plawsworth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) west by north of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°36′N 9°10′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Ponta Delgada (Portugal) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Oran, Algeria by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ramon de Larrinaga (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Cape Finisterre by SM U-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 13, 1918


Air War:

0645 Four RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Hannover two-seater:
Lt F.H. Knobel, D3528, nationality and victory number unknown.
George McElroy, England, C8869 victory number 39.
Indra Roy, India, B180, victory number 5.
Gilbert Strange, England, B191, victory number 3.

0710 Two RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Cecil Brock, Canada, D1835, victory number 6.
Lt A. Hamilton, D6635, nationality and victory number unknown.

0857 American pilot Field Kindley, in Sopwith Camel D8245 with the 148th Aero Sqdn, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

0910 German pilot Reinhold Ritter von Benz, in Albatros D.Va 6024/17, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 1.

0940 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down SE.5a C1818 for victory number 9. Lt W.S. Robertson is killed.

0945 German ace Georg Meyer, flying with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 7.

0945 German pilot Albert Hets, with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 3.

0955 German ace Joachim von Busse, with Jasta 20, shoots down SE.5a D6908 for victory number 6. Lt F.J. Church is killed.

1805 German naval pilot Eduard Blass, with Marine Feld Jasta 1, shoots down DH.0 B9346. 2nd W.J. Gilman and Pvt W.J. Atkinson are killed.

2005 George McElroy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Nannover two-seater for victory number 40.

2005 Indra Roy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 6.

2005 Gilbert Strange scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.

2135 German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

Flgmt Ludewig (no first name given), with MFJ 1, shoots down a DH.9 for victory numer 1.

German pilot H-R. von Decker (2 victories), with Jasta 20, is severely wounded, ending his combat career.

French 5-victory ace Capt Georges Raymond is wounded and sent to a hospital.

[Jimbuna]

14th July 1918

Southern Front

French capture Austrian positions on River Devoli (Albania).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Defeat of Turks at passages of Jordan and on Abu Tellul ridges, 510 prisoners.

Aviation

Flying a Nieuport 28, the youngest son of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Second Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt – serving as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Service's 95th Aero Squadron – is shot down and killed by a German fighter over Chamery, France.
https://i.imgur.com/dz095uP.jpg

Political, etc.

Provisional agreement between British and German delegates to Hague re: Prisoners of War.

Ship Losses:

Branksome Hall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (68 nautical miles (126 km) north west of Marsa Susa, Libya by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Djemnah (France) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea of the coast of Libya (33°12′N 23°55′E) by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 436 of the 754 people on board.
Hagios Zion (Greece) The sailboat was sunk in the Aegean Sea (38°20′N 25°35′E) by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Loch Tummel (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Maria José (Portugal) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bristol Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maurice (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Barra Head, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-98 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UC-77 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of West Flanders, Belgium.
Waitemata (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east by north of Marsa Susa (33°12′N 24°10′E) by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 14, 1918


Air War:

0715 Australian AFC pilot Norman Charles Trescowthick, flying Sopwith Camel D1927, shoots down and AGO two-seater for victory number 1.

0730 Irish RAF ace George McElroy, in SE.5a C8869, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 41.

0815 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 35. Cpl Roger de Elduezabel and Lt de Gallic are listed as Missing.

0835 Scottish RAF pilot Arthur Randall, in SE.5a C1928, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.

0850 German naval pilot FlgMt Held (no first name given), with Marine Feld Jasta 3, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

0930 German pilot Willi Rosenstein, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

0935 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down SE.5a C6447 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt B.N. Garrett of 64 Sqdn is taken prisoner.

0940 Carl Degelow scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SE.5a C6490 for number 11. 2nd Lt N.H. Marshall of 85 Sqdn is taken prisoner.

0940 German pilot Hermann Gilly, with Jasta 40, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

0955 English RAF pilot Walter Longton, in SE.5a D6927, shoots down an Albatros two seater for victory number 3.

German pilot Hans von Freden, flying an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

German pilot Carl Emil Gräper, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down Nieuport 28 6177 for his first and only victory. 1st Lt Quentin Roosevelt of the U.S. 95th Aero Sqdn, youngest son of former President Theodore Roosevelt, is killed.

German ace Emil Thuy, in a Pfalz D.IIIa, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

[Jimbuna]

15th July 1918

Western Front

Second Battle of the Marne begins. Great German offensive on front of 50 miles east and west of Reims, from Chateau-Thierry on west to Main de Massiges on east. On east Germans held in check. On west Germans penetrate two or three miles on 20-mile front; cross Marne between Dormans and Fossoy (west of Chateau-Thierry).

Americans repulse Germans at Vaux.

Political, etc.

Field-Marshal Conrad von Hotzendorf (Austria) placed on retired list.

Ship Losses:

Barunga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°00′N 15°00′W) by SM U-108 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All on board survived.
Cap Breton (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gironde Estuary 14 nautical miles (26 km) south west of the Cordouan Lighthouse by SM UB-103S ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Speedwell II (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was lost on this date.
Vendée (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

https://i.imgur.com/4c6709C.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

July 15, 1918


Air War:

0455 Three French pilots from Spa 57 share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Jean Fraissinet, victory number 6.
Charles Nuville, victory number 10,
Adj Vanier (no first name given), victory number 1.

0510 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

0632 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 20.

0750 German pilot Paul Blumenbach, with Jasta 31, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 2.

0940 German pilot Erich Stahl, with Jasta 79, shoots down a SPAD for his first and only victory.

German 21-victory ace Friedrich Friedrichs' Fokker D.VII 309/18 catches fire while he is attacking a balloon. Friedrichs bales out but his parachute catches on the tail and tears. Friedrichs falls to his death. It is generally believed that his incindiary ammunition caught fire from the heat of the engine, a prolbem common with the early D.VIIs.

[Jimbuna]

16th July 1918

Western Front

South of Dormans French and Americans counter-attack and take villages of St. Agneau and La Chapelle.

Germans advance up Marne to Montvoison (seven miles from Epernay).

Political, etc.

Trial of M. Malvy, former French Minister of Interior, on charge of treason.

The Romanov family (the Russian tsar, the tsarina, their four daughters and son) are shot on Bolshevik orders at Ekaterinburg, Siberia (now Sverdlovsk). As Russia descends into civil war, the Bolsheviks will show themselves to be ruthless and pragmatic.
https://i.imgur.com/zXhRB4s.jpg

Ship Losses:

HMS Anchusa (Royal Navy) The Anchusa-class sloop was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ireland by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 78 of her 93 crew.
Fisherman (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 380 nautical miles (700 km) north west by west of Cabo da Roca, Portugal (40°17′N 18°20′W) by SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Garibaldino (Regia Marina) The Soldati-class destroyer was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France by the destroyer HMS Cygnet ( Royal Navy).
Lyndiane (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her fourteen crew. The submarine then rammed a raft with a number of survivors before departing the area, killing many of them. Eight survivors of the sixteen people on board were rescued by Villanil ( Spanish Navy) and some Spanish fishing vessels.
Miefield (Norway) The barque was shelled and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (50°44′N 11°21′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Southborough (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north by east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-110 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 30 of her crew.
Vanlock (Sweden) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom[75] by SM U-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
War Swallow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 72 nautical miles (133 km) south west by south of Malta (34°35′N 15°00′E) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven crew.

[Sailor Steve]

uly 16, 1918


Air War:

0545 German ace Franz Ray, flying with Jasta 49, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.

0640 German pilot Lt Stoltenhoff, with Jasta 27, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

0650 German pilot Alfons Nagler, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

1125 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1844, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 33.

1145 William Jordan scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another LVG two-seater for number 34.

[Jimbuna]

17th July 1918

Western Front

East of Reims French defeat Germans south of Prunay.

South-west of Reims French retake and lose Montvoison.

South-east of Villers-Bretonneux Australians advance line.

30 German divisions engaged.

Naval

RMS Carpathia, the ship known for saving survivors of the Titanic and currently used as a troop transport, is sunk by the German submarine U-55, resulting in 5 deaths.
https://i.imgur.com/bMStXsa.jpg

Political, etc.

General Pershing, commanding U.S. Army, made G.C.B., and Generals Bliss and March G.C.M.G.

Ship Losses:

RMS Carpathia (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celtic Sea 170 nautical miles (310 km) west by north of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (50°25′N 10°49′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of the 280 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Snowdrop ( Royal Navy).
Harlseywood (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Hartland Point, Devon by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Saint Georges (France) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Hartland Point (50°47′N 4°38′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 17, 1918


Air War:
0620 Australian AFC pilot Leonard Thomas Eato Taplin, flying Sopwith Camel C8226, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

0735 English RAF pilot Douglas Davies, in Sopwith Camel C1599, claims two Albatros D.Vs for victories 3 and 4.

0900 Douglas Davies scores his third kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

1000 German pilot Johann Baur and Bavarian observer Georg Ritter von Hengl, in a Hannover CL.III, shoot down a SPAD. Victory number 1 for each.

1002 Johann Baur and Georg von Hengl score their second kill of the day, shooting down another SPAD. Number 2 for each.

[Jimbuna]

18th July 1918

Western Front

High-water mark of the War. Great Allied counter attack on 27-mile front between Fontenoy (6.5 miles north-west of Soissons) and Belleau (6 miles north-west of Chateau-Thierry). French reach Monte de Paris (1 mile from Soissons) and 5 miles of Crise Valley, east of Buzancy. South of Ourcq, French and Americans secure line Marizy-Hautvesnes-Belleau. South of Marne Germans reach St. Agneau. East of Reims French retake Prunay and defeat Prussian Guard east of Prosnes.

Aviation

Aeroplane raid on Kent; no casualties.

RAF officer training to fire a gun in a moving “cockpit”
https://i.imgur.com/tArPLyQ.jpg

Political, etc.

Debate in Reichsrat re: "German Course" of Austrian policy.

Japanese Diplomatic Council approves U.S.'s proposal for intervention in Siberia.

Following the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, Soviet Cheka agents execute several relatives of the Romanov family in Alapayevsk. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich is shot, while the rest are thrown down a mining shaft and grenades are dropped in.

(Nelson) Rolihlahla Mandela is born in the village of Mvezo, South Africa.

Ship Losses:

HMT Lance II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler sank in the English Channel 3.2 nautical miles (5.9 km) south west of Newhaven, Sussex.

[Sailor Steve]

July 18, 1918


Air War:

0620 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 38.

0629 German pilot Friedrich Schumacher, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots dwon a SPAD for victory number 5.

0650 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

0700 German pilat Johann Schlimpen, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 2.

0705 Gustav Dörr scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for number 12.

0735 German ace Alois Heldmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8. S/Lt Jean Bourhis of Spa 80 is killed.

0805 English RAF pilot Harry Goode, in Sopwith Camel B2363 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0810 German pilot Lt Bussmann (no first name given) with Jasta 1, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

0815 German ace Hermann Göring, in Fokker D.VII 294/18, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 22. This is Göring's last aerial victory. He will spend the final four months of the war either with administrative duties or on leave. Surviving the war, Göring will go on to a somewhat checkered career with the reformed Germany. His involvement with the Nazi Party, command of the Luftwaffe, trial at Nuremburg and eventual suicide are all well documented.

0950 German ace Willi Gabriel, commander of Jasta 11, going against JG 1 commander Göring's director orders that he should command and not fly, takes up his Fokker Dr.I and shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

1000 Willi Gabriel scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SPAD for number 9.

1022 Willi Gabriel gains a third victory, this time a Bréguet 14 for number 10. Upon his return Göring tells him he is grounded and not to fly again until further orders.

1120 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 52.

1130 René Fonck scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another "Enemy Aircraft" for number 53.

1430 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 39.

1530 Willi Gabriel goes up in his Dr.I again and gains his fourth victory of the day, another SPAD, for a final total of 11. Göring relieves of command and later has him moved to a new poat. Gabriel will not see combat again. Gabriel will have a varied career after the war, even flying a Fokker Dr.I in two German movies. He will join the Lufwaffe in World War 2 and rise to the rank of Hauptman. Willi Gabriel will die in 1968, aged 74.

2040 Indian RAF ace Indra Roy, in Sopwith Camel B180, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 9.

German ace Karl Bolle shoots down a Bréguet 14 and a SPAD for victories 23 and 24. In the second combat Lt Pierre Daire of Spa 159 is killed.

French ace Fernand Chavannes, in a SPAD, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

German 6-victory ace Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer is killed. The Jasta Pilots says he was shot down by French ace Georges Madon, but The French Air Service War Chronology, by the same authors, doesn't have Madon scoring any kills this day. That book credits the kill to several Bréguet 14 crews, and it seems likely that he attacked a formation and got caught in the crossfire of several rear gunners.

[Jimbuna]

19th July 1918

Western Front

French and Americans advance on Soissons-Thierry line, taking Vierzy (north of Ourcq) and Neuilly St. Front (south of Ourcq). South of Marne, French retake Montvoison. British capture Meteren (west of Bailleul), taking 300 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British Sopwith Camels launch from the aircraft carrier HMS Furious and attack the German base at Tondern (Tønder, Denmark), destroying 2 German zeppelins for the loss of one aircraft. The planes on the deck of the HMS Furious.
https://i.imgur.com/YsdyjQ4.jpg

French liner "Australien" (Messageries Maritimes) torpedoed in Mediterranean, 20 lost.

American armoured cruiser USS San Diego hits a mine and sinks, resulting in 6 deaths. It is the only major US warship loss in the war.
https://i.imgur.com/C55yylD.jpg

"Justicia" (White Star liner) torpedoed off north coast of Ireland, 10 lost.

Political, etc.

Honduras declares War on Germany.

Ship Losses:

Adria 1 (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Strait of Sicily (37°10′N 11°12′E) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Australien (France) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) north east of Cap Bon, Tunisia by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her 951 passengers and seventeen of her crew.
HM CMB-50 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
Eguskia (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Bardia, Libya by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Justicia (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Malin Head, County Donegal by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was taken in tow but was torpedoed and sunk the next day (55°38′N 7°39′W) by SM UB-124 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Ranger (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Barra Head, Outer Hebrides by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS San Diego ( United States Navy) The Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser struck a mine laid by U 156 (Richard Feldt) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Fire Island Lightship ( United States Navy) with the loss of six of her 830 crew.
SM UB-110 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine was depth charged, rammed and sunk in the North Sea (54°39′N 0°55′E) by HMS Garry ( Royal Navy) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 19, 1918


Air War:

0610 Two French pilots with Spa 49 share a victory over an Albatros fighter:
Jean Bouyer, victory number 10.
Paul Hamot, victory number 3.

0615 Jean Bouyer and Paul Hamot claim a second Albatros. Victory number 11 for Bouyer; number 4 for Hamot.

0630 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 54.

0632 René Fonck scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for number 55.

0740 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27.

0800 Four RAF SE.5a pilots over the Italian Front share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Gerald Bell, Canada, B692, victory number 12.
Capt G.M. Brawley, B694, nationality and victory number unknown.
Arthur E. Jarvis, England, B30, victory number 5.
Lt W. Ridley, C9501, nationality and victory number unknown.

0915 English RAF pilot Sydney Carlin, in SE.5a D6922, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

0930 German ace Josef Jacobs, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SE.5a E5948 for victory number 24. Lt A.M. Roberts is taken prisoner.

1025 Indian RAF ace Indra Roy, in SE.5a B180, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 10.

1130 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 40.

1150 German ace Josef Schwendemann, flying with Jasta 41, shoots down Sopwith Camel F6150 for victory number 10. Lt V.R.S.V.T. Irvine is killed.

1225 German ace Carl Menkhoff, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 39.

1245 Irish RAF ace George McElroy, in SE.5a C8869, shoots down and Albatros D.V for victory number 44.

1400 American pilot Leo H. Dawson, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

1400 American pilot John MacArthur, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6.

1400 American pilot Zenos Miller, flying a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1555 René Fonck scores his third victory of the day, a Fokker D.VII, for number 55.

1645 French ace Gabriel Guérin, with Spa 88, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 23.

1755 German ace Otto Könnecke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 22.

1930 German ace Hans Pippart, with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

2050 Erich Löwenhardt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for number 41.

2125 German pilot Franz Kirchfeld, with Jasta 73, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 38.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

American pilot Robert E. Hill, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 22.

[Jimbuna]

20th July 1918

Western Front

Germans re-cross Marne. 20,000 prisoners and 400 guns since 18 July. British, French and Italians advance in Ardre valley, in Boise de Courton, and towards St. Euphraise.

Aeroplane raid on Kent; no damage.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British submarine HMS E34 hits a mine and sinks with all hands off the Frisian islands.
https://i.imgur.com/IgAVrtf.jpg

Ship Losses:

HMS E34 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea between Texel, North Holland and Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all 30 crew.
Gemini (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°17′N 5°36′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Hermes (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Bergen, Hordaland, Norway by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kosseir (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east by north of Alexandria, Egypt (31°45′N 30°11′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 39 crew.
Orfordness (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west by north of Newquay, Cornwall (50°24′N 5°11′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
SM UB-124 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland. She was consequently scuttled with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 20, 1918


Air War:

0730 Three RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Rupert Cyril D'Arcy Gilford, England, D1845, bictory number 1.
William Jordan, South Africa, D1844, victory number 35.
Lt Richards, first name, serial number and victory number not listed.

0830 English RAF pilot Sydney Carlin, in SE.5a D6922, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

0830 Englishe RAF observer William Dyke, in DH.4 A7931 with Lt R. Minors as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 5.

0835 German ace Paul Wenzel, with Jasta 6, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 8.

0910 English RAF pilot Norman Mawle, in SE.5a D6917, estrosys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

0915 Norman Mawle scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.Vii for victory number 3.

0920 French ace Jean Casale, with Spa 38, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 11.

0950 American RAF pilot Kenneth Unger, in Sopwith Camel D9608, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1005 Two French pilots with Spa 152 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Ernest Maunory, victory number 4.
Del Vial, victory number 8.

1015 German ace Joachim von Busse, with Jasta 20, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 7.

1015 Ernest Maunory and Del Vial share a second kill, a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 4 for Maunory; number 8 for Vial.

1100 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 23.

1205 German ace Josef Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 B7865 for victory number 17. Lt J.T. Kirkland is killed; 2nd Lt E.J. Riley is taken prisoner.

1800 Two English RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Leonard Rochford, D9518, victory number 22.
William Sidebottom, D9593, victory number 2.

1905 German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 39.

1930 American pilot Zenos Miller, flying a Nieport 28, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1940 Zenos Miller scores his second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII, for number 5.

2025 German ace Heinrich Drekmann, with Jasta 4, shoots down DH.9 D7234 for victory number 9. Sgts S.J. Oliver and A. Davis are both taken prisoner.

2050 German ace Rudolf Klimke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 10.

2050 German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 4.
(Three Nieuport 28s are lost today, all from the US 27th Aero Sqdn: 6293, 6-victory ace John Knox MacArthurd, listed as Missing; Zenos Ramsey Miller, unknow serial number, 3 victories, taken prisoner; 6206, Fred W. Norton, made it home safely, therefore not listed as a kill, but died from wounds on July 23.)

German ace Bruno Loerzer, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 28.

German ace Josef Schwendemann, with Jasta 41, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.
(Four French SPADs are lost this day: 7-victory ace Lt André Bosson, Spa 62, SPAD XIII, listed as Missing; Adj Théodore Cancel, Spa 99, SPAD XIII, listed as Missing; Lt Geroges Mazimann, Spa 159, SPAD XIII, killed; Brig René Vignes, Spa 151, SPAD VII, listed as Missing.)

[Jimbuna]

21st July 1918

Western Front

French recapture Chateau-Thierry.

Allied progress in Ardre valley continued; Bois de Courton captured.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese East Africa: battle between British and Germans at Namirrue (near confluence of Rivers Namirrue and Ligonya).

German submarine SM U-156 shells the town of Orleans, Massachusetts, sinking 1 tugboat and 4 barges. There were no casualties, but it is the only German attack on the mainland US and the first foreign shelling since 1846.

Two United States Navy seaplanes from Naval Air Station Chatham, Chatham, Massachusetts, attack a surfaced German submarine that is firing at a tug and three barges off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. One bomb strikes the submarine, but is a dud.

Political, etc.

Appeal of Ministry of Munitions to workers not to strike during critical battle.

Ship Losses:

Anna (Denmark) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Bergen, Hordaland, Norway by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Arvor (France) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 27 nautical miles (50 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère (48°55′N 4°09′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kongen (Norway) The sailing vessel was damaged in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south west of Lindesnes, Rogaland by SM UB-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was abandoned by her crew. The derelict was scuttled on 5 August by HMS G1 ( Royal Navy).
Lansford (United States) The schooner barge was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mongolian (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Filey, Yorkshire (54°10′N 0°58′W) by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 36 lives.
703 (United States) The schooner barge was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
740 (United States) The schooner barge was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
766 (United States) The barge was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 21, 1918


Air War:

1000 German pilot Paul Lotz, flying with Jasta 44, shoots down Bristol F.2b C974 for victory number 5. 2nd Lts B.M. Batty and J. Gondre are taken prisoner.

1425 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13.

1745 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 86, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 11.

1805 French ace Michel Coiffard, with Spa 154, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 17.

1905 French ace Maurice Boyau, with Spa 77, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 25. This is possibly 12-victory ace Otto Esswein, who was killed in this region.

1925 German ace Rudolf Franke, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

1925 German pilot Vfw Hoppe (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for his first and only victory.

1925 German ace Wilhelm Seitz, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

2015 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 42.

2015 German pilot Wolfram von Richthofen, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

2015 German ace Erich von Wedel, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 8.
(RAF 54 Sqdn lost 3 Camels this day: B2103, Lt Rl.T. Cuffe killed; F2160, Lt F.W. Dougall killed; B2490, 2nd Lt B. Fisher killed.)

German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

German ace Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp, with Jasta 36, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1918 for victory number 6. Maj R.H. Freeman is killed.

German ace Arthur Lauman, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.
(The date for these last two is from Jasta War Chronology. Above the Lines, by the same authors, gives the date as the 22nd.)

[Jimbuna]

22nd July 1918

Western Front

Allies hold German counter-attacks between Ourcq and Marne, and cross Marne near Dormans at Chassons and Passy. Germans in retreat. General Gouraud re-occupies former positions between the Suippe river and Massiges.

Southern Front

Allied offensive in Albania checked.

Aviation

Indra Lal Roy, the only Indian flying ace in the war with 10 victories, is killed in action over Carvin, France.
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Political, etc.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the US Assistant Secretary of the Navy, arrives in France on a trip to inspect Allied naval administrations.

Dr. von Seidler resigns Austrian Premiership.

Resignation of Lord Lee as Director-General of Food Production.

Ship Losses:

Delo Sovetov (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The gunboat was damaged by Czech Legion gunboats and was beached and abandoned on the Volga River.
HMT Ijuin (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt (32°42′N 28°25′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
L 1 (Royal Navy) The barge was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (32°37′N 28°39′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Robert & Richard (United States) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Cape Porpoise, Maine by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 22, 1918


Air War:

0540 English RAF pilot John Edgcume Doyle, flying SE.5a E1288, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

9615 Australian AFC pilot Albert Tonkin and observer Leslie Sutherland, in Bristol F.2b B1276, shoot down a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 5 for Tonkin; number 2 for Sutherland.

0640 German pilot Emil Koch, with Jasta 32, shoots down SE.5a D6183 for victory number 5 Lt J.E.C. MacVickar is killed.

0745 French ace Bernard Artigau, with Spa 15, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 11.

0825 German pilot Christian Mesch, with Jasta 26, shoots down SPAD VII 5152 for victory number 4. MdL Richard Mevious is killed.

0825 English RAF pilot Gilbert Strange, flying SE.5a D3527, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

0825 Canadian RAF pilot Claude Melnot Wilson, in SE.5a C9582, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 1.

0830 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 9.

0835 German pilot Friedrich Jakobs, with Jasta 43, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

0925 English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Camel D9585, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 23.

0930 German ace Harald Auffarth, flying with Jasta 29, shoots down RE.8 E136 for victory number 15. Lt A. Lewis and 2nd Lt A. Summerfelt are taken prisoner.

0930 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down Bristol F.2b F5810 for victory number 12. 2nd Lts W.E. Coulson and W.H.E. Labatt are taken prisoner.

0940 Harald Auffarth scores his second kill of the day, an SE.5a, for number 16.

0940 German pilot Karl Gregor, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

0940 German pilot Berhard Brunnecker, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.
(One of the above two is B180. Indian 10-victory ace Indra Lal Roy is killed. He was the only ace to come out of India.

1000 Uffz Reuss (no first name given), flying with Jasta 7, ahoots down DH.9 C1213 for victory number 1.

1030 German ace Hans Pippart, with Jasta 19, shoots down a Caudrone R.11 for victory number 20. This is probably from Escadrille R240; Sgt Vicaire, Asp René Roques and Sgt Chayle are all wounded.

1035 Hans Pippart scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XIII. S/Lt Charles Robin is listed as Missing.

1035 Leonard Rochford scores his second kill of the day, ahooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 21.

1035 English RAF pilot William Sidebottom, in Sopwith Camel D9583, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1120 German pilot Adolf Gutknecht, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

1145 German pilot Ernst Wiehle, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.
(One of the above two is D9624, Lt A.E. Rudge killed.)

1250 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1252 German pilot Otto Sporbert, with Jasta 62, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

1305 German ace Otto Fitzner, with Jasta 65, destroys a French aboservation balloon for victory number 7. Mdl Bonnemaison of the 82° Cie d’Aérostiers parachutes safely

1307 German pilot Rudolf Neitzer, flying with Jasta 65, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 1. 1st Lts Leo C. Ferrenback and Paul N.A. Roony, of the 4th Balloon Co. USBS both parachute safely.

1445 German pilot Heinrich Henkel, with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 2. Lts F.W. Smith and (first name not given) Hogg both parachute safely.

1530 French ace Maurice Boyau, with Spa 77, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 28.

1530 English RAF pilot Thomas Walter Nash, in Sopwith Camel B7176, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 1.

1530 German pilot Richard Wenzel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

1620 German ace Franz Hemer, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.

1730 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down DH.4 A7862 for victory number 26. 2nd Lt H.C. Tussaud and Sgt L.G. Vredenburg are taken prisoner.

1805 American RAF pilot Bogart Rogers, in SE.5a C1856, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1810 American RAF pilot John Owen Donaldson, in SE.5a E1361, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1820 German pilot Ludwig Beckmann, with Jasta 56, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

1820 American RAF pilot James Alfred Keating and observer Edward Arthur Simpson, flying DH.9 C2202, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 1 for both.

1822 German pilot Ludwig Beckmann, with Jasta 56, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 4. No. 210 Sqdn lost two Camels this day: D0626, 2nd Lt E.H. Bullen taken prisoner, and F5914, Capt H.T. Mellings killed.

1910 German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9478 for victory number 25. Lt W.S.G. Kidder is wounded and taken prisoner.

1910 German pilot Egon Koepsch, with Jasta 4, ahoots down DH.9 D490 for victory number 4. 2nd Lts S.M. Feuer and H.B. Steckley are both killed.

1930 Canadian RAF pilot Earl Frederich Crabb, in SE.5a C8896, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

2030 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 43.

Two French pilots with Spa 77 destroy two German observation balloons:
Maurice Boyau, victories 26 and 27.
François Guerrier, victories 2 and 3.

German pilot Helmut Brünig, in an Albatros D.Va, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 5.

German ace Hans von Freden, in an Albatros D.Va, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 7.

German pilot Herbert Knappe, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

German pilot Reinhold Lüdecke, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 8.

[Jimbuna]

23rd July 1918

Western Front

British take Marfaux (south-west of Reims).

French and Americans continue advance north and south of Ourcq, reaching Oulchy la Ville and occupying Bois du Chatelet.

North of Montdidier French occupy Mailly-Raineval, Sauvillers and Aubervillers.

Eastern Front

Appointment of Herr Helfferich (German ex-Minister of Interior) as Ambassador at Moscow.

Siberian Government at Vladivostok reigns; Proclamation of Siberian Government Council.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Retreat of Germans at Namirrue.

British armed mercantile cruiser "Marmora" torpedoed and sunk by German submarine, 100 lost.

Political, etc.

Munition workers' strike at Coventry.

Mr. Herbert Hoover (U.S. Food Controller) at Mansion House, London.

King visits Grand Fleet.

Rice riots begin in Toyama Province of Japan, as people protest rising rice prices (the protests spread across the country and lasted for 2 months, resulting in thousands of arrests).

Ship Losses:

Anna Sofie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Trevose Head, Cornwall by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMS Marmora (Royal Navy) The armed merchant cruiser was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland (50°24′N 8°48′W) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Messidor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 73 nautical miles (135 km) south east by south of Port Mahon, Spain by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

July 23, 1918


Air War:

0715 English RAF pilot Alfred Haines, flying Sopwith Camel D9412 over the Italian Front, Shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 4.

0730 Twho English RAF Camel pilots over the Italian Front share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Douglas Davies, C1599, victory number 6.
John Carberry Preston, D6643, victory number 1.

0830 Two RAF Camel pilots over the Italian Front share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Arthur Jarvis, England, D8170, victory number 5. This is Jarvis' last aerial victory. He will survive the war and remain in the RAF, retiring as a Group Captain.
Thomas Williams, Canada, D6342, victory number 13.

0900 German ace Johann Pütz, with Jasta 34, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 D5108 for victory number 6. Lt H.W. Walker and 2nd Lt G.G. Ashton are both killed.

1115 John Preston scores his second kill of the day, a DFW C.V. It is his second overall as well.

German pilot Dietrich Averes, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 3. Sgt Daniel Desgouttes of Spa 86 is killed.

[Jimbuna]

24th July 1918

Western Front

French and Americans advance south of Ourcq towards Fere-en-Tardenois and along Marne in Forest of Fere (between Charteves and Jaulgonne).

Southern Front

Successful French and Italian fighting in Albania.

Political, etc.

Dr. von Hussarek, Austrian Premier.

General Smuts in London re: future of South Africa.

65,000 munition workers in Birmingham go on strike to protest wage disparities. Minister for Labour George Henry Roberts warns that workers who persist in the strike will be called up to fight in the war.

Ship Losses:

Kilkis (Greece) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the South Gare Lightship ( United Kingdom) (54°42′N 1°01′W) by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Lochiel (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was either torpedoed or struck a mine and sank in the North Sea (54°36′30″N 0°4′00″W) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
HMS Pincher (Royal Navy) The Beagle-class destroyer ran aground on the Seven Stones reef and was wrecked.
Rutherglen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east south east of Port Mahon, Spain by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 24, 1918


Air War:

0530 Australian AFC George Peters and observer James Traill, flying Bristol F.2b B1278, shoot down an LVG two-seater. Victory number 4 for Peters; number 3 for Traill.

0655 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

0658 German ace Paul Turck, with Jasta 66, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 9.

0700 Karl Thom scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SE.5a for number 23.

0735 French ace Jacques Erlich, with Spa 154, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 10.

0830 German ace Georg Meyer, flying with Jasta 37, shoots down Bristol F.2b D7902 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt S.N. Waddy and Sgt W.J. Shuker are both killed.

1045 Scottish RAF pilot Arthur Randall, in SE.5a C1931, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1105 Karl Thom gains his third victory of the day, shooting down another SE.5a for number 24.

1115 Two RAF pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Norman Mawle, England, C1868, victory number 4.
John Ralston, Scotland, D6914, victory number 11.

1115 South African RAF pilot William Nel, in SE.5a D6926, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1130 German ace Gustav Dörr, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down SPAD VII 5214 for victory number 14. Cpl Bendix is taken prisoner.

1545 French ace Claude Haegelen, with Spa 100, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 11.

1705 American pilot Wilbert Wallace White, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1707 Wilbert White scores his second victory, another Albatros D.V.

1735 Five American Nieuport 28 pilots share a victory over two Fokker D.VIIs:
Thomas J. Abernathy, victories 1 and 2.
James Andrew Healey, victories 1 and 2.
Arthur H. Jones, victories 1 and 2.
Ralph O'Neill, victories 3 and 4.
Charles P. Porter, victories 2 and 3.
Francis Simonds is in on the second kill, victory number 3.

1920 German pilot Marat Schumm, flying with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a D6900 for victory number 3. Capt P.S. Burge is killed.

1950 German pilot Emil Schäpe, with Jasta 33, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 5.

2015 English RAF pilot George Ebben Randall and Scottish observer George Victor Leamond, in Bristol F.2b D8086, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 1 for both.

1035 American RAF pilot George Vaughn, in SE.5a C6457, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

2100 German ace Hans-Eberhardt Gandert, with Jasta 51, shoots down Bristol F.2b C4606 for victory number 6. Sgt H.D. Aldridge is taken prisoner; Sgt M.S. Samson is killed.

2200 German pilot Reinhold Maier, flying with Jasta 30, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 2.

French pilot Albert Achard, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5. Achard is also wounded in the fight.

German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 16.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25, is credited with two Nieuports for victories 6 and 7.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SPAD XIII 8262 for victory number 8. MdL André Conraux is killed.

[Jimbuna]

25th July 1918

Western Front

Allies advance continued.

French retake Main de Messiges (east of Reims).

Allies take Villemontoire (6 miles south of Soissons), Oulchy-le-Chateau (north of River Ourcq) and southern half of Forest of Fere.

Eastern Front

Czecho-Slovaks capture Simbirsk (corn granary on west bank of Volga, 130 miles from Samara).

Political, etc.

Speech of Mr. Lloyd George to Food Controllers of France, Italy and U.S.A.

American sugar ration cut to 2 pounds per month on Aug. 1; England has same ration, France 1.5 pounds, Italy 1 pound.

Mr. Balfour at inauguration of Yugo-Slav National War Aims Committee.

Conference of National Engineering and Allied Trades' Council decides for strike if no settlement before 30 July.

Ship Losses:

Asta (Denmark) The three-masted auxiliary schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) west north west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM UB-89 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Indore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Rathlin Island, County Donegal by SM UB-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew. She was beached but was later refloated.
Magellan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 53 nautical miles (98 km) north of Cape Serrat, Tunisia by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Tippecanoe (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 550 nautical miles (1,020 km) off Brest, Finistère, France (40°57′N 15°25′W) by SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of one of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 25, 1918


Air War:

0415 Australian AFC pilot Elwyn King, flying Sopwith Camel E1416, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 5.

0615 Irish RAF ace George McElroy, in SE.5a C8869, shoots down a Hannovr two-seater for victory number 45.

0630 Scottish RAF ace John Ralston, in SE.5a D6914, destroys a German observation ballooen for victory number 12. Ralston is severely wounded in this attack, makes it back to his home field but apparently faints and crashes to his death.

0700 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 9.

0715 George McElroy scores his second kill of the day, another Hannover two-seater, for number 46.

0730 Karl Schlegel destroys an American observation balloon for his second kill of the day, number 10 overall. Lt Ray W. Thompson of the 1st Balloon Company parachutes safely.

0740 English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Camel D9618, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 25.

0745 English RAF pilot William Sidebottom, in Sopwith Camel D9583, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

0810 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down SE.5a C1929 for victory number 25. Lt W.R. Henderson of 64 Sqdn is taken prisoner.

0820 German ace Rudolf Klimke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a E5966 for victory number 11. Lt H.M. Struben of 32 Sqdn is taken prisoner.

0840 German ace Paul Billik, flying with Jasta 52, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9585 for victory number 27. Lt C.F. Brown of 203 Sqdn is is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

0910 Australian AFC ace Roy Phillipps, in SE.5a D6860, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

0915 German pilot Albrecht Weinschenk, with Jasta 16, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

0915 German pilot Michael Hutterer, with Jasta 23, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

0915 German pilot Marat Schumm, with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a C8734 for victory number 4. Lt A.S. Barret of 64 Sqdn puts his plane down safely.

0935 German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down Sopwith Camel D8199 for victory number 13. Lt W.O. Carveth of 208 Sqdn is taken prisoner.

0940 German ace Dieter Collin, with Jasta 56, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9636 for number 13. English 9-victory ace Joseph Henry Siddall of 209 Sqdn is killed.

0950 German ace Friedrich von Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down Bristol F.2b C976 for victory number 16. Lt F.J. Shearer and Sgt D. Malpas of 20 Sqdn are both killed.

0955 German pilot Ludwig Beckmann, with Jasta 56, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9621 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt A.G.S. Blake is taken prisoner.

1100 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15.

1115 German ace Paul Turck, flying with Jasta 21, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 10.

1145 German pilot Friedrich Engler, with Jasta 62, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 4.

1845 American pilot Walter W. Avery, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1. German 39-victory ace Carl Menckhoff is taken prisoner. Menckhoff will still be a prisoner more than a year later, when he will escape from France into Switzerland in August 1919. He will settle there and buisinessman until his death in 1948.

1900 American RAF pilot John Donaldson, in SE.5a E6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1900 Brazilian-born RAF pilot Gordon Rule, in DH.9 D1715 with Lt R.A.V.R. Scherk as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1900 English RAF pilot Arthur Rowe Spurling and observer George William Bell, flying DH.9 D3056, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 1 for both.

1930 American RAF pilot Alvin Callendar, in SE.5a C1903, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1930 German ace Heinrich Dreckmann, with Jasta 4, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 10. S/Lt Jean Robert de Beauchamp of Spa 75 lands behind German lines but manages to avoid capture and escape back to his own side.

1940 German pilot Gerold Tschentschel, with Jasta 72, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 3.

1945 Two RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Norman Cooper, United States, D6484, victory number 1.
William Stephenson, Canada, C9296, victory number 11.

1950 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, flying a borrowed Fokker D.VII 244/18, returning to service after four months off recovering from a serious wound, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 30. This is also JG 1's 500th recorded victory.

2030 German pilot Erich Just, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 3.

2035 German naval pilot Heinrich Wessels, with Marine Feld Jasta 1, is credited with two Sopwith Camels for victories 5 and 6.

2035 German naval ace Gotthard Sachenberg, with MFJ 1, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 19.

2050 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 44.

2053 German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, flying an Albatros D.V with MFJ 2, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 18.

German pilot Dietrich Averes, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

German pilot Gerhard Bassenge, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Sopwith Camel D8197 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt N. Wilson of 44 Sqdrn is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 16.

German pilot Konrad Brendle, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 4.

German ace Karl Bolle, flying a Fokker Dr.I with Jasta Boelke (2), shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 26.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

Five American SPAD XIII pilots with the 95th Aero Sqdn share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Clarence S. Gill, victory number 1.
Waldo Heinrichs, victory number 2.
James Knowles, victory number 1.
George W. Puryear, victory number 1.
Sumner Sewall, victory number 4.

Two American Nieuport 28 pilots from the 147th Aero Sqdn share a victory over a Fokker D.VII.
James healy, victory number 2.
Joseph Raible, victory number 3.

James Knowles scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for number 2.

German ace Josef Schwendemann, flying with Jasta 41, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 12.

German pilot Karl Strünklenberg, with Jasta 9, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

26th July 1918

Western Front

General retreat of Germans on Marne toward Epernay.

Partial capture of Buzancy by Scottish Division.

Eastern Front

French troops join the northern Russian Expeditionary Force at Murmansk.

Aviation

Mick Mannock, the top British flying ace with 61 aerial victories, is killed in action over France.
https://i.imgur.com/Xsghekj.jpg

Political, etc.

Japan accepts U.S.'s proposals for joint action in Siberia on behalf of Czecho-Slovaks.

Government warning to munition workers: after 29 July, alternative is return to work or military service.

Ship Losses:

Blairhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Sunderland, County Durham by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Boy Jack (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the Cross Sands Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Godesgenage (Belgium) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the Cross Sands Lightship by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Monastir (France) The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Strait of Kasos (35°00′N 27°00′E) by UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached in Poro Bay, Crete. Monastir was later repaired and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

July 26, 1918


Air War:


0530 Two RAF pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Donald Clyde Inglis, New Zealand E1294, victory number 1.
Mick Mannock, England, E1294, victory number 61. Mannock fires first, then pulls off, giving "the new guy" a shot. Inglis puts in the killing shot, then Mannock flies close in to make sure of the wreckage. As he is pulling back up his plane is hit by ground fire, setting it aflame. The SE.5a crashes and burns out. Mannock's body is never properly identified and he is memorialized on the RAF's monument to the Missing. Some evidence was presented several years ago that might boost Mannock's score up to 73, but Manoock himself talked once about unconfirmed claims and when it was suggested at that time that he might have 51 vs the official 47 he said "go with the official number". In fact, the opinion of aerial historians seems to be that had he lived he would have denied even this claim, giving it solely to "the new guy". Edward Corringham Mannock seems to have been that kind of guy.

0910 English RAF ace Arthur E. Jarvis, in SE.5a B163 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 6.

1219 German pilot Kurt Delang, with Jasta 54, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 2.

1220 Arthur E. Jarvis scores his second kill of the day, sharing a victory over a DFW C.V with Lt C.B. Spackman in SE.5a C9501. Number 7 for Jarvis, unknown for Spackman. This is also Jarvis' last aerial victory. He will survive the war, and live until 1969.

[Jimbuna]

27th July 1918

Western Front

General German retreat north of Marne; cavalry pursue.

Allied troops reach line Bruyeres-Chaumuzy. (Bruyeres three miles west of Fere-en-Tardenois). Chaumuzy on River Ardre, south-west of Reims).

Ship Losses:

Antonio S (Italy) The barquentine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°27′N 11°09′E) by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Chloris (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) south by east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (53°52′N 0°10′E) by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Counsellor (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Crimdon (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of the Whitby Lighthouse, Yorkshire[124] by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Fear Not (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
I'll Try (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John Rettig (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[128] Her crew survived.
Kirkham Abbey (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Winterton-on-Sea (52°44′N 1°42′E) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight lives.
Le Bijou (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Paragon (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Passion Flower (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Porto (Portugal) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 340 nautical miles (630 km) off Cape Sable, Florida (39°18′N 60°40′W) by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Subadar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 112 nautical miles (207 km) north by west of the Cabo da Roca, Portugal by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Success (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelld and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Valour (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 27, 1918


Air War:

0830 French pilot André Petit-Delchet, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

0855 Canadian RAF ace Thomas F. Williams, in Sopwith Camel D8208 over the Italian Front, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 14. This is Williams' last aerial victory. He will survive the war, return to Canada and become a barnstormer. He will help found the Royal Canadian Air Force and serve as chief test pilot for the Fleet Aircraft Company from 1939 to 1948. In 1971 he will still be an aerobatic pilot at age 86 and publish a book of his poetry at 97. Thomas Frederic Williams will die on July 25, 1985, 79 days shy of his 100th birthday.

[Jimbuna]

28th July 1918

Western Front

French advance, occupying Fere-en-Tardenois; British retake Montagne de Bligny (Ardre valley).

Political, etc.

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the start of the war.

Albert Goodwin, English labour activist active in Canada, is shot and killed while he was on the run for evading conscription. The killing causes widespread labour unrest in British Columbia.
https://i.imgur.com/joQBPxT.jpg

Ship Losses:

Francis Robert (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hyperia (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) north west by north of Port Said, Egypt (32°21′N 31°25′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 65 lives.

[Catfish]

^ Truth or the whitewashing propaganda of the ruling class?

Goodwin increased in stature to become a highly prominent leader of the social movement that organized labour, but died rather suddenly under highly controversial circumstances that have not been settled to this day. The widely held belief was that Goodwin was murdered in an attempt to stifle collective bargaining;

"Goodwin was a conscientious objector during World War I, openly stating that the working class were now being employed to kill each other in the war. Goodwin nevertheless complied with the law and signed up for the draft, but was not conscripted after a medical examination found him temporarily unfit for military duty, stating that as a result of working in the mines he suffered from "black lung" and bad teeth. Shortly thereafter, Goodwin led a strike at the Trail lead/zinc smelter in 1917, bargaining for a standard eight-hour workday. Amidst the strike, Goodwin was notified that his temporary status had been changed and that he was now "fit for duty"."

Sure looks like a wonder healing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Goodwin

[Sailor Steve]

July 28, 1918


Air War:

0540 English RAF pilot Sydney Carlin, flying SE.5a D6922, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

0720 Canadian RAF pilot John Gordon Gillanders and English observer Eric Walker, in DH.4 A7909, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 1 for Gillanders; number 3 for Walker.

0730 John gillanders and Eric Walker score their second kill of the day, a Fokker D.VII. Number 2 for Gillanders; number 4 for Walker.

0815 Canadian RAF pilot Henry Coyle Rath, in SE.5a E5964, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0848 German ace Emil Koch, with Jasta 32, shoots down DH.4 B2065 for victory number 6. Lt R.V. Irwin is taken prisoner; Sgt G.H. Tench is wounded and captured, later dies from his wounds.

0845 German pilot Hugo Krauss, flying with Jasta 32, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

0915 English RAF ace Edward Johnstone, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 14.

0940 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Roy Manzer, Canada, C8732, victory number 8.
George Vaughn, United States, C6457, victory number 2.

0950 American RAF pilot Malcolm Clifford Howel, in Sopwith Camel D6534, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 1.

1130 German pilot Heinrich Seywald, with Jasta 23, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

1200 Two AFC Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
B1284: Allan brown, Australia, victory number 4' Garfield Finlay, Australia, victory number 7.
C4627: Carrick Paul, New Zealand, victory number 4; William Weir, Australia, victory number 6.

1400 Canadian RAF ace William Stephenson, in Sopwith Camel C9296, shoots down a Fokker D.VII vor victory number 12.

1510 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 45. This is probably 5-victory French ace Antoine Pierre Jean Cordonnier, SPAD VII, reported Missing at around this time.

1850 German pilot Ltn Grimm (no first name given), with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1900 American pilot John C. Miller and observer Stephen W. Thompson, in a Salmson 2.A2, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 2 for Miller; number 2 for Thompson.

1905 John Miller and Stephen Thompson score their second victory of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Number 2 for Miller; number 3 for Thompson.

1950 German pilot Justus Grassman, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel C8296 for victory number 3. Canadian 12-victory ace William Samuel Stephenson is wounded and taken prisoner. After the war Stephenson will return to canada and start a hardware business that will make him rich. His fortune will be enhanced further with his patent for transmitting photographs via wireless. He will use his contacts to spy on Germany, reporting directly to Winston Churchill. During World War 2 he will found a businiss in the United States that will actually be a covert operation for Churchill, by then Prime Minister. Ian Fleming once cited Stephenson as one of the real-life inspirations for James Bond. William Stephenson will die in 1989 at age 92.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 27.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Salmzon 2.A2 for victory number 10.
(The two Salmsons are from the American 12th Aero Sqdn:
1st Lt Alfred B. Baker is wounded and taken prisoner; 2nd Lt John C. Lumsden is killed.
1st Lt John C. Miller is wounded, later dying from his wounds; 1st Lt Stephen W. Thompson is wounded.)

German pilot Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macendoian Front, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 8.

French 5-victoory ace André Marie Paul Petit-Delchet, with Spa 57, is killed in an accident while taking off for a routine patrol.

[Jimbuna]

29th July 1918

Western Front

German positions north of Oulchy-le-Chateau stormed. French capture Grand Rozoy. French and British capture Buzancy. Australians capture Merris and advance in Morlancourt sector, south of Albert.

Political, etc.

Munition workers' strike ends.

Ship Losses:

Rio Pallaresa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 62 nautical miles (115 km) east north east of Malta by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 29, 1918


Air War:

0715 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Lt A.C. Lobley, C8693, nationality and victory number unknown.
Norman Mawle, England, D6917, victory number 5.

0800 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Roy Manzer, England, C8732, victory number 9.
George Vaughn, United States, C6457, victory number 4.

0900 English RAF pilot Alfred Haines, in Sopwith Camel D0412 over the Italian Front, shoots down two Phönix fighters for victories 5 and 6.

1130 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Arthur Conningham, Australia, D6883, victory number 11.
Evander Shapard, United States D6915, victory number 1.

1200 German pilot Konrad Brendle, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 5.

1210 German ace Paul Wenzel, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 9.

1215 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 9.

1700 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 16.

1700 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 11.

1710 German pilot Johann Schlimpen, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 3.

1840 German ace Franz Büchner, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9498 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt E. Cotton, 73 Sqdn, is killed.

1915 Scottish RAF pilot Walter Carlaw, in Sopwith Camel D9442, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1930 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 46.

1955 English RAF pilot Thomas Traill and observer Richard Gordon-Bennett, flying Bristol F.2b E2452, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 4 for Traill; number 1 for Gordon-Bennett.

2020 German pilot Waldemar von Dazur, with Jasta 20, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 4.

2035 German ace Friedrich von Roth, with Jasta 16, shoots down DH0 B7668 for victory number 17. Lt G. Cheston is killed; Cpl J.W. Pacey is wounded and taken prisoner.

2040 Canadian RAF pilot James White, in Sopwith Camel E1417, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

Italian pilot Sebastiano Bedendo, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Austrian "Scout" for victory number 1.

American pilot Arthur Raymond Brooks, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

German ace Arthur Laumannn, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 D8402 for victory number 19. Lt W. Chalaire and Pvt A.E. Humphrey, 202 Sqdn, are both wounded.

[Jimbuna]

30th July 1918

Western Front

Strong German resistance all along line. At St. Euphraise (south-west of Reims) German counter-attack fails. Remigny captured.

Eastern Front

German Field Marshal Hermann von Eichhorn, the military governor of Ukraine, is assassinated by Boris Donskoy, a member of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries.
https://i.imgur.com/qwchZDS.jpg

Aviation

Frank Linke-Crawford, Austro-Hungarian ace with 27 victories, is killed in action over Italy.
https://i.imgur.com/oZzGgm8.jpg

Political, etc.

Onondaga Indians declare war on Germany.

Ship Losses:

HMS Stock Force (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Start Point, Devon (49°49′N 3°53′W) by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She counter-attacked and severely damaged SM UB-80, earning her commander Harold Auten a Victoria Cross. HMS Stock Force later sank in Bigbury Bay.

[Sailor Steve]

July 30, 1918


Air War:

0710 Australian AFC pilot Edward Kenney and observer Leslie Sutherland, flying Bristol F.2b C4626 over the Palestinian Front, shoot down a DFW C.V. Victory number 2 for Kenney; number 3 for Sutherland.

0840 German pilot Kalmünzer, with Jasta 78, shoots down DH.9 D7233 for victory number 2. 1st Lt P. Dietz and 2nd Lt H.W. Batty of the Independant Air Froce are both killed.

0845 German ace Franz Piechulek, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b C904 for victory number 10. 1st Lt G.H. Zellers and Sgt J.D. Cormack of 20 Sqdn are both killed.

1015 English RAF ace Norman Mawle, in SE.5a D6917, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1015 South African RAF pilot William Nel, in SE.5a D6926, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

Italian pilot Aldo Astolfi, in an Hanriot HD.1, shoots downa an Aviatik D.I for his first and only aerial victory. Austrian 27-victory ace Frank Linke-Crawford is killed. Linke-Crawford had made sure his squadron was safe before single-handedly engaging a group of Italian fighters. His top wing was seen to come off before he crashed, leading some historians to believe he was the victim of poor construction rather than enemy action.
“Linke was both a fine flier and a fine man. He gave his men full support and generally ignored the rules about officers and non-officers having little to do with each other. He often gave away victories to other, less experienced pilots. As you can imagine, the feelings of his men for him were quite strong.”
-Julius Arigi to Dr. Martin O’Connor, 6 October 1977

[Jimbuna]

31st July 1918

Western Front

Severe fighting round Seringes (north-east of Fere-en-Tardenois); finally left to Americans.

Aviation

George McElroy, one of the leading British flying aces and the top Irish ace with 47 victories, is killed in action over France.
https://i.imgur.com/P6VcdI8.jpg

A British Sopwith Camel, piloted by Stewart Culley, successfully takes off from a small barge being pulled behind a destroyer.
https://i.imgur.com/z6OtY2P.jpg

Political, etc.

Lord R. Cecil accepts recommendations of Royal Commission on Foreign Office reforms.

Sir Charles W. Fielding appointed Director-General of Food Production.

Ship Losses:

Alkor (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the south coast of Norway by SM U-98 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT City of Liverpool (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 71 (Walter Warzecha) and sank in The Downs with the loss of ten of her crew.
USS C. F. Sargent (United States Navy) The collier foundered off the Hen and Chicken Shoals.


MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 115 ships of 274,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

[Sailor Steve]

July 31, 1918


Air War:

0915 South African RAF pilot Gerald Anderson, flying Bristol F.2b D8062 with an unnamed observer, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

0930 English RAF pilot Rupert Gifford, in Sopwith Camel D1862, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

0930 Englsih RAF ace Edward Johnstone, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 15.

0930 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1845, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 36.

0930 Irish RAF ace George McElroy, in SE.5a E1310, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 47.

1050 Canadian RAF pilot John Gillanders and English observer Eric Walker, flying a DH.4, are credited with shooting down two Pfalz D.IIIs. Victories 3 and 4 for Gillander; 5 and six for Walker. This is also Eric Walker's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and live until 1983.

1110 Scottish RAF pilot Andrew MacGregor, in DH.4 D8398 with Lt J.F.D. Tanqueray as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1115 Two RAF Camel aces share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Lawrence Coombes, India, D9673, victory number 14.
Ivan Sanderson, England, E1405, victory number 5.

1115 American RAF ace Kenneth Unger, in Sopwith Camel D9608, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1130 English RAF pilot Thomas Nash, in Sopwith Camel B7176, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 2.

Irish 47-victory RAF ace George Edward Henry McElroy, known as "McIrish" to his friends, does not return from his second patrol of the day and is reported as Missing. It turns out that, like Mick Mannock (and Manfred von Richthofen) before him, McElroy was killed by ground fire while flying too low.

[August]

100 years ago today my Great Grandfathers unit, the 8th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, part of the 14th Bavarian Infantry Division (2nd Army) arrived in the Castel-Bois Senecat sector of Western front east of Amiens to relieve the 21st Infantry Division.

[Jimbuna]

1st August 1918

Western Front

Allies advance on Ourcq, on north, reaching line Cramoiselle-Cramaille (north-west of Fere-en-Tardenois), on south take Cierges (south-east of Fere-en-Tardenois).

French capture Romigny (south-west of Reims).

Eastern Front

Allied forces land at Archangel and capture defences.

Political, etc.

Speech of Mr. Balfour on League of Nations.

Ship Losses:

Columbia (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Mikula Selyaninovich (Soviet Navy) Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War; The icebreaker was scuttled at Archangelsk to prevent capture by British forces.
Svyatogor (Soviet Navy) Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War; The icebreaker was scuttled at Archangelsk to prevent capture by British forces.

[Sailor Steve]

August 1, 1918


Air War:

0720 English RAF pilot Richard Gammon and Canadian observer Percival Appleby, flyijg a DH.9, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 2 for both.

0810 Three American pilots in Nieuport 28s share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Donald Hudson, victory number 3.
R.V. Navius, victory number 1.
Jerry Vasconcells, victory number 2.

0811 Donald Hudson shoots down another Rumpler for victory number 4.

0815 Donald Hudson and Jerry Vasconcells share a victory over a Fokker D.VII with a third pilot:
Donald Hudson, number 5.
Ivan Roberts, victory number 2.
Jerry Vasconcells, victory number 3.

0830 English RAF pilot George Henry Benjamin Smith and observer William Harrop, in a DH.9. shoot down a Pfalz D.III Victory number 1 for both.

0900 Two French SPAD aces with Spa 154 share the destructon of a German observation balloon:
Michel Coiffard, victory number 18.
Jacques Erlich, victory number 11.

0902 Michel Coiffard and Jacques Erlich share a second victory over a balloon. Number 19 for Coiffard; number 12 for Erlich.

0905 Michel Coiffard and Jacques Erlich flame a third balloon. Victories 20 and 13 respectively.

0910 German ace Franz Hemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Nieuport 28. 1st Lt Arthur L. Whiton, of the American 27th Aero Sqdn, is listed as Missing.

0915 German pilot Richard Wenzl, with Jasta 6, shoots down SPAD XIII 15143 for victory number 5. 1st Lt Oliver T. Beauchamp of the 27th Aero is killed.

0930 German pilot Alfred Fleischer, flying an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 2. 1st Lt Clifford A. McElvain of the 27th Aero is taken prisoner.

0930 English RAF pilot Harry Goode, in Sopwith Camel E1494 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 3.

0930 German pilot Johannes Jessen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 1. 1st Lt Richard C. Martin of the 27th Aero is taken prisoner.

0930 German pilot Egon Koepsch, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Nieuport 28 6259 for victory number 5. 1st Lt John L. Hunt, 27th Aero, is killed.

0930 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Nieuport 28 6275 for victory number 41. 1st Lt Charles B. Sands of the 27th Aero is killed.

0940 Three French pilots from Spa 154 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Paul Barbreau, victory number 6.
Adj Chevalier (no first name given), victory number 3.
Paul Waddington, victory number 8.

0945 German ace Ludwig Beckmann, with Jasta 56, shoots down DH.9 D2855 for victory number 6. Capt J.W. Mathews and 2nd Lt W.A. John, 206 Sqdn, are both killed.

0945 German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, claims a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 41. This is probably one of several Salmson 2.A2s shot down this day.

0945 German pilot Ernst Binkenstein, with Jasta 51, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

1005 Three American SPAD XIII pilots with the 94th Aero Sqdn share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Robert Z. Cates, victory number 3.
Harvey Weir Cook, victory number 1.
William F. Loomis, victory number 1.

1915 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Robert Holme, England, D6155, victory number 5. This is Holme's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and take a permanent commission in the RAF. He will die as a passenger in an air crash at Kirkuk, Iraq in 1922.
Henry Rath, Canada, E5964, victory number 4.

1100 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Nieuport 28 for victory number 18.

1100 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 57.

1150 Australian AFC pilot James Joseph Wellwood, in SE.5a D6913, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 1.

1215 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for number 42.

1245 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, flying a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 17. ADj-Chef J. Raszewski is listed as Missing.

1245 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 26.

1305 German ace Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos, with Jasta 11, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 7. This is Groos' last aerial victory. He will survive the war and become the director of the Westdeutschen Steinzeug-Werke. He will live until 1997, the last surviving member of Jasta 11, and die at age 103.

1310 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, commanding Jasta 11, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 31. The Jasta was in the process of transitioning from Fokker Dr.Is to D.VIIs at this time, and sources are unclear about which plane the pilots are flying on a given day.

1500 Australian AFC ace Roy Phillipps, in SE.5a D6860, claims a DFW C.V and a Fokker D.VII for victories 13 and 14.

1640 English RAF ace Albert Jones, flying Sopwith Camel C200, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7. This is Jones' last aerial victory. He will transfer to the Home Establishment on August 13. After that there seems to be no information available.

1752 German ace Robert Heibert, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 11.

1755 German pilot Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 5.

1758 Oskar Hennrich brings down a second balloon for victory number 6.

1800 Robert Heibert flames his second balloon of the day for victory number 12.

1850 Four American SPAD XIII pilots with the 13th Aero Sqdn shart a victory over two Albatros D.Vs:
Charles Biddle, victories 3 and 4.
H.B. Freeman, victory numbers unknown.
John Joseph Seerley, victories 1 and 2.
William Howard Stovall, victories 1 and 2.

2025 Lothar von Richthofen scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for number 32.

2030 Ernst Udet gains his third victory of the day, shooting down a SPAD for number 43.

French ace Eugene Camplan, with Spa 84, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 7. Camplan is wounded in this fight, ending his combat career. He wil survive the war and live until 1944.

French 23-victory ace Gabriel FErnand Charles Guérin is killed when his SPAD VII spins into the ground while taking off for a patrol.

[Jimbuna]

2nd August 1918

Western Front

French re-take Soissons.

Germans retreating to River Vesle.

Eastern Front

Pro-Entente revolution in Archangel. Anti-Bolshevik forces, with Allied naval and aerial support, take the city of Arkhangelsk, Russia from the Soviets.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks occupy Urmia, north-west Persia.

Naval

British 20th Destroyer Flotilla wanders into a German minefield in the Heligoland Bight, resulting in the sinking of the HMS Vehement and the HMS Ariel, resulting in around 97 deaths.
HMS Vehement
https://i.imgur.com/2YI5fAA.jpg

Political, etc.

Japanese Government decides to act with U.S.A. in sending troops to Vladivostok.

Ship Losses:

HMS Ariel (Royal Navy) The Acheron-class destroyer struck a mine at the western end of the Heligoland Bight and sank with the loss of 49 of her 70 crew.
Dornfontein (Canada) The four-masted auxiliary schooner was set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) west north west of Brier Island, Nova Scotia by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed in to port but was a total loss.
Flevo X (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Floréal (French Navy) The Pluviose-class submarine collided with the armed boarding steamer HMS Hazel ( Royal Navy) and sank in the Aegean Sea.
Malvina (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of fourteen of her crew.
Portugal (Belgium) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°32′N 5°07′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Remke (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) west north west of the Hoek van Holland, South Holland by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Scania (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
T-15 (Soviet Navy) The T-13-class minesweeper was shelled and sunk at Archangelsk by Prince Pozharsky ( Russian Navy) White Movement. Salvaged by the Whites, repaired and returned to service.
Tokuyama Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States (39°12′N 70°23′W) by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Vehement (Royal Navy) The V and W-class destroyer struck a mine in the Heligoland Bight and was consequently scuttled.

[Sailor Steve]

August 2, 1918


Air War:

0045 English RAF ace Stanley Cockerell, Flying Sopwith Camel C6717 on a Home-Defence night patrol, shoots down a Gotha bomber for victory number 7.

0930 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
George Gauld, Canada, C6468, victory number 2.
Frederick Stanley Gordon, New Zealand, D3438, victory number 1.

German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.

[Jimbuna]

3rd August 1918

Western Front

Allies reach Fismes (on River Vesle), and retake 50 villages.

Germans retreat behind River Ancre from Hamel (north of Albert) to Dernancourt (south of Albert).

Eastern Front

British forces land at Vladivostok.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British ambulance transport "Warilda", homeward bound, torpedoed and sunk, 123 lost.
https://i.imgur.com/DzmwV4n.jpg

Political, etc.

Anti-Greek riots break out in Toronto over rumours that a Canadian veteran was mistreated in a Greek café. Thousands of Canadians destroy Greek businesses in the city and clash with police and militia.

Ship Losses:

Annie Perry (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Berwind (United States) The cargo shp was sunk in the English Channel off Audierne, Manche, France (47°55′N 4°28′W) by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Cambrai (France) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 of her crew.
Chrysolite (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Geraint ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Morte Point, Devon and sank.
Lake Portage (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) south of Audierne (47°56′N 4°44′W) by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Ludvig (Denmark) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°35′N 3°41′E) by SM UB-120 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maceio (Brazil) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ortegal, Spain (45°02′N 10°27′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Muriel (United States) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) west by north of Seal Island by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rob Roy (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) east of Seal Island by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Skjold (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was shelled and damaged in the North Sea off Lindesnes, Rogaland, Norway by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and was abandoned by her crew. The derelict vessel was sunk on 12 September by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sydney B. Atwood (United States) The ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Seal Island by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UB-53 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine struck two mines and sank in the Strait of Otranto (39°40′N 18°40′E) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Vouga (Portugal) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Spain (45°40′N 10°28′W by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMAT Warilda (Royal Australian Navy) The hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) south south west of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°10′N 0°13′W) by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 123 of the 801 people on board.

[Sailor Steve]

August 3, 1918


Air War:

0650 Canadian RAF ace Roy Manzer, Flying SE.5a C8732, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

0735 American RAF pilot Francis Warrington Gillet, in Sopwith Dolphin C3887, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0945 German ace Ludwig Beckmann, with Jasta 56, shoots down Sopwith Camel E5159 for victory number 7. Lt Murray K. Spidle, with the US 17th Aero Sqdn, is listed as Missing.

1025 German pilot Vfw Dettmering (no first name given), with Jasta 68, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 3. This is Dettmering's last aerial victory. He will survive the war but nothing further is known.

1130 Australian AFC pilot Edward Kenny and observer Leslie Sutherland, in Bristol F.2b C4626, shoot down an Albatros two-seater. Victory number 3 for Kenny; number 4 for Sutherland.

1145 Edward Kenny and Leslie Sutherland score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros two-seater. Victory 4 for Kenny; number 5 for Sutherland.

1210 Edward Kenny and Leslie Sutherland bring down a third Albatros C-type, for victories 5 and 6 respectively. This one is shared with Australian pilot Paul Joseph McGuinnes and observer Wilmot Fysh in F.2b B1223. Victory number 2 for both.

1720 Gernab pilot Karl Schmückle, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 3.

1725 German pilot Max Kuhn, with Jasta 21, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 3.

1835 English RAF pilot Cyril Hayes Sawyer, in Sopwith Camel B9253, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1935 Two French aces flying with Spa 154 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Paul Barbreau, victory number 7.
Michel Coiffard, victory number 21.

1937 Paul Barbreau and Michel Coiffard blow up another German balloon, for victoies 8 and 22 respectively.

French pilot Jean Pierre Joseph de Gaillard de la Valdène, with Spa 95, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5. This is Gaillard's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and have an adventurous life. He will marry two well-know women, first being Spanish tennis star and feminist Lili Alvarez and later wealthy race-horse heiress Diana Guest. In the Second World War he well go to Algeria and Morocco to recruit pilots for the Free French Air Force. Gaillard will live until 1977, dying at age 91.

Two French pilots with Spa 37 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft":
Fernand Goyou, victory number 5.
MdL Martin (no first name given), victory number 1.

German naval pilot Flgmt Held (no first name given), with Marine Feld Jasta 2, makes an unusual "kill". He is tasked with shooting down an observation balloon from his own side which has broken loose from its tethers. Held, like most of his contemporaries, will never make a claim against an enemy aircraft.

German pilot Hans Horst, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4. This is Horst's last aerial victory. He is listed as surviving the war, but there is no further information.

German pilot Vfw Kautz (no first name given), with Jasta 46, shoots down RE.8 D4882 for victory number 1. Lt A.F. Forsyth of 9 Sqdn RAF is wounded and taken prisoner; 2nd Lt E.S. Coombes is taken prisoner.

Canadian RAF pilot William Swaze, in a Bristol F.2b with 2nd Lt E.M. Nicholas as obserer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

[Jimbuna]

4th August 1918

Western Front

Americans take Fismes; Allies on right bank of Vesle.

End of Second Battle of the Marne.

Eastern Front

General Kirchbach takes command at Kiev.

Political, etc.

On recommendation by Lieutenant Hugo Gutmann, a German Jewish soldier, Gefreiter Adolf Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross, First Class.
https://i.imgur.com/aurAQuB.jpg

Ship Losses:

Clan Macnab (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north north west of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°20′N 5°55′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 crew.
Don (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 350 nautical miles (650 km) west of the Skellig Islands (50°44′N 16°21′W) by SM U-157 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hundvaagø (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Groix, Finistère by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Nelson A. (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
O. B. Jennings (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the coast of Virginia (36°40′N 73°58′W) by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.
Reinhard (Russia) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea north east of Ireland (55°27′N 6°45′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Remonstrant (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 280 nautical miles (520 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°30′N 18°00′W) by SM U-157 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 4, 1918


Air War:

0810 German ace Gustav Dörr, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 19.

0810 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD XI two-seater for victory number 13.

0830 Canadian RAF ace Roy Manzer, in SE.5a C8732, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 11.

0840 New Zealander RAF pilot Ronald Burns Bannerman, in Sopwith Dolphin C3879, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1415 German ace Arno Benzler, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

1415 German ace Gunther Dobberke, flying with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 6.

1415 German pilot Arthur Korff, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for vicory number 1.

1930 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, Destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 18.

1930 German Max Kuhn, with Jasta 21, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 4.

1930 German pilot Heinrich Haase, with Jasta 21, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 2.

1935 Oskar von Boenigk scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD two-seater for number 19.

1937 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27.

2005 German pilot Johannes Jessen, with Jasta 4, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2. This is Jessen's last aerial victory. He will survive the war, but nothing else is known of his life.

2005 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 44.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macendonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 9. Lt A.E. Utman of Serbian Escadrille 503 is killed.

German ace Herbert Knappe, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

[Jimbuna]

5th August 1918

Aviation

Five German airships attack East Anglia; no casualties. One brought down in flames 40 miles from land.

Political, etc.

Message of Mr. Lloyd George to British Empire to "Hold Fast".

U.S.A. Man-power Bill introduced into Congress; military age from 18 to 45.

Ship Losses:

Agnes G. Holland (United States) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Belaya Akatsiya (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The armed boat was run aground and abandoned on the Volga River during a battle with Czech Legion gunboats.
Burtak (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The armed boat was run aground and abandoned on the Volga River during a battle with Czech Legion gunboats.
Freshfield (Canada) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east by nort of Capo Colonna, Calabria, Italy by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Luz Blanca (Canada) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Stanley M. Seaman (United States) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) east of Cape Hatteras, Virginia by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

https://i.imgur.com/vifQeFf.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

August 5, 1918


Air War:

0815 Canadian RAF ace Gerald Bell, flying SE.5a 3495 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Siemens-Schuckert D.III for victory number 13.

0920 English RAF pilot Harry Goode, in Sopwith Camel E1494 over the Italian Front, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 4.

German ace Gerhard Fieseleer, with Jasta 25 over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

[Jimbuna]

6th August 1918

Western Front

Germans attack south of Morlancourt (south of Albert), retaking part of Australian gains.

General Foch promoted Marshal of France.

Political, etc.

Speech of Mr. Montagu on Indian Constitutional Reform.

M. Malvy sentences to five years' banishment.

Czech's, Yugo-Slavs, some Poles vote against Austrian Budget.

Retirement of Herren Ballin and Holtzendorff from Council of Central Europe.

Ship Losses:

Biruta (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) nort west of Calais, France by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Clan Macneil (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Alexandria, Egypt (31°21′N 29°47′E) by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Comet (Royal Navy) The Acorn-class destroyer collided with another vessel and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
Diamond (United States Lighthouse Service) The lightship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Merak (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (34°57′N 75°40′W) by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 6, 1918


Air War:

1045 English RAF pilot Alec Williamson and observer Edward Hoare, flying Bristol F.2b C4720, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 3 for Williamson; number 4 for Hoare.

1250 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 14. 1st Lt W.S. Amderson, 1st Balloon Company USBS, parachutes safely.

German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 18.

German ace Gunther Dobberke, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 7.

German pilot Otto Stockmann, with Jasta 66, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

7th August 1918

Western Front

French and American troops cross the Vesle River and advance against the Germans on a 5-mile front.

Naval and Overseas Operations

French cruiser "Dupetit Thouars" torpedoed in Atlantic, 13 lost.
https://i.imgur.com/DtnRcAz.jpg

Ship Losses:

Dupetit-Thouars (French Navy) The Gueydon-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) west of Brest, Finistère by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Highland Harry (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 83 nautical miles (154 km) north by west of Eagle Island, County Mayo (55°28′N 11°15′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 lives.
Lorna (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère (47°00′N 12°00′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 7, 1918


Air War:

0630 Australian AFC pilot Adrian Cole, flying SE.5a C1934, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

0815 Candian RAF pilot Earl Crabb, in SE.5a C8896, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

0815 Englsih RAF pilot Herbert Barrett Good, in SE.5a D6925, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

0825 German Ernst Binkenstein, with Jasta 51, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 3.

0850 Herbert good scores his second kill, another Fokker D.VII, for victory number 2.

0910 Canadian RAF ace Roy Manzer, flying SE.5a C8732, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 12. This is Manzer's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and beoome in turn a lawyer, director of a mining firm, registrar to the Diocese of British Columbia, Reeve (council director) of Oak Bay, BC, and was an apointee as Queen's Council at the time of his death in 1956.

1000 German ace Robert von Greim, commanding JagdGruppe 9, shoots down SE.5a C1944 for victory number 16. Sgt H.J.N. Guy of 84 Sqdn RAF is wounded and taken prisoner.

1000 English RAF pilot Leslie Hollinghurst, in Sopwith Dolphin C4136, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 2.

1000 German pilot Johann Kithil, with Jasta 34, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1000 German ace Paul Lotz, with Jasta 44, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 6.

1150 English RAF ace Edward Johnstone, flying a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 16.

1150 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1845, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 38.

1405 Australian RAF pilot Thomas Baker, in sopwith Camel E1482, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1630 German pilot Karl Ritscherle, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

1700 German ace Arno Benzler, with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

1700 German pilot Arthur Korff, flying with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1720 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, with Jasta 21, shoots down an American observation balloon for victory number 20. Lts G. Phelps and H.E. Montgomr of the 2nd Balloon Corps, USBS, both parachute safely.

1720 German pilot Max Kuhn, with Jasta 21, shoots down a French observation balloon for victory number 5. Lt Dumas and Asp Bonnet of the 54° Cie dAérostiers both parachute safely.

1752 French pilot Maurice Bizot, with Spa 90, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

1940 German pilot Johann Schlimpen, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 4.

German ace Herbert Knappe, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 7.

German ace Arthur Laumann, with Jasta 66, shoots down an Allied observation balloon for victory number 17.

[Jimbuna]

8th August 1918

Western Front

Second and decisive Battle of Amiens begins. Great Franco-British advance (British 4th and French 1st Armies) on Amiens front from Morlancourt to Montdidier.

General line advanced to Plessier-Rozainvillers, Beaucourt, Caix, Framerville, Chipilly, and west of Morlancourt.

Political, etc.

(British) Education Act receives Royal Assent.

Reply of Mr. Balfour in House of Commons to Pacifists.

Ship Losses:

Clan Macvey (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 0.5 nautical miles (930 m) off Anvil Point, Dorset by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
HMT Michael Clements (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by HMT John Cattling ( Royal Navy). Her crew survived.
Sydland (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Navy),[50] (43°30′N 65°23′W), by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UC-49 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Cornwall, (50°20′N 3°30′W) United Kingdom by HMS Opossom ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 31 crew.
SMS V68 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V25-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium with the loss of eighteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 8, 1918


Air War:

0800 English RAF ace Douglas Davies, flying Sopwith Camel C1599 over the Italian Front, shoots down an enemy fighter for victory number 7.

0805 English RAF pilot Denis Edwin Edgley and Scottish observer Gergus Gray Craig, in DH.4 8382, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 1 for both.

0810 Douglas Davies scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another fighter for victory number 8.

0810 Scottish RAF pilot Andrew MacGregor, in DH.4 D8398 with Lt J.F.D. Tanqueray as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

0830 South African RAF pilot Cecil Robert Thompson, in SE.5a D6906, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0900 German ace Josef Mai, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 18.

0900 German pilot Alfons Scheicher, with Jasta 34, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

0905 German ace Otto Könnecke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 23.

0910 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 11.

0915 Georg Meyer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another DH.9 for number 12.

0950 English RAF pilot Charles Steele, flying Bristol F.2b F5811 with 2nd Lt E. Vickers as observer, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 4.

1030 English RAF ace pilot John Gurdon and ace observer Charles Gass, in Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 24 for Gurdon; number 35 for Gass.

1030 English RAF pilot Leslie King and ace observer Valentine Collins, in Bristol F.2b D7894, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 5 for King; number 6 for Collins.

1030 English RAF ace Gilbert Strange, in SE.5a B191, shoots down a Fokker Dr.( for victory number 6.

1040 English RAF ace pilot William Harvey and observer Dennis Waight, in Bristol F.2b E2466, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 18 for Harvey; number 2 for Waight.

1040 John Gurdon and Charles Gass; William Harvey and Dennis Waight all share a victory over a Pfalz D.III. Number 25 for Gurdon; 36 for Gass; 19 for Harvey; and 3 for Waight.

1045 German pilot Vfw Borges (no first name given), with Jasta 44, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1045 German ace Paul Lotz, with Jasta 44, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 7.

1145 Otto Könnecke scores his second kill of the day, an SE.5a, for number 24.

1240 German ace Robert von Greim, commanding Jagdgruppe 10, shoots down RE.8 C2309 for victory number 17. Lt E.J. Bice and 2nd Lt J.E. Chapmann of 3 Sqdn AFC are both killed.

1250 Alfons Scheicher scores his second kill, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for number 2.

1255 German pilot Karl Baurenfeind, with Jasta 34, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

1255 English RAF pilot Alexander Beck, n SE.5a D6945, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1255 German pilot Georg Kröhl, with Jasta 34, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 4.

1255 Alfons Scheicher gains his third victory, a DH.9.

1310 English RAF ace Ernest Owen, flying SE.5a C8846, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

1400 Scottish RAF pilot Gordon Metcalfe Duncan, in SE.5a D6178, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1400 German pilot Adolf Gutknecht, with Jasta 43, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

1415 German pilot Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 46, shoots down SE.5a C8732 for victory number 5. Canadian 12-victory ace Capt Roy Manzer is taken prisoner.

1445 Germa ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down DH.4 D3078 for victory number 29. Capts F.G. Powell and G.H.P. Whitfield are both wounded and taken prisoner.

1545 German pilot Ltn Leppin (no first name given), flying with Jasta 24, shoots down an English two-seater for victory number 1.

1616 German pilot Alexander Hellwig, with Jasta 79, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

1620 German pilot Karl Gregor, with Jasta 29, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 3.

1625 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, is credited with two DH.9s for victories 18 and 19.

1640 German pilot August Burkard, with Jasta 29, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

1640 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Hannover two-seater:
John Doyle, England, E1397, victory number 2.
Robert Whitney, Canada, C8886, victory number 3.

1650 Robert Whitne shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3, this time accompanied by Lt F.W. Clark in SE.5a E3819.

1720 German pilot Johann Schmidt, with Jasta 79, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2.

1725 German pilot Hermann Juhnke, with Jasta 52, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 5.

1725 German pilot Josef Keller, with Jasta 43, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1730 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 50.

1730 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 C2152 for victory number 33. Lt George Strachan Ramsay and 2nd Lt Walter Noel Hartley are both listed as Missing.

1730 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 45.

1745 Lothar von Richthofen scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SE.5a B151 for victory number 34. 2nd Lt James Grantley Hall is killed.

1800 English RAF pilot David James hughes, in Sopwith Camel D6603, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1810 Adolf Gutknecht scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

1815 American RAF pilot John Donaldsno, in SE.5q B8374, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1815 Otto Könnecke gains his third victory of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 25.

1820 English RAF pilot Clifford Bowman and observer Philip Holligan, flying DH.9 D3052, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 2 for Bowman; number 4 for Holligan.

1830 German pilot Justus Grassmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 4.

1830 English RAF pilot Sidney William Hightwood, in SE.5a C8496, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1830 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 46.

1835 American RAF pilot James Keating and observer Edward Simpson, in DH.0 D3165, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 2 for both.

1850 Erich Löwenhardt gains his third victory of the day, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for number 51.

1850 Lothar von Richthofen scores victory number three, shooting down SE.5a D6962 for number 35. Capt Kenneth Charles Mills of 1 Sqdn RAF is listed as Missing.

1855 German ace Josef Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for number 19.

1900 German ace Franz Hemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 18.

[Jimbuna]

9th August 1918

Western Front

On the first day of the Battle of Amiens, Allied forces advance 7 miles on a 20-mile front against the Germans, taking around 16,000 German prisoners. German General Ludendorff calls it “the black day of the German Army.”

Second Battle of Lassigny begins.

British occupy Morlancourt and reach Lihons (2 miles from Chaulnes).

French 3rd Army advances on Montdidier from north and south, capturing Assainvillers (on south) and Pierrepont (on north).

Eastern Front

News of arrest of Messrs. Lockhart (British Consul-General at Moscow) and Wardrop (British Consul) by Bolsheviks.

Southern Front

Italian air raid on Vienna dropping leaflets, not bombs.

Political, etc.

Appeal of Executive of Miners' Federation of Great Britain to miners to increase output of coal by avoiding unnecessary absenteeism.

Ship Losses:

Emma (Russia) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Skagerrak 37 nautical miles (69 km) off Ryvingen, Rogaland, Norway (57°29′N 8°09′E) by SM UB-89 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Girola Ciolino (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Malta Channel (36°18′N 13°34′E) by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Glenlee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Orkney (Denmark) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (39°50′N 17°47′W) by SM U-157 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 9, 1914


Eight Italian Ansaldo SVAs of 87 Squadriglia, led by Gabriele d'Annunzio, fly over Vienna for 30 minutes without interference from Austro-Hungarian forces, taking photographs and dropping leaflets before returning to base without loss.

0725 German ace Alois Heldmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

0730 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 D5666 for victory number 36. Capt William Henry Doré and Lt John Ewing Wallace, 107 Sqdn RAF, are both listed as Missing.

0735 German pilot Erich Just, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 4.

0740 English RAF pilot Harry Goode, in Sopwith Camel E1494 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenberg C.I for victory number 5.

0740 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F2167 for victory number 52. Lt A.C.R. Hawley, 54 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0755 Scottish RAF ace Arthur Randall, flying SE.5a C6454, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 7.

0800 German pilot Hans Reimers, with Jasta 6, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

0800 German ace Paul Wenzel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 10.

0810 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 11.

0810 German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 13.

0810 German pilot Albert Lux, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down DH.9 C6343 for victory number 2. Lt G. Beveridge of 107 Sqdn RAF is wounded, Lt S.L. Dunlop is unharmed.

0810 German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down Sopwith Camel E1548 for victory number 5. Lt C.F.W. Illingworth, 65 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1050 Seven RAF DH.4 crews share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
George Darvill, England, victory number 6; Lt J. Fenwick, nationality and victory number unknown.
John Gillanders, Canada, victory number 5; Lt McCall, nationality and victory number unknown.
Herbert Gould, England, victory number 6; 2nd Lt E. Jinman, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt Kearney and Lt Buckner, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.
Lt E. Peskett and 2nd Lt W. Clark, nationalituies and victory numbers unknown.
Lt A. Pickin and Lt Hutchinson, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.
Lt Snook and Lt Askin, nationalities and victory numbers unknown.

1105 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down DH.4 D8416 for victory number 30. Lt J.W. Pitt-Pitts, 57 Sqdn RAF, is killed; 2nd Lt H.S. Musgrove is taken prisoner.

1230 German ace Franz Brandt, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 8.

1230 German ace Christian Mesch, flying with Jasta 26, shoots down SE.5a B8374 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt P.T.R. Reveley, 32 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1240 Paul Billik scores his second kill of the day, ahooting down an SE.5a for victory number 31.

1620 German ace Otto Könnecke, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 26.

1625 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6520 for victory number 48. Lt R. Stone, 201 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1700 Brazilian RAF ace Gordon Rule, in DH.9 D1715 with 2nd Lt S.P. Scott as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7. This is Gordon Fox Rule's last aerial victory. He will survive the war and return to São Paulo, becoming the head of the Central Office of the Companhia de Terras Norte Paraná. He will also serve as a leading member of the São Paulo Athletic Club until his death in 1987.

1710 English RAF pilot Leslie Hollinghurst, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4136, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

1710 Leslie Hollinghurst shoots down an LVG two-seater, this time in company with Lt C.S. Harvey. Victory number 4 for Hollinghurst; unknown for Harvey.

1725 Vfw Schlemmel (first name not given), with Jasta 9, shootsd won an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 1.

1800 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

1800 Grman ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 41.

1800 German ace Rudolf Klimke, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down SE.5a E1327 for victory number 14. Lt R.L. Paskill, 32 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1815 Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XVI two-seater for number 10.

1920 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XVI two-seater for victory number 13.

1830 Rudolf Berthold scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a French Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 42.

1830 German ace Johannes Klein, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory numbr 12.

1840 Lothar von Richthofen gains his third victory of the day, shooting down DH.9 F6066 for number 37. Capt Alexander John Mayo and 2nd Lt Joseph Wesson Jones of 107 Sqdn RAF are both killed.

1855 Erich Löwenhardt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel D9589 for number 53. 2nd Lt M.S. Misener of 201 Sqdn RAF is killed.

1900 German pilot Vfw Kettlehack (no first name given), with Jasta 63, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1915 German pilot Ltn Gutsche (no first name given), with Jasta 36, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1. Sgt A. Martin of Spa 94 is listed as Missing.

2120 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel F9252 for number 49. Lt H.E. Dempsey of 65 Sqdn RAF is taken prisoner.

German ace Karl Bolle, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down RE.8 B6502 fo victory number 29. Lt J.E.T. Sutcliffe and 2nd Lt L.A. Clack of 6 Sqdn RAF are both taken prisoner.

German ace Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 46, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 6.

German pilot Albert Hets. with Jasta 37, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 5.

German ace Robert Heibert, with Jasta 46, shoots down a DH.9 for victory mumber 13.

German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 8.

German ace Otto Könnecke, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a and a Bristol F.2b for victories 27 and 28.

German ace Arthur Laumann, with Jasta 66, is credited with shooting down three SPADs for victories 18, 19 and 20.

German pilot Otto Löffler, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Armstron-Whitworth FK.8 C8593 for victory number 3. 2nd Lts J.M. Brown and A. Gilchrist of 35 Sqdn RAF land safely on their own side of the lines.

German ace Alfons Scheicher, with Jasta 34, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

10th August 1918

Western Front

French retake Montdidier.

The First United States Army is formed in France under the command of General Pershing, as sufficient American manpower has arrived to the Western Front.

Naval

French troopship SS Polynesien is sunk by the German submarine SM UC-22, resulting in 19 deaths. The ship was carrying Serbian soldier Milunka Savić, one of the most decorated female soldiers in history, who survived.
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Ship Losses:

Aleda May (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-117 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cruiser (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Earl & Nettie (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Katie L. Palmer (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Madame Renee (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Mary E. Sennett (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Patra (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Polynesien (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Valletta, Malta by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen lives.
Progress (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Reliance (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tatarrax (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Rosetta, Egypt (32°00′N 30°45′E) by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 61 lives.
William H. Starbuck (United States) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (41°45′N 67°10′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 10, 1914


Air War:

0649 Scottish RAF ace Arthur Randall, flying SE.5a C6454, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 8.

0750 Four RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Hilbert Leigh Blair, United States, C1945, victory number 1.
Thomas Harries, Scotland, C8844, victory number 8.
Wilfred Selwyn, England, C8840, victory number 6.
William Lambert, United States, B8395, victory number 15.

0915 English RAF pilot Leslie Hollinghurst, in Sopwith Dolphin C4136, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1000 German ace Robert von Greim, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 19.

1010 German pilot Paul Groll, with Jasta 40, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

1040 German pilot Albert Lux, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 3.

1040 German ace Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 6.

1040 German pilot Friedirch Theodor Noltenius, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 1.
(Only two Dolphins were lost this day:
C4176, Lt T.T. Shipman taken prisoner.
D3774, 1st Lt G.S. Harvey UASA taken prisoner.)

1125 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 14.

1125 German pilot Uffz Lohrmann (no first name given), with Jasta 42, shoots down SE.5a E1286 for victory number 1. Lt H. Allen, 56 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1130 German ace Ernst Udet, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7399 for victory number 50. Lt V.B. McIntosh, 3 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1140 American RAF pilot Alvin Callendar, in SE.5a C9565, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1200 German pilot Hans Borck, with Jasta 15, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 2.

1215 German pilot Griedrich August Freiherr von Köckeritz, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

1215 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a B8429 for victory number 54. Capt W.O. Bolger, 56 Sqdn RAF, is killed. Shortly after this Löwenhardt and German pilot Alfred Wenz collide. Wenz bails out safely, but Löwenhardt's parachute fails to open and he falls 12,000 feet to his death. Wenz will survive the war without ever scoring an aerial victory and live until 1969.

1220 German ace Rudolf Berthold, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 43.

1230 Rudolf Berthold scores his second kill of the day, shooting down DH.9 B9344 for victory number 44. 2nd Lt H. Hartley and Sgt O.D. Beetham, 49 Sqdn RAF, are both taken prisoner. Berthold's plane is severely damaged and crashes into a house. He survives but will never fly in combat again. After the war Berthold puts together a Freikorps of 1,200 men to fight the Communists in Lithuania. They failed, and on March 15,1920 a mob attacked Berthold. Legend has it that he was strangled with his own Pour le Merite, but it seems more likely that Rudolf Berthold was shot to death with his personal sidearm.

1245 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a D6094 for victory number 24. Lt H.T. Flintoft, 56 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1310 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1783 for victory number 20. Lt S.A. Dawson, 73 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1425 English RAF pilot Noel Keeble and Irish observer Eric Betts, in DH.4 A7446, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for Keeble; number 3 for Betts.

1540 Englsih pilot William Henry Clarke and observer Charles Myers Whitham, flying DH.4 A7573, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 1 for both.

1600 German pilot Heinrich Maushake, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down RE.8 C5069 for victory number 5. 2nd Lts C.F. Grant and W.H. Weber, 5 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1630 French ace Jacques Erlich, with Spa 154, destroys a German observation ballooon for victory number 14.

1715 Germa ace Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 46, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 7.

1805 German pilot Siegfried Büttner, with Jasta 61, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 5.

1810 English RAF ace pilot John Gurdon and ace observer Charles Gass, flying Bristol F.2b E2454, are credited with two Fokker D.VIIs Victories 26 and 27 for Gurdon; 37 and 38 for Gass.

1810 English RAF ace pilot Leslie King and ace observer Valentine Collins, in Bristol F.2b D7894, are credited with two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 6 and 7 for King; 7 and 8 for Collins.

1815 American RAF pilot Roy Dodds and Canadian Observer Irving Banfield Corey, in DH.9 C2877, are credited with two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 2 and 3 for Dodds; 1 and 2 for Corey.

1825 German pilot Kurt Pietzsch, with Jasta 58, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1. S/Lt Gustave Fournier, 47° Cie d’Aérostieres, parachutes safely.

1830 Josef Veltjens scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD two-seater for number 25.

1845 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 51.

2020 American pilot Edgar Tobin, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

German pilot Dietrich Averes, with Jasta 81, shoots dwon a SPAD for victory number 4.

German ace Albert Hets, with Jasta 37, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6.

German ace Herbert Knappe, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 8.

German ace Arthur Laumann, flying with Jasta 66, is credited with two SPADs for victories 21 and 22.

German pilot Reinhold Lüdecke, with Jasta 81, is credited with two SPADs for victories 3 and 4.

[Jimbuna]

11th August 1918

Western Front

Allied advance between River Avre and and River Oise reaches line Armancourt (south-west of Roye), Tilloy, Cambronne (between Metz and Oise).

British air-raid on Karlsruhe.

Eastern Front

First Japanese contingents arrive at Vladivostok.

Semenov defeats Bolsheviks north of Manchuria Station.

Arrival of German Embassy (Helfferich) from Moscow at Pskov.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Off west Frisian coast fight between British naval light forces and aircraft and German aircraft.

German airship burnt north of Island of Ameland.

Six British motor-boats lost.

Ship Losses:

City of Adelaide (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east north east of Malta (36°26′N 15°37′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
HM CMB-40 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
HM CMB-42 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
HM CMB-47 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
Penistone (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 145 nautical miles (269 km) south west of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States (39°50′N 67°30′W) by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

August 11, 1914


Air War:

0930 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 D3097 for victory number 38. 2nd Lts B.C. Geary and E.H. Edgell, 98 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1000 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 D1721 for victory number 52. 2nd Lt J.D. Connolly, 98 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner; 1nd Lt E.H. Clayton is wounded and taken prisoner, later dies from his wounds.

1130 New Zealander RAF ace Arthur Conningham, in SE.5a D6883, is credited with two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 12 and 13.

1220 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Caudron R.XI for victory number 26. MdL Fey, Sdt Marcel Martin and MdL Ernest Gayet, R 239, are all wounded.

1225 Josef Veltjens shoots down a second Caudron R.XI for victory number 27. Brig Paul Flamen, Sgt Marcel Richer and Sdt Pierre Crapel, R 239, are all listed as Missing.

1230 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 20.

1235 German ace Johannes Klein, with Jasta 15, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

1240 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 15, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

1240 Josef Veltjens gains his third victory of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 28.

1325 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1630 French ace Georges Madon, with Spa 38, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 40.

1700 German ace Hans Pippart, with Jasta 19, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 22.

1730 German ace Hermann Becker, with Jasta 12, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 12. MdL Robert Martin, Spa 37, is listed as Missing.

1730 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 21. Adj Max Coupillaud, Spa 37, is listed as Missing.

1908 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 15.

1910 Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Camel for number 16.

1930 French ace Michel Coiffard, with Spa 154, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 23.

1930 English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Camel D9618, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 26.

1945 Michel Coiffard scores his second kill of the day, a German observation balloon, for number 24. Sharing the victory is Jacques Erlich for victory number 15.

1955 Michel Coiffard gains his third victory of the day, another Fokker D.VII, for number 25. This time he is joined by Paul Petit, victory number 5.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 30. 1st Lt Joel H. McClendon and 2nd Lt Charles W. Plummer, 88th US Aero Sqdn, are both killed.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 11. Cpl D. Pallière, Serbian Esc 524, is killed.

German ace Arthur Laumann, with Jasta 66, shoots down SPAD for victory number 23.

German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down SE.5a C8886 for victory number 14. 2nd Lt R.K. Whitney, 60 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 24.

German pilot Konrad von Bülow-Bothkamp (2 victories) is killed in a flying accident in Turku, Finland. Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp (6 victories) is posted home as the last surviving brother.

[Jimbuna]

12th August 1918

Western Front

Close of Battle of Amiens.

German General Staff loses heart.

Aviation

German zeppelin L-53 is shot down by a British Sopwith Camel aircraft off the coast of the Netherlands. The L-53 is the last zeppelin shot down in the war.
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Political, etc.

Speech of Sr. Giolitti on reconstruction after War.

Ship Losses:

G6 (Regia Marina) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Sicily by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sommerstad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of the Fire Island Lightship ( United States Navy) (40°00′N 69°00′W) by SM U-117 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 12, 1918


Air War:

0840 German ace Friedrich von Röth, flying with Jasta 16, shoots down SE.5a D6875 for victory number 19. Lt T.C. Martin, 85 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0930 German pilot Wolfram von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwih Camel for victory number 4.

0935 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 39.

0950 Lothar von Richthofen scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Sopwith Camel for number 40.

1055 German ace Rudolf Francke, with Jasta 8, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 13. MdL Geores Roque, Spa 156, is killed.

1110 Australian AFC ace Roy Phillipps, flying SE.5a D6860, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 15.

1130 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a E3984 for victory number 53. Capt I.F. Hind, 40 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1215 German ace Josef Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 20.

1220 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D8162, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 39.

1253 German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9507 for victory number 20. 1st Lt Ralph D. Gracie, 17th Aero Sqdn (attached to the RAF), is killed.

1255 Gotthard Sachsenberg scores his second kill of the day, shooting down DH.4 D1691 for victory number 21. Ens Mosely and Lt M.M. Lowry, 218 Sqdn RAF, land safely on their own side.

1810 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down SE.5a E3949 for victory number 16. Lt J.A. Gorden, 41 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1830 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 14.

1840 Karl Schlegel scores his second kill of the day, another observation balloon, for number 15.

1945 French ace Hector Garaud, with Spa 38, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 13.

2050 German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21. 1st Lt Harriss B. Aldermann, 17th Aero Sqdn (attached to the RAF) is wounded but lands safely on his own side of the lines.

German ace Otto Könnecke, with Jasta 5, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 29.

French ace Jean Sardier, with Spa 48, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 13.

English RAF ace pilot William Stanton and observer Leslie Edwin Mitchell, in a Bristol F.2b, are credited with two "Enemy Aircraft". Victories 19 and 20 for Stanton; 1 and 2 for Mitchell.

[Jimbuna]

13th August 1918

Western Front

French capture Belval (1.5 miles south from Lassigny).

Eastern Front

Appeal of General Dieterichs to Allied Naval and Military Commanders at Vladivostok for help.

Release of Messrs. Lockhart and Wardrop.

Naval

Italian Navy deliberately sinks the outdated cruiser Etruria to make it seem Austro-Hungarian agents (turned double agents by Italy) were successful in their sabotage.
https://i.imgur.com/s7JZNcG.jpg

Aviation

Lothar von Richthofen, brother of Manfred von Richthofen (Red Baron) and German ace with 40 victories, is shot down. Lothar survives, but he is seriously injured and does not fly for the duration of the war.
https://i.imgur.com/y1mHteZ.jpg

Political, etc.

British declaration recognising Czecho-Slovaks as Allied nation; latter declare war on Germany.

Ship Losses:

Anhui (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of Capo Greco, Cyprus (35°04′N 34°08′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of four of her crew.
City of Brisbane (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Newhaven, Sussex by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Etruria (Regia Marina) The Umbria-class cruiser was destroyed at Livorno by the explosion of an ammunition barge moored alongside her.
Frida (Denmark) The barque was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the mouth of the River Tyne by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Jönköping I (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine). The ship broke in two, with the bow section sinking and the stern section being beached at South Shields, County Durham where it was scrapped in 1919. Five of her crew perished.
La Chaussade (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off La Galite, Tunisia by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
SMS T67 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S66-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew.
SM UB-30 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine was depth charged and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north north east of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54°32′N 0°36′E) with the loss of all 26 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 13, 1918


Air War:

1120 English RAF ace pilot John Gurdon and ace observer Charles Gass, flying Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot dwon a Fokker D.VII, Victory number 28 for Gurdon; number 39 for Gass. This is the last aerial victory for both men. John Everard Gurdon will survive the war and go on to a career as journalist, novelist and translator. during the Second World war he will serve as a flying instructor and even manage a few raids as front gunner on Vickers Wellington Bombers. He will live until 1973. Charles George Gass will also survive the war, and be in and out of military service twice, the second time serving from 1940 until his retirement in 1954. His 39 victories will make him the highest-scoring non-pilot ace ever.

1200 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 19, shoots down Sopwithh Camel D9642 for victory number 22. Maj C.D. Booker, 201 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1352 American pilot Field Kindley, in Sopwith Camel D8245, 148th Aero Sqdn (attaced to the RAF), shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4. German 40-victory ace Lothar von Richthofen is wounded for the third time. This wound will keep him in the hospital until the end of the war. He will continue his career in aviation. On July 4, 1922, Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen will die in the crash of an LVG C.VI converted to carry passengers. Actress Fern Andra and director Georg Bluen will survive the crash.

1720 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down SE.5a D6979 for victory number 15. Lt J.R. Anderson, 60 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1720 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SE.5a E1308 for victory number 30. Lt E.J.C. McCracken, 60 Spd RAF, is taken prisoner.

1730 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 12.

1820 German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down DH.9 D3088 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt E.O. Clarke, 104 Sqdn IAF, is killed; Lt J.L.C. Sutherland is taken prisoner.

1920 German ace Friedrich von Röth, with Jasta 16, is credited with the destruction of three Belgian observation balloons for victories 20, 21 and 22:
No 3, Adj Herion and Sgt Kaldfleisch both parachute safely.
No 6, Adj Brossel and Sgt Doly both parachute safely.
No 2, Adj Delaporter and 1st Sgt Tillemans both parachute safely.

[Jimbuna]

14th August 1918

Western Front

German retreat from River Ancre begins; evacuation of Beaumont-Hamel, Serre, Puisieux, Bucquoy.

North of Oise French capture Ribecourt.

Lys salient British establish posts south and east of Vieux Berquin (60 miles east-south-east of Hazelbrouck).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese East Africa: Germans 60 miles inland from coast at Angoche (seaport 100 miles south-west of Mozambique).

Aviation

French flying ace René Fonck shot down three German aircraft in ten seconds in a head-on attack, with all three crashing within 100 meters (328 feet) of one another near Roye, Somme, France.
https://i.imgur.com/VfiSMWT.jpg

Ship Losses:

Dorothy B. Barrett (United States) The five-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) off the North East End Lightship ( United States Navy) (38°54′N 74°34′W) by SM U-117 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UB-57 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Belgian coast and sank with the loss of all 34 crew.
SM UB-103 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine departed Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium on patrol. She subsequently struck a mine and sank with the loss of all 37 crew.
Wallsend (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south east of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 14, 1918


Air War:

0600 Two English RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Rupert Gifford, victory number 3.
Edwaard Johnstone, victory number 17.

1010 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
Ernest Hoy, Canada, D6947, victory number 2.
Christoffel Venter, South Africa, D6965, victory number 16.

1015 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 159, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 12.

1110 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 58.

1120 René Fonck scores his second and third kills of the day, shooting down two more two-seaters for nictories number 59 and 60. The legend of "Three in ten seconds" is probably just that, but whatever the case he did bring down three enemy planes in very short order.

1200 German ace Hermann Becker, flying with Jasta 12, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 13.

1205 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 19, shoots down SE.5a C1888 for victory number 23. Lt H.A. O'Shea, 92 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1215 German ace Johannes Klein, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

1840 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 17.

1900 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b C852 for victory number 54. Lt A.R. Stedman and 2nd Lt G.R. Howard, 88 Sqdn RAF, are both taken prisoner.

German ace Otto Könnecke, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 30.

German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 31.

French ace Charles Nungesser, with Spa 65, destroys four German observation balloons, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, for victories 39, 40, 41 and 42.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 25. He is accompanied by a Lt Simeoni, victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

15th August 1918

Western Front

French complete capture of Lassigny Massif by capture of Alliche farm.

End of Second Battle of Lassigny.

Last German air raid on Paris.

British cross Ancre to Thiepval Wood and make progress between Beaucourt (north of Albert) and Puisieux (north-east of Beaucourt).

Eastern Front

Announcement of British troops at Baku (on west of Caspian Sea) and at Krasnovodsk (on east of Caspian, terminus of Central Asiatic Railway).

First American troops land in Vladivostok, joining Japanese, British, and French troops in the intervention against the Bolsheviks.

Aviation

The first American bomber, the Martin MB-1 or Glenn Martin Bomber, is given a test flight. Nine of these bombers are built before the Armistice. None see service in France.
https://i.imgur.com/tyTWpke.jpg

Political, etc.

Relations between U.S.A. and Bolshevist Government in Russia severed.

Spanish Note to Germany re: shipping losses.

Meeting of Kaiser Wilhelm and Emperor Charles at Main Head Quarters.

Ship Losses:

Balkan (France) The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. There were at least 102 survivors.
Cubore (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (46°52′N 12°00′W) by SM U-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine crew.
J. M. J. (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kalps (Russia) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon, Portugal (37°57′N 18°27′W) by SM U-157 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Madrugada (United States) The five-masted auxiliary schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Norfolk, Virginia (37°50′N 74°55′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Scott (Royal Navy) The Admiralty type destroyer leader struck a mine laid by U 71 (Richard Scheurlen) and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands (52°24′N 3°51′E) with the loss of 22 of her crew.
HMS Ulleswater The R-class destroyer struck a mine laid by U 71 (Richard Scheurlen) and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden (52°24′N 3°51′E with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 15, 1918


Air War:

1025 German ace Hans Böhning, flying an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13.

1200 Canadian RAF ace Gerald Bell, in SE.5a D3495 over the Italian Front, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 14.

1625 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1927 for victory 16. Lt R.G. Smallwood, though wounded, managest to crash his heavily damaged aeroplane on his own side of the lines.

1715 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel E4405 for victory number 55. Lt D.E. Culver, 204 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

Three French pilots with Spa 65 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft":
Marcel Henriot, victory number 5.
Sgt Millot (no first name given), victory number 1.
Charles Nungesser, victory number 43.

German ace Karl Odebrett, flying with Jasta 42, shoots down a Caudron R.11 for victory number 13. Brig René Dupart, Adj Germain Goulin and Sol William McKerness, of Esc R 46, are all killed.

[Jimbuna]

16th August 1918

Western Front

Anglo-French advance on Roye progresses.

German counter-attack at Damery (north-west of Roye) repulsed.

Eastern Front

General Otani (Japanese) commanding Allied expedition, arrives at Vladivostok.

Sir Charles Eliot appointed British High Commissioner in Siberia.

Political, etc.

National Yugo-Slav Council Meeting at Laibach.

Ship Losses:

SMS A58 (Kaiserliche Marine) The A56-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium with the loss of three of her crew.
Balkan (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of Île Rousse, Corsica (42°40′N 8°39′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of approximately 400 lives.
Mirlo (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine crew.
USS West Bridge (United States Navy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Bay of Biscay by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew. She was abandoned by the survivors but was later towed into Brest, Finistère, France.

[Sailor Steve]

August 16, 1918


Air War:

0830 New Zealander AFC pilot Carrick Paul and Australian ace observer William Weir, flying Bristol F.2b C4627, shoot down a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 5 for Paul; number 6 for Weir.

1040 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII 4848 for victory number 56. S/Lt Jean Caël of Spa 3 is wounded.

1105 English RAF pilot Laurence Pearson and observer Edward Darby, in DH.4 A7632, shoot down a Pfalz D.XII. Victory number 5 for both.

1125 Laurence Pearson and Edward Darby score their second kill of the day, a Fokker D.VII. Number 6 for both.

1220 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13.

1220 German ace Josef Veltjens, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 29.

1930 Josef Veltjens scores his second kill of he day, another SPAD, for victory number 30.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 on the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 12.

German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.9 D1708 for victory number 22. Lt A.C. Lloyd and wnd Lt M.G. Wilson, 218 Sqdn RAF, are taken prisoner.

German naval ace Gotthard Saschenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 22.

Gotthard Saschenberg shoots down DH.9 B7623 for number 23. 1st Lt D.R. Harris, on loan from the USAS and 2nd Lt J. Munro, 211 Sqdn RAF, are taken prisoner.

[Jimbuna]

17th August 1918

Western Front

French capture Caesar's Camp trenches (west of Roye) and Canny-sur-Matz (north-west of Lassigny).

New advance of French in angle between Oise and Lower Aisne.

French advance 1 mile north of Autreches.

Eastern Front

Arrival of U.S.A. troops at Vladivostok.

Announcement of re-capture of Irkutsk by Czecho-Slovaks and Siberian troops.

Reported defeat of Bolsheviks on Ussuri front by Czecho-Slovaks.

Ship Losses:

Denebola (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celtic Sea, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Gurnard's Head, Cornwall (50°13′N 5°37′W) by SM UB-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Eros (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) south east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Escrick (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 360 nautical miles (670 km) north west by north of Cape Finisterre, Spain (46°24′N 16°10′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Helene (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west by north of St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°17′N 5°36′W) by SM UB-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Joseph Cudahy (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 370 nautical miles (690 km) north west by north of Cape Finisterre (46°35′N 13°54′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Moghram (Belgium) The tanker was wrecked in Poro Bay, Crete by the explosion of petrol from Monastir (flag unknown), which she was involved in salvaging.
Nordhav (Norway) The four-masted barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Jose (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (42°10′N 64°42′W) by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 17, 1918


Air War:

0740 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Louis Bennett Jr, United States E3947, victory number 2.
Lt F.H. Knobel, details unknown.

1000 German pilot Johannes Gildmeister, with Jasta 20, shoots down SE.5a F5910 for victory number 2. Lt W.G. Claxton, 41 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1000 German pilot Karl Plauth, with Jasta 20, Shoots down SE.5a E4014 for victory number 5. Lt T.M. Alexander, 41 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1710 German pilot Gustav Klaudat, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number2.

1715 German pilot Uffz Vahldieck (no first name given), shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1. This is possibly MdL Patay (no fiirst name given), SPAD VII 3257, Spa 26, listed as Missing.)

1720 German ace Josef Veltjens, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 31.

Two French pilots with Spa 75 share a victory over a German observation balloon.:
Capt Blandinièrs, victory number 1.
Antoine Laplasse, victory number 4.

French ace Jean Bozon-Verduraz, with Spa 94, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 9.

Antoine Laplasse scores his second kill of the day, destroying another German observation balloon for victory number 5.

French ace Pierre Marinovitch shoots down a Fokker D.VII and a German two-seater for victories 14 and 15.

[Jimbuna]

18th August 1918

Western Front

French advance between Oise and Lower Aisne, capturing plateau about Nampeel and village of Nouvron-Vingre.

British advance between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul, capturing Oultersteene.

Political, etc.

British Government announcement re: representation of Dominions in Imperial War Cabinet.

Ship Losses:

Gasconier (Belgium) The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Udsire, Rogaland, Norway and sank.
Idaho (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north by west of Cape Villano, Spain by SM U-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven crew.
USAT Montanan (United States Army) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) west of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France (46°47′N 13°42′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of the 86 people on board. Survivors were rescued by USS Moma ( United States Navy).
Nordboen (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Palamos, Spain (41°20′N 3°48′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 18, 1918


Air War:

0745 In a mixed dogfight over the Italian Front four RAF Camel pilots are credited with the downing of three Albatros D.Vs and two Siemens-Schuckert D.IIIs.
John Preston, England, D6643, victories, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Douglas Davies, England, C1599, victories 8 and 9.
Lt H.N. Jennings, victories 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Lt H.A.E. Matthews, D6551, victories 1, 2 and 3.

1240 American RAF pilot Francis Gillet, in Sopwith Dolphin C3887, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1845 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 9.

1940 German pilot Georg Staudacher, with Jasta 1, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 2.

German pilot Ernst Bormann, with Jasta Boelcke (2), shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 3. S/Lt Pierre Paquier of AR 268 is killed; Lt Marcel Tournair is wounded.

German ace Siegfried Büttner, flying with Jasta 61, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 11.

German ace Alfred Lindenberger, with Jasta Boelcke, shoots down a Béguet 14 for victory number 6.
(per Jasta War Chronology. Above the Lines has this happening on June 18.)

South African 16-victory ace Christoffel Venter shot down and captured. After the war he will join the new South African Air Force, rising to Squadron and then Wing Commander. From 1940 to 1945 he will be Director-Gernaral of the SAAF, then Managing Director of South African Airways. Christoffel Johannes Venter will live until 1977.

[Jimbuna]

19th August 1918

Western Front

North of Oise French capture Le Hamel; between Oise and Aisne French capture Morsain; British retake Merville (Lys front).

Eastern Front

Successful Bolshevist attack on Ussuri front. Allied line withdrawn 6 miles.

Political, etc.

Italian newspapers begin discussion re: difference in foreign policy between S'ri. Orlando (Premier) and Sonnino (Foreign Secretary).

Ship Losses:

Buoni Amici (Portugal) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Viana do Castelo by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marie Suzanne (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 47 nautical miles (87 km) south west of Mudros, Greece by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UB-12 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB I submarine departed from Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium on patrol. No further trace, lost with all fourteen crew.
Zinal (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 360 nautical miles (670 km) north by east of Terceira, Azores, Portugal by SM UB-109 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 19, 1918


Air War:

0805 German ace Josef Mai, flying an Albatros D.V, scores a double victory, numbers 21 and 22, when he attacks two Bristol F.2bs and they turn into each other and collide, killing all four occupants:
C296, 2nd Lts E.S. Glasse and C.W. Woodend.
D8027, Lt R.H. Davis and 2nd Lt E.G. Locke.

0835 Josef Mai claims his third victory of the day, shooting down SE.5a E1348 for victory number 23. Lt T.D. Hazen, 56 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0842 German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 25.

0900 German ace Alois Heldmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

0900 German ace Paul Aue, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 8.

0950 Australian AFC ace Adrian Cole, flying SE.5a D6948, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

0950 German pilot Ltn Matzdorf (no first name given), with Jasta 6, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

1000 American RAF pilot Louis Bennett Jr, in SE.5a E3947, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

1000 Adrian Cole scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for number 7.

1006 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down either a Bréguet 14 or a DH.9 (records are unclear) for victory number 18.

1010 Louis Bennett Jr scores his second kill of the day, flaming a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1050 German ace Reinhold Jörke, with Jasta 39, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 11.

1115 English RAF pilot Guy Wareing, in SE.5a C1133, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 2.

1130 American RAF pilot Hilbert Blair, in SE.5a B8505, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1130 Hilbert Blair shares his second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII, with English ace Thomas Selwyn. Number 3 for Blair; number 7 for Selwyn.

1130 Scottish RAF ace Thomas Harries, flying SE.5a E6006, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

1159 American RAF ace William Lambert, in SE.5a B8395, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 18.

1340 Louis Bennett Jr gains his third victory of the day, another balloon, for number 6.

1341 Louis Bennett Jr scores his fourth of the day, yet another balloon, for number 7.

1750 German pilot Alfred Fleischer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 3. MdL Maurice Gauier of Spa 94 is listed as Missing.

1950 Scottish RAF ace Walter Carlaw, flying Sopwith Camel D9442, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

German pilot Thilo Boelcke, with Jasta 67, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 3.

[Jimbuna]

20th August 1918

Western Front

French between Oise and Aisne reach Lombray.

Eastern Front

British War Office announces Japanese to be advancing beyond Nikolaievsk (at mouth of Amur).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British and Arab attacks continued against Hejaz Railway.

Political, etc.

Speech of Dr. Solf (German Colonial Secretary) in reply to Mr. Balfour's speech of 8 August 1918.

Committee of Representatives established by Inter-Allied Food Council.

Ship Losses:

A. Piatt Andrew (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada by Triumph ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Boltonhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 34 nautical miles (63 km) south west by west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by SM UB-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fiver of her crew.
Frances J. O'Hara Jr. (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the coast of Nova Scotia by Triumph ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kite (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Rosie, Newfoundland and was a total loss.
Lucille M. Schnare (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nautical miles (96 km) south of Cape Canso, Nova Scotia by Triumph ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Magalhaes Lima (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) off Nazaré by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Otis Tetrax (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine.
Pasadena (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) south south east of Cape Canso by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Strathmore (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Uda A. Saunders (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Cape Canso by Triumph ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 20, 1918


Air War:

1255 German pilot Friedrich Noltenius, flying with Jasta 27, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 2. S/Lt Pujau, 71° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely.

1325 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots eown a Bréguet 14 for victory number 10.

1600 German ace Albert Haussmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 10.

1730 German pilot Thilo Boelcke, in Albatros (OAW) 6591/17, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. S/Lt Emile Martinet, 86° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely. Shortly after this Boelcke is killed by ground fire while attacking another balloon.

1840 French ace Arman Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 26.

1845 New Zelander RAF pilot Ronald Bannerman, flying Sopwith Dolphin C3879, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1955 German pilot Hans Donnhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 1.

1900 French ace Raoul Echard, with GC 22, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.

2335 German pilot Fritz Anders, with Jasta 73, shoots down Voisin 10 2996 for victory number 3. MdL Etienne Crouan and S/Lt Poissonier, V 25, are listed as Missing.

2350 Fritz Anders scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Voisin 10 for number 4. MdL G. Lepicier and Sgt E. Mangot, V 25, are listed as Missing.

German ace Franz Büchner, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 19. Lt Raymond Castaignet, Spa 155, is listed as Missing.

Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for number 20.
(Three Bréguets were lost this day:
Lt Edgar Marques and S/Lt Georges Maguet, Br 108;
S/Lts Pierre Dufayet and Fernand Castets, Br 127;
Adj Dominique Emmanuelli and S/L Charles Ulrich, Br 131.
All these are listed as Missing.)

German ace Alfred Lindenberger, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 7.

Three French pilots with Spa 80 share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
S/Lt Compagion (no first name given), victory number 1.
Robert Delannoy, victory number 6.
Adj de Tonnac de Villeneuve (no first name given), victor number 3.

Robert Delannoy and Adj de Tonnac de Villeneuve share their second kill of the day, another German two-seater. Victory number 7 for Delannoy; number 4 for de Tonnac de Villeneuve.

Three French pilots from Spa 96 share a victory over a German "Scout":
Lt Fauquet-Lamaitre (no first name given), victory number 1.
Charles Lefevre, victory number 6.
Lt Ménard (no first name given), victory number 2.

German pilot Otto Steger, with Jasta 53, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

21st August 1918

Western Front

French capture Lassigny.

Battle of Bapaume begins. British 3rd and 4th Armies attack north of River Ancre on 10-mile front between Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and Moyenneville. British line reaches Albert-Arras Railway.

Eastern Front

Reported Bolshevist advance towards Grodekoro (on Kharbin-Vladivostok Railway).

Announcement of appointment of M. Regnault (ex-French Ambassador at Tokyo) to be French representative at Vladivostok.

Political, etc.

British Prime Minister Lloyd George states that without women’s help in the war effort, “Great Britain, and, I believe, all the Allies, would have been unable to withstand the enemy attacks of the past few months.”

Ship Losses:

Boscawen (United Kingdom) The collier was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) west north west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire (52°46′N 5°24′W) by SM UB-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Champlain (France) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 124 nautical miles (230 km) west of Cape Mondego, Portugal (40°10′N 11°42′W) by SM UB-128 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Diomed (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) east south east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States by SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Hecla (Norway) The barge was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 102 nautical miles (189 km) east north east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom by SM UC-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lake Edon (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north by east of Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°27′33″N 5°07′34″W) by SM U-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen crew.
Loeke (Norway) The tug was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 102 nautical miles (189 km) east north east of Coquet Island by SM UC-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sylvania (United States) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south east of Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada by Triumph ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
The Stewart's Court (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south south east of Seaham, County Durham by SM UB-112 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

August 21, 1918


Air War:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Jimbuna]

22nd August 1918

Western Front

British attack between Ancre and Somme, recapture Albert and Bray-Albert road.

French advance on Noyon, to Quierzy (south of Oise) and to River Divette from Evricourt to mouth (north of Oise).

Eastern Front

Statement of Allies at Archangel of aims.

Southern Front

Austrians begin counter-offensive in Albania.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Japanese detachment joins Semenov at Manchuria Station.

Aviation

Fighter pilot Frigyes Hefty of the Austro-Hungarian Air Corps successfully parachuted from his burning plane after a dogfight with Italian aircraft, becoming the first person to survive a combat parachute jump.

Ship Losses:

Abbasieh (Egypt) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by an enemy submarine.
Maria Luisa (Portugal) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMML 403 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date, off the coast of Whitby, whilst recovering a German torpedo that had been fired the previous day at a Steamer and had failed to detonate. The torpedo was brought on board when it exploded, killing 11 of the 12 crew.
Notre Dame de la Garde (France) The topsail schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada (45°32′N 58°57′W) by Triumph and SM U-156 (both Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Palmella (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of South Stack (53°28′N 5°20′W) by SM UB-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 of her crew.
Prunelle (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of Blyth, Northumberland by SM UB-112 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 22, 1918


Air War:

0550 New Zealander RAF pilot Frederick Gordon, flying SE.5a D3438, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 5.

0620 American RAF ace Louis Bennett Jr, in SE.5a C9258, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 8.

0630 Louis Bennett Jr scores his second kill of the day, flaming another ballooen for number 9.

0730 English RAF pilot Cyril Richard Smythe and observer William Thomas Barnes, in Bristol F.2b D7981, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 1 for both.

0805 Canadian RAF observer William bottrill, in a DH.9 with Lt P.D. Pogson as apilot, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

0830 German ace Ernst Udet, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F1969 for victory number 59. 2nd Lt A.L. Tupman, 80 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0840 English ace observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b E2158, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 15.
(Newland's listing shows George Randall as his pilot, but Randall's listing only shows the later victory at 1830 for this day.)

0940 German pilot Willi Nebgen, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 2. English 28-victory ace pilot Dennis Latimer, 20 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner; 24-victory ace observer Tom Cecil Noel is killed.

0945 New Zealander RAF pilot Ronald Bannerman, in Sopwith Dolphin D8075, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3.

1100 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Sidney Highwood, England, C9869, victory number 3.
George Vaughn, United States, E4012, victory number 4.

1200 Three French pilots with Spa 154 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Theophile Henri Condemine, victory number 1.
Louis Gros, victory number 8.
Paul Waddington, victory number 11.

1230 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 60.

1245 German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 25.

1315 Australian AFC pilot Allan Brown and ace observer Garfiled Finlay, in Bristol F.2b B1284, shoot down a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 5 for Brown; number 8 for Finlay.

1345 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and Scottish ace observer James McDonald, in Bristol F.2b E2484, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 8 for Gibbons; number 7 for McDonald.

1410 German ace Albert Haussmann, flying with Jasta 13, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 12.

1500 French ace Armand de Turenne, with Spa 12, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 13.

1623 American RAF pilot Jesse Orin Creech, in Sopwith Camel D8166, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1650 Scottish RAF ace Arthur Randall, in SE.5a C6454, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

1745 Arthur Laumann scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 26.

1830 English RAF pilot George Randall and Scottish observer George Leamond, flying Bristol F.2b E2158, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 3 for both.

1910 Three Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
D7998, Herbert Beddow, Wales, victory number 7; Thomas Birmingham, Canada, victory number 5.
E2466, William Harvey, England, victory number 26; Dennis Waight, England, victory number 10.
Serial number unknown, Ian Stead, South Afirca, victory number 3; 2n Lt W.A. Cowie, victory number unkown.

1955 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 159, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 13.

French ace Bernard Barney de Romanet, with Spa 37, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

Germa ace Siegfried Büttner, with Jasta 61, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 13.

French ace Antoine Laplasse, flying with Spa 75, destroys three German observation balloons for victories 6, 7 and 8.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 27.

[Jimbuna]

23rd August 1918

Western Front

British attack on front of 33 miles from Mercatel (5 miles south of Arras) to Lihons (north-west of Chaulnes).

British cross Arras-Bapaume road, advancing on Bapaume from north and north-west.

About Albert British capture high ground to east.

South of Somme British capture Chuignolles (on Peronne road).

Eastern Front

Semenov advances from Manchuria Station and defeats Bolsheviks.

Southern Front

Austrians renew attacks on Italian positions (southern Albania).

Aviation

A downed RAF pilot is captured by the Germans and led to a dressing station.
https://i.imgur.com/1IUGciV.jpg

Ship Losses:

SMS A19 (Kaiserliche Marine) The A1-class torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium by Royal Navy destroyers with the loss of nineteen of her crew.
Australian Transport (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Sicily (40 nautical miles (74 km)) west north west of Maritimo Island, Italy (38°08′N 11°10′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Heros (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Warkworth, Northumberland, United Kingdom by SM UB-112 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
HMT Tulip II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.

[Sailor Steve]

August 23, 1918


Air War:

0630 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, flying SE.5a C9071, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 11.

0630 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
2nd Lt A.F. Diamond, C8859, nationality and victory number unknown.
Ernest Hoy, Canada, D6939, victory number 4.
Charles Ross, South Africa. C9071, victory number 12.

0715 American RAF ace Louis Bennett Jr, in SE.5a C9258, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 10.

0805 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for vicotry number 21.

0935 German ace Rudolf Francke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

0935 German ace Welhelm Seitz, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

0940 German pilot Werner Junck, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1015 American RAF ace George Vaughn, in SE.5a 4012, destroys a German observation balloon for vicotry number 6.

1120 Two RAF SE.5a aces share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Carl Falkenberg, Candada, D6920, victory number 10.
George Vaughn, United States, E4012, victory number 7.

1210 German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 24.

1915 English RAF pilot Arthur Spurling and observer George Bell, in DH.0 D3056, are credited with shooting down five Fokker D.VIIs. victories 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 for both. These are also the last aerial victories for both. Arthur Rowe Spurling will survive the war and retire to Bermuda, rejoin the RAF for World War 2 and coordinating trans-atlantic transportation, and live until 1984. George Stanley Bell, AKA George William Bell, appears to have joined the Army in 1914 under an assumed name, deserted and joined the RFC in 1915 under another assumed name. If the records are correct this big fight took place on his 21st birthday. Bell will also survive the war and live until 1960.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 13. 2nd Sgts C. Cooran and R. Kakiru, Serbian Escadrille 524, are both killed.

German naval ace Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 13.

[Jimbuna]

24th August 1918

Western Front

British advance on Bapaume, capture Bray (south of Albert), Thiepval Ridge (north-east of Albert), Miraumont (west of Bapaume), Biefvillers (north of Albert) and reach Avesnes les Bapaume (western outskirts of Bapaume).

Eastern Front

Successful attack of Allies on Bolsheviks, who retreat to Kraevsk, (Ussuri front).

Announcement of tunnel, 39 miles east of Lake Baikal, blown up by Bolsheviks.

Political, etc.

U.S.A. House of Representatives pass Man-Power Bill (336 votes to 2).

Ship Losses:

Auckland Castle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east by south of the Farne Islands, Northumberland by SM UC-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Flavia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal (55°23′N 9°40′W) by SM U-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of one life.
Graciosa (Portugal) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Scotland (59°06′N 5°00′W) by SM U-67 and SM U-90 (both Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hollandia (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lisbonense (Portugal) The cargo ship struck a floating object and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the Sisargas Islands, Spain. Fourteen crew were rescued.
Majoor Thompson (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maria Johanna (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Neerlandia II (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Neerlandia III (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Secunda (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Stella (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Virent (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 38 nautical miles (70 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse by SM UB-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 24, 1918


Air War:

0815 Australian AFC pilot George Peters and observer James Traill, flying Bristol F.2b B1278, shoot down an LVG two-seater and a Pfalze D.III. Victories 5 and 6 for Peters; 4 and 5 for Traill.

0830 Australian AFC Paul McGuinnes, in Bristol F.2b C4623 with Lt H.B. Fletcher as observer, shoots down two Pfalz D.IIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1200 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 20.
(per Jasta War Chronology. Above the lines places this on the following day, the 25th.)

1225 American RAF pilot Louis Bennett Jr, in SE.5a E3947, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 11.

1230 Louis Bennett Jr scores shis second kill of the day, another balloon, for number 12. Shortly after this Bennett is shot down and killed by ground fire.

1305 New Zealander RAF pilot Ronald Bannerman, flying Sopwith Dolphin C3879, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

1330 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 23.

1530 Australian RAF pilot Thomas Baker, in Sopwith Camel E1482, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

1800 German ace Robert von Greim, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F9585 for victory number 21. 2nd Lt G.T. Wise, 17th Aero Squadron USAS, attached to the RAF, is taken prisoner.

1815 South African RAF ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, in SE.5a D6856, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 37.

1830 Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for number 38.

1830 German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

1910 Canadian RAF ace Erest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1915 Ernest Hoy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for number 7.

1915 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, in SE.5a C9071, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 13.

1920 German ace Otto Könnecke, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a D6970 for victory number 31. 1st Lt R.H. Ritter is killed.

1935 American RAF pilot Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C3887, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3.

German ace Emil Thuy, with Jasta 28, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 26.

[Jimbuna]

25th August 1918

Western Front

British advance on Bapaume; on north capture Behagnies, Sapignies and Favreuil; on south hold Albert-Bapaume road.

Eastern Front

Czecho-Slovaks occupy Kazan (on River Volga).

Coup d'Etat of General Horvath.

Southern Front

Austrians recapture Fieri and Berat (southern Albania).

Political, etc.

Germany accepts Spanish terms re: Spanish losses caused by submarines.

Ship Losses:

Carasa (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Towan Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°29′N 5°07′W) by SM UB-92 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Clayton W. Walters (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west south west of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
C. M. Walters (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Langlade Island, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
E. B. Walters (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Langlade Island by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Erik (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north west by west of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
J. J. Flaherty (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west south west of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marion Adams (Canada) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pontet Canet (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) north north west of the Héaux de Bréhat lighthouse, Côtes-du-Nord (49°07′N 3°05′W) by SM UB-109 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Verna D. Adams (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west south west of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by Triumph ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Willingtonia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Sicily 13 nautical miles (24 km) south west by west of Maritimo Island, Italy (37°49′N 11°10′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 25, 1914


Air War:

0900 Australian RAF ace Jerry Pentland, flying Sopwith Dolphin D3718, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 22.

0925 Jerry Pentland scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for number 23.

1115 Englsh RAF pilot William Reed, in SE.5a D6959, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1130 Two Australian AFC pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Adrian Cole, D6948, victory number 8.
James Wellood, D5958, victory number 3.

1210 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for vctory number 10.

1430 English RAF ace Thomas Luke, flying Sopwith Camel D9637, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6l

1750 American RAF pilot Howard Clayton Knotts, in Sopwith Camel B5428, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1900 Two English Camel pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Rupert Gifford, victory number 4.
Lt W.V. Skall, details unknown.

American RAF pilot Frank Lucien Hale, in an SE.5a, shoots down a Fokker D.VII fo victory number 1.

German ace Emil Thuy, flying with Jasta 28, shoots down RE.8 C2611 for victory number 27. Lt W.J. McLan of 12 Sqdn RAF is wounded; Lt Godson is unharmed.

Emil Thuy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Dopwith Camel C3314 for number 28. Lt H.L.M. dodson, 72 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

[Jimbuna]

26th August 1918

Western Front

Battle of the Scarpe (east of Arras) begins. British 1st Army attack Germans on River Scarpe, capture Monchy-le-Preux (south of Scarpe) and reach outskirts of Roeux (north of Scarpe).

Eastern Front

Allied and Czech patrols disarm 400 Russian volunteers supporting Horvath.

Political, etc.

Finnish Government repudiates alleged intention of supporting German Murman expedition.

Manifesto of Ukrainian National Council in Paris appealing for moral support against Germany.

Announcement that Duke Adolf-Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin no longer candidate for Finnish throne.

Ship Losses:

Evaangtelistria (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea (39°11′N 25°15′E) by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gloaming (Canada) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) south south west of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Helge (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Saint-Brieuc, Côtes du Nord, France (48°49′N 2°45′W by SM UB-109 ( Kaiserliche Marine)[155] with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
Rush (United States) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 135 nautical miles (250 km) south east of Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada (44°30′N 58°02′W) by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 26, 1918


Air War:

1645 German ace Otto Schmidt, flying with Jasta 5, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 16.

1745 German ace Hermann Frommhertz, with Jasta 27, shoots down Sopwith Camel D9516 for victory number 13. 1st Lt G.V. Siebold, 148th US Aero Squadron, is killed.

1800 Hermann Frommherts scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel F5951 for number 14. American 5-victory ace William D. Tipton, 17th US Aero Squadron, is taken prisoner.

1805 Hermann Frommhertz gains his third victory of the day downing Sopwith Camel C141 for number 15. 1st Lt Henry Bradley Frost, 17th US Aero Sqdn, is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

1955 German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down Sopwith Camel D6595 for victory number 16. American 5-victory ace 2nd Lt Robert M. Todd, 17th US Aero Squadron, is taken prisoner.

2000 German ace Hans Donhauser, flying with Jasta 27, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 6.

2005 Hans Donhauser scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a SPAD for number 7.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F1958 for victory number 31. 2nd Lt H.H. Jackson, 17th US Aero Sqdn, is killed.

German pilot Fritz Heinz, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel B5428 for victory number 1. 1st Lt L. Roberts, 17th US Aero Sqdn, is killed.

German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F1964. 2nd Lt H.P. Bittinger, 17th US Aero Sqdn, is killed.

[Jimbuna]

27th August 1918

Western Front

British capture Cherisy, Bois du Sart (south of Scarpe), Roeux, etc (north of Scarpe).

Severe fighting north and south of Bapaume.

British take Trones Wood (east of Albert).

South of Somme, British advance towards Peronne, reaching line Fontaine-les-Coppy-Vermandovillers.

French occupy Roye.

Eastern Front

German and Russian Governments conclude Supplementary Treaty of Peace.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Constantinople bombed by British airmen.

Ship Losses:

Ant Cassar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north north west of Strumble Head, Cornwall (52°25′N 5°45′W) by SM UB-118 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bergsdalen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (45°10′N 55°10′W) by SM U-117 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Gloria (Portugal) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Porto Santo Island, Madeira (33°24′N 16°28′W) by SM U-157 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pampa (France) The troopship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Valletta, Malta by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 117 lives.

[Sailor Steve]

August 27, 1918


Air War:

0630 Welsh RAF ace pilot Herbert Beddow and Canadian ace observer Thomas Birmingham, flying Bristol F.2b D7998, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 8 for Beddow; number 6 for Birmingham.

0734 German pilot Martin Johns, with Jasta 63, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 5.

0740 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

0805 German ace Hermann Frommhertz, with Jasta 27, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2514 for victory number 16. Lt J.M. Sellars, 22 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner; 2nd Lt T.B. Collis is killed.

0845 German ace Paul Strähle, with Jasta 57, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 12.

0905 German ace Otto Fruhner, flying with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 17.

1055 Australian AFC pilot Ernest Edgar Davies, in SE.5a D6860, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1055 German ace Theordor Quant, with Jasta 36, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

1105 Theordor Quant scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Camel for number 10.

1345 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and Scottish ace observer James McDonald, in Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 8 for Gibbons; number 7 for McDonald.

1400 English RAF ace pilot Leslie King and ace observer Valentine Collins, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 9 for king; number 10 for Collins.

1400 English RAF pilot T.W. Martin and observer John Hall, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 5 for both.

1400 English RAF ace pilot Frederick Stanton and ace observer Clifford Tolman, in Bristol F.2b E2500, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 7 for both.

[Jimbuna]

28th August 1918

Eastern Front

Japanese report retreat of Bolsheviks to Ussuri.

Mr. Miliukov leaves Cadets and forms Constitutional Monarchist Party.

General Semenov capture Borzia Station (Siberia); Bolsheviks retreat towards Onon River.

Political, etc.

Announcement of retirement of Mr. Page, U.S.A. Ambassador in London.

Ship Losses:

Emilia G. (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Palos, Spain (37°30′N 0°35′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Giralda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew. She was beached but was consequently declared a total loss.
Johanne (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Carthagena, Spain (37°13′N 0°55′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mount Carmel (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Pauline (Russia) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°50′N 9°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UC-70 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was depth charged and sunk in the North Sea (54°32′N 0°40′W) by HMS Ouse ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 31 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 28, 1918


Air War:

0700 German pilot Max Kämmerer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

1110 German pilot Lt O. Weisshaar, with Jasta 65, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 1. 1st Lt S.V. Clark and Cpl L.S. Balay, 9th Balloon Sqdn USBS, both parachute safely.

1112 O. Weisshaar scores his second kill of the day, another observation balloon, for number 2. 1st Lts Jonathan Lane and John S. Burrell, 5th US Balloon Sqdn USBS, both parachuted safely.

1230 German ace Wilhelm Kühne, with Jasta 18, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 8. 1st Lt G.R. Nixon, 6th US Balloon Co USBS, parachutes safely.

1235 Wilhelm Kühne scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Salmson 2A2 for victory number 9. 1st Lts Edward Orr and P.A. Henderson, 12th Aero Sqdn USAS, crash safely on their own side of the lines.

[Jimbuna]

29th August 1918

Western Front

British recapture Bapaume.

French recapture Noyon and cross River Ailette.

Eastern Front

British Embassy at Petrograd attacked by Bolshevist troops; Captain Cromie, Naval Attache, killed.

Southern Front

Austrian offensive in southern Albania checked.

Aviation

Officers of No. 207 Squadron RAF, at Ligescourt, 29 August 1918. In front of them, on a trolley, are the largest and smallest aerial bombs and behind them the long fuselage and two swivel gun mountings in the rear gunner's cockpit of a Handley-Page Bomber.
https://i.imgur.com/61eaei0.jpg

Political, etc.

Mr. Ryan (U.S.A.) to be Assistant Secretary of War, with title and functions of Director of Air Service.

Visit of Kaiser Wilhelm to Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria at Nauheim.

Ship Losses:

Atxeri Mendi (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gilbert (Sweden) The steam trawler struck a mine off Marstrand in Kattegat and sank with all hands, a crew of ten.
HMT Guide Me II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler collided with another vessel and sank in the Irish Sea off Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.
HMT Puruni (Royal Navy) The naval trawler sank in the Caribbean Sea off Mayreau, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
SM UB-109 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Dover (51°03′N 1°44′E) with the loss of 28 of her 36 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 29, 1918


Air War:

0730 Two French pilots from Spa 100 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Big Gérin (no first name given), victory number 1.
Claude Haegelen, victory number 13.

0745 German ace Reinhold Jörke, with Jasta 39, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 12.

0810 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down SE.5a C9061 for victory number 11. Lt E.A. Parnell, 64 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1010 German ace Hans Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15.

1925 Two RAF SE.5a aces share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, South Africa, D6856, victory number 43.
Carl Flakenberg, Canada, D6920, victory number 11.

German ace Bruno Loerzer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down two Sopwiths (model unknown) for victories 32 and 33.

German ace Wilhelm Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down two SPADs for victories 10 and 11.

German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 19.

German ace Paul Sträle, with Jasta 57, shoots down two SPADs for victories 13 and 14.

[Jimbuna]

30th August 1918

Western Front

British advance on Peronne, crossing Somme at Feuilleres (west of Peronne) and taking Clery (north-west of Peronne).

British advance towards Cambrai, attacking between Haucourt and Hendecourt (north and south of Arras-Cambrai road).

Violent fighting at Bullecourt (south of Hendecourt).

Germans retreat on Lys front; British reoccupy Bailleul.

Eastern Front

Attempt on Lenin's life in Moscow.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Publication of General Marshall's first Despatch re: Mesopotamia.

Political, etc.

(British) Government welcome to Mr. Gompers (President of American Federation of Labour).

London Police strike.

Ship Losses:

Elsie Porter (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Endymion (Royal Navy) The Edgar-class cruiser was damaged at Stavros, Greece by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Onega (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°17′N 5°22′W) by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 of her crew.
Potentate (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 30, 1918


Air Wqr:

0615 Australian RAF pilot Thomas Baker, flying Sopwith Camel E1482, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 4.

0630 Three RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Horace Barton, South Africa, E1482, victory number 13.
Hilbert Blair, United States, B8505, victory number 4.
Thomas Harries, Scotland, E6006, victory number 10.

0955 German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 27.

1030 English RAF observer Harry Gompertz, in a DH.4 with Lt S.L. Dowdeswell as pilot, is credited with two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 4 and 5.

1120 English RAF pilot Douglas Carbeery, in RE.8 B5892, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1730 Canadian RAF pilot Malcolm Plaw MacLeod, flying SE.5a E3971, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1750 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 18.

[Jimbuna]

31st August 1918

Western Front

Australians capture Mont St. Quentin (overlooking Peronne).

End of Battle of Bapaume.

Germans evacuate Mt. Kemmel.

Eastern Front

Supplementary Peace Treaties signed at Berlin.

Bolshevik position 75 miles south of Archangel on Vologda Railway carried by Allies.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British attack Germans successfully near Lioma, un Lurio valley (Portuguese East Africa), and drive them south.

Political, etc.

London Police strike settled; men return to work.

Soviet secret police Cheka agents raid the British embassy in Petrograd, resulting in a firefight. Captain Francis Cromie, the chief of British Intelligence in northern Russia, is killed while defending the embassy.
https://i.imgur.com/o4f1flq.jpg

Ship Losses:

Gamo (Portugal) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 370 nautical miles (690 km) off Flores Islands, Azores by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Milwaukee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpeoded and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (47°22′N 12°14′W) by SM U-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Norte (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Safi, Morocco by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

MERCHANT SHIPPING

British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 151 ships of 283,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).

[Sailor Steve]

August 31, 1918

Idflieg bi-monthly report on German fighters operating at the front at the end of April 1918:

Albatros:
D.III--52
D.V----20
D.Va--307

Fokker:
Dr.I---65
D.VI---27
D.VII-828
E.V----80

Halberstadt:
CL.II--175
CL.IV-=136

Hannover:
CL.II----31
CL.III--233
CL.IIIa--29

LFG Roland:
D.VIa----58
D.VIb----12

Pfalz:
D.III----3
D.IIIa-166
D.VIII--19
D.XII--168


Air War:

The first DH.9as go to France with 110 Sqdn. After the failure of the underpowered DH.9 the plane was rebuilt using the American Liberty engine. The dramatic increase in horsepower made for a much more successful fighter-bomber.

1430 Australian AFC pilot PaulMcGuinnes and observer Wilmot Fysh, flying Bristol F.2b C4623, shoot down two LVG two-seaters. Victories 5 and 6 for McGuinnes; 3 and 4 for Fysh.

1450 English RAF pilot Guy Wareing, in SE.5a C1133, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 3.

1625 Canadian RAF pilot William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel E4407, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1710 South African RAF pilot Ian Stead and English ace observer Dennis Waight, in Bristol F.2b F4820, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for Stead; number 11 for Waight.

1840 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1841 Walter Blume scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SPAD for number 22.

1945 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin D3687 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt C.H.A. Bridge, 23 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and captured, later dying from his wounds.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

[Jimbuna]

1st September 1918

Western Front

Capture of Peronne; British take Bouchavesnes and Rancourt and make general progress south of Scarpe; on Lys front they advance and capture Neuve Eglise.

Over 57,000 prisoners and 650 guns re-taken by British during August.

French advance continues north of Noyon; above Soissons they capture Leury, Juvigny, Coucy and other places.

Eastern Front

Terrorism in Moscow; 5,000 social-revolutionaries sentenced to death by Bolsheviks.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks begin attack on Baku.

Ship Losses:

Ami de Dieu (France) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
City of Glasgow (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (52°17′N 5°38′W) by SM UB-118 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve lives.
Etoile Polaire (France) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 176 nautical miles (326 km) off Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Libertador (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled west of Gibraltar by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mesaba (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock (52°17′N 5°38′W) by SM UB-118 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 1, 1918


Air War:

1000 German ace Karl Schlegel, flying with Jasta 45, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 20. Adj Proust, 29° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely.

1025 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 8.

1100 German ace Robert von Greim, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 22.

1150 English RAF ace Gerald Cooper, in Sopwith Camel E1587, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1320 American RAF pilot Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

1525 Francis Gillett scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1345 English RAF pilot Denis Edgley, in DH.4 D8382 with Sgt N. Sandison as pilot, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1345 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 35.

1345 Scottish RAF observer Fergus Craig, in DH.4 D8425 with Lt F.O. Thornton as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1350 English RAF pilot Frederick John Hunt, in SE.5a E5967, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1400 Scottish RAF observer James Grant, in DH.4 D8419 with Lt E.M. Coles as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1555 German ace Theodor Quant, with Jasta 36, shoots down SE.5a E5939 for victory number 11. American 2nd Lt J.O. Donaldson, 32 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1750 German pilot Hans Nülle, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1810 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

1840 Two French aces with Spa 152 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon Bourjade, victory number 17.
Ernest Maunoury, victory number 6.

[Jimbuna]

2nd September 1918

Western Front

Battle on 23-mile front; Troops of First Army, supported by tanks, break through Drocourt-Queant "Switch" line, south of Scarpe, capture Cagnicourt and Villers, encircle and take Queant by nightfall; 10,000 prisoners.

On Lys front British also gain ground, and north of Peronne, where Sailly-Sallisel and whole of St. Pierre-Vaast Wood re-taken.

General Mangin continues advance north of Soissons, captures Neuilly and Terny Sorny.

Ship Losses:

Hirondelle (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nicolazic (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Andres (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north by west of Port Said, Egypt by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stortind (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 360 nautical miles (670 km) north of the Azores, Portugal by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 2, 1918


Air War:

The German Navy forms the Marine Jagdgeschwader out of five Marine Feld Jastas. Its first commander is Gotthard Sachsenberg.

0820 German ace Theodor Quandt, flying with Jasta 36, shoots down Sopwith Camel E4381 for victory number 11. Lt W.M. Wormald, 209 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0955 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

1025 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down and SE.5a for victory number 19.

1030 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 17.

1045 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 159, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 14.

1115 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Christopher Shannon, flying Bristol F.2b D8904, shoot down two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 9 and 10 for Gibbons; 2 and 3 for Shannon.

1115 English RAF ace pilot Samuel Thompson and ace observer Ronald Fletcher, in Bristol F.2b E2477, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 26 for Thompson; number 24 for Fletcher.

1125 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 24. Adj Fernand Dutrey, Spa 20, is unharmed; Sgt Joseph Latapie-Barinquet is wounded. They make it to their own side of the lines.

1130 Gustav Dörr scores his second kill of the day, another SPAD XI. Sgt Deglise and Lt Brasseur of Spa 20 are listed as Missing.

1245 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 36.

1600 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down a Salmson 2A.2 for victory number 12. 1st Lt R.W. Hitchcock and 2nd Lt F.M. Moore, 88th US Aero Sqdn, are both killed.

1605 Hans-Joachim Rolfes scores his second kill of the day, another Salmson. Capt R. Page and 1st Lt P.F. Carl Jr, 88th US Aero Sqdn, crash safely on their own side of the lines.

German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13.

German ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down and "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 25.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, flying with Jasta 23, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 31.


A Confession:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2567413&postcount=200

[Jimbuna]

3rd September 1918

Western Front

End of battle of the Scarpe.

British advance rapidly beyond Drocourt-Queant line towards Canal du Nord, capture Lecluse, Rumancourt and Baralle.

Germans evacuate Lens, retreat rapidly between Queant and Peronne.

Lys front Allies capture Richebourg-St. Vaast.

South of Peronne French cross Somme at Epenancourt.

East of Noyon French reach outskirts of Salency.

Southern Front

Austrians re-take two observation posts from Italians between Mt. Mantello and South Matteo.

Political, etc.

The United States recognise the Czecho-Slovaks as a co-belligerent nation.

Fanya Kaplan is executed by the Soviets for attempting to assassinate Vladimir Lenin. The Soviets had abolished executions in 1917, but quickly reversed their decision.
https://i.imgur.com/jnvGxjE.jpg

Ship Losses:

Brava (Portugal) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°34′N 5°06′W) by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
Bogstad (Norway) The cargo ship departed from Brest, Finistère, France for Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Highcliffe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) south east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (51°56′N 5°54′W) by SM UB-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Lake Owens (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west by west of Trevose Head (50°32′N 5°08′W) by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 3, 1918


Air War:

1030 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 23.

1125 German ace Theodor Quandt, with Jasta 36, shoots down SE.5a E6000 for victory number 13. Lt J.F.M. Kerr of No 60 Sqdn RAF crashes safely.

1645 French ace Georges Madon, with Spa 38, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 41.

1735 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

1740 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 37.

1805 Theodor Quandt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Bristol F.2b B1344 for victory number 14. Lt W.F. Washington and 2nd Lt K. Penrose, 20 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1847 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a D7202 for victory number 30. 2nd Lts R.T. Ingram and K.J.W. Dennitts of 98 Sqdn RAF are both killed.

1850 German ace Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoos down a DH.4 for victory number 24.

1930 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

2000 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

2035 German ace Oskar Hennrich, flying with Jasta 46, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

German ace Hans Donnhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10. Cpl Roger Pradel, with Spa 96, is listed as Missing.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down two RE.8s for victories 18 and 19. Lts A.W. Macnamara and H. Jonsson, 12 Sqdn RAF, are both killed. Lts T.S. Bulman and Smith (no first name given, are both wounded but make it to their own side of the lines.

German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

[Jimbuna]

4th September 1918

Western Front

Germans retreat on wider front; Canal du Nord forced by British and villages of Manancourt and Etricourt carried.

Ruyaulcourt also taken and outskirts of Havrincourt Wood reached.

British reach Moeuvres.

Lys front Ploegsteert and Hill 63 carried.

Prisoners since 2nd number 15,000.

Germans retreat before French in Noyon pocket, between Canal du Nord and Oise.

French line now passes through Guiscard and Apilly.

Eastern Front

Oboserskaia (73 miles south of Archangel) occupied by Allied forces, after severe fighting with forces led by Germans.

Ship Losses:

Arum (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Pantelleria, Italy (36°50′N 12°50′E) by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bogstad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bristol Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all twelve of her crew.
Dora (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France (49°26′N 12°36′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Richard (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca, Spain (39°49′N 1°51′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Santa Maria (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Villa Franca (Portugal) The tug was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
War Firth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 33 nautical miles (61 km) south by west of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 4, 1918


Air War:

0900 Australian RAF ace pilot Edgar Johnston and observer Walter Irving Newby Grant, flying Bristol F.2b C4867, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 12 for Johnston; number 1 for Grant.

0910 German ace Erich Buder, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

0915 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

0915 Edgar Johnston and Walter Grant score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 13 for Johnston; number 2 for Grant.

0920 Otto Fruhner scores his second kill of the day, a Sopwith Camel, for number 23.

0920 German ace Bruno Loerzer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for number 38.

0925 Erich Buder scores his second kill of the day, another Camel, for number 10.

0930 Otto Fruhner gains his third victory of the day, another Camel, for number 24.

0930 Edgar Johnston and Walter Grant claim their third victory of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Number 14 for Johnston; number 3 for Grant.

0930 German ace Friedrich Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 23.

1110 German ace Georg Meyer, flying with Jasta 37, shoots down an unidentified two-seater for victory number 15.

1115 German ace Otto Schmidt, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 12.

1304 German ace karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 21.

1400 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 26.

1400 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

1830 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 31.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III on the Macedonian Front, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 14.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 20.

German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 28.

German ace Werner Preuss, flying with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

German ace Theodor Quandt, with Jasta 36, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 15.

[Cybermat47]

I had no idea that the Albatros D.III was still in service so late :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

5th September 1918

Western Front

British still advance north and south of Peronne; approach high ground on Athies-Nurlu front; local fighting about Moeuvres and Neuville-Bourjonval.

Steady advance of General Humbert's Army from Noyon towards St. Quentin; crosses Somme canal and approaches within three miles of Ham.

Vesle front (east of Soissons) Franco-American troops drive Germans north towards the Aisne.

Eastern Front

North of Vladivostok Japanese capture Khabarovsk, an important enemy base, with much booty and 120 enemy guns.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

The Hejez Arabs continue to harry the Turks in frequent raids round Medina.

Naval

American troopship USS Mount Vernon is attacked by the German submarine U-82, killing 36 sailors, but the ship remains afloat.
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Political, etc.

Arrest in London of M. Litvinov and other Bolsheviks, as guarantees for the safety of British subjects in Russia.

Ship Losses:

Dolphin (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The gunboat was shelled and sunk at Kazan on the Volga River by White Movement or Czech Legion artillery.
USS Mount Vernon (United States Navy) The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of France by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 36 of her crew. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Rio Mondego (Portugal) The schooner was damaged by scuttling charges in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The charges were placed by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed to the Isles of Scilly and beached. Despite being placed under guard, some of her cargo of port was liberated by the locals.
SM UC-91 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC III submarine collided with Alexandra Woermann ( German Empire) in the Baltic Sea (54°21′N 10°10′E) and sank with the loss of 17 crew. She was raised on 6 September, repaired and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

I had no idea that the Albatros D.III was still in service so late :hmmm:
Could be the Austrian Oeffag Albatros. They never built a D.V version. could also be that Southern Front units never got D.Vs.

[Sailor Steve]

September 5, 1918


Air War:

1005 German ace Fritz Rumey, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 32.

1110 German ace Josef Mai, with Jasta 5, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 25.

1200 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 16.

1210 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 39.

1700 Welsh RAF ace pilot Herbert Beddow and observer William Upton Tyrrell, in Bristol F.2b D7998, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 10 for Beddow; number 1 for Tyrrell.

1700 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Christopher Shannon, flying Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 11 for Gibbons; number 4 for Shannon.

1700 English RAF ace pilot Samuel Thompson and observer Ronald Fletcher, in Bristol F.2b E1143, are credited with two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 27 and 28 for Thompson; numbers 24 and 25 for Fletcher.

1730 German ace Karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 22.

1840 German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 23.

1845 Canadian RAF ace pilot Kenneth Conn and ace observer Bruce Digby-Worsley, in Bristol F.2b E2216, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 11 for Conn; number 12 for Digby-Worsley.

1900 German ace Hermann Frommherz, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, with Jasta 23, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 32.

[Jimbuna]

6th September 1918

Western Front

Amiens-St. Quentin road British press forward.

Germans in full retreat from the Somme.

Ham and Chauny re-taken by French.

In north English troops advance north-west of Armentieres and re-take Bailleul.

Americans reach south bank of Aisne river.

Naval and Overseas Operations

In East Africa von Lettow's forces are overtaken on Upper Lurio river near Anguros and attacked by two British columns from south and south-east. Enemy retreat west after severe losses in killed and captured.

Ship Losses:

Almirante The United Fruit Company passenger-cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean after colliding with the tanker USS Hisko ( United States Navy) 16 nautical miles (30 km) off the coast of New Jersey near Atlantic City at approximately 39°21′N 74°13′W. All but five to seven of the 105 passengers and crew survived.
Audax (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) east by north of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire (54°29′N 0°21′W) by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Milly (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2.25 nautical miles (4.17 km) west by south of Tintagel Head, Cornwall (50°30′N 4°52′W) by SM UB-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 6, 1918


Air War:

0830 American RAF ace pilot August Iaccaci and English ace observer Arthur Newland, flying Bristol F.2b E2213, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victor number 11 for Iaccaci and 16 for Newland.

0845 English RAF ace pilot Horace Lale and Canadian observer Harold Edwards, in Bristol F.2b E2181, claim two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 16 and 17 for Lale; 4 and 5 for Edwards.

0855 August Iaccaci and Arthur Newland score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII Number 12 for Iaccaci; number 17 for Newland.

1455 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 12.

1635 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 15. Cpl Georges Nal and Sol Jeandemange, Sal 18, are both killed.

1645 Hans-Joachim Rolfes scores his second kill of the day, a French observation balloon, for number 16. Sgt Gaitz-Hocki, 83° Cie d’Aérostieres, parachutes safely.

1842 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 12. Sgt Armand Blovac and Lt Pierre Millot, Br 260, are both killed.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b D7906 for victory number 24. Lt E.N. Underwood and 2nd Lt C.M. Coleman, 11 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

German ace Martin Hänichen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots dwon Sopwith Camel D9484 for victory number 10. Lt A.H. Hiscox, 208 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

German ace Alfred Lindenberger, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

[Jimbuna]

7th September 1918

Western Front

Rapid British and French pursuit of Germans, who retreat towards "Hindenburg Line".

British take Roisel (railway junction for St. Quentin and Cambrai) and greater part of Havrincourt Wood.

Somme French capture Pithon, Dury and Ollezy, east of Ham, cross Crozat canal at Pont de Tugny and St. Simon after heavy fighting.

Lys front enemy display strong resistance.

Eastern Front

First instalment of Russian War Indemnity to Germany, consisting of �12,500,000 in gold and bank notes is sent from Moscow to the frontier.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Publication by Admiralty of names of commanders of 151 U-boats disposed of by Navy.

Ship Losses:

Bellbank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south south west of the Île du Planier, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (42°48′N 5°08′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Ruysdael (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 228 nautical miles (422 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°53′N 10°07′W) by SM U-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Santa Maria (Portugal) The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (13°25′S 15°00′W). Her crew survived.
Sophia (Portugal) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vicenza (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Salonica, Greece (39°42′N 23°18′E) by SM UB-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

September 7, 1918


Air War:

The US 1st Marine Aviation Force in the Calais area receives their first bomber.

1125 German ace Fritz Rumey, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down DH.4 A7587 for victory number 33. Lt D.J.T. Mellor, 205 Sqdn RAF, is killed; 2nd Lt J.C. Walker is taken prisonder.

1135 South African RAF ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, in SE.5a D6856, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 44,

1145 German ace Otto Schmidt, with Jasta 5, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 13.

1230 German ace Albert Hausmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 13. 1st Lts A.W. Lawson and H.W. Verwoldt, 91st Aero Sqdn USAS, are taken prisoner.

1325 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 14. MdL Clerc, Esc Sal 5, is killed; S/Lt Thirion is wounded.

1810 English RAF ace pilot Horace Lale and Canadian ace observer Harold Edwards, flying Bristol F.2b E2181, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory numbe 18 for Lale; Number 6 for Edwards.

1945 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 12.

Three French pilots with Spa 154 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Michel Coiffard, victory number 26.
Theophile Condemine, victory number 2.
Sgt Peillard (first name not given), victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

8th September 1918

Western Front

Enemy show increased resistance.

Violent fighting north and east of St. Simon.

Avesnes lost and re-taken by French, who also take Artemps, Happencourt, Fluquieres, Vaux and gain ground both sides of Oise river.

Over 19,000 prisoners taken by British in past week. Over 150,000 taken by Allies since 18 July.

Eastern Front

Representatives of neutral countries make strong protest against the wholesale arrests and executions carried out in Russia.

Junction of the Czecho-Slovaks at Olovyanna in Siberia with other Czech forces from the east.

Ship Losses:

HMS Nessus (Royal Navy) The Admiralty M-class destroyer collided with HMS Amphitrite ( Royal Navy) in the North Sea and sank.

[Sailor Steve]

September 8, 1918


Air War:

1235-1305 American pilot Jacques Michael Swabb, flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater and two Fokker D.VIIs during this half-hour time period, for victories 1, 2 and 3.

[Jimbuna]

9th September 1918

Western Front

After sharp fighting British gain high ground between Havrincourt and Gouzeaucourt, overlooking Hindenburg Line.

French push well across Crozat Canal towards St. Quentin and La Fere; main progress made east of St. Simon; they capture Grand Seraucourt, Montescourt, Remigny and Liez Fort.

Two strong counter-attacks at Laffaux (between Soissons and Laon) repulsed.

Eastern Front

Complete anarchy reported in Petrograd; Bolsheviks massacre the "bourgeoisie". Threat to execute British officials.

Southern Front

Greek new advanced line heavily bombed in Struma Valley.

Ship Losses:

Dorisbrook (United Kingdom) The collier collided with HMS Orbita ( Royal Navy) and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru. Her crew were rescued by HMS Orbita.
Helvetia (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) west south west of Lindesnes, Vest-Agder by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Missanabie (United Kingdom) The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 51°11′N 7°25′W) by SM UB-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 45 lives.
Taurus (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
SM U-92 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 87 submarine struck a mine in the North Sea (59°00′N 1°30′W) and sank with the loss of all 39 crew.
War Arabis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 88 nautical miles (163 km) north by east of Cape Sigli, Algeria (38°08′N 5°30′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 9, 1918


Air War:

German ace Eduard von Schleich, flying with Jasta 23, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 33.

[August]

100 Years ago today my great grandfathers regiment, the 8th Bavarian Infantry, was transferred to the 16th Bavarian Infantry Division.



The regiment, as part of the 14th BI Division, had participated in the Battle Amiens on the 8th of August and suffered heavy losses in what became known as the "Black Day of the German Army". The few remaining survivors had barely 8 days of rest before being sent back to the front lines north of Ypres in a frantic attempt to stem the allied tide.