January 10, 1916:
Air War:
German pilot Albert Dossenbach and observer Hans Schilling, Flying an Albatros C.I, shoot down Morane 'LA' 5091. It is the first kill for both of them.
German pilot Wilhelm Frankl, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down a Voisin two-seater for victory number 2.
North Sea:
Swedish freighter SS Birka, 1,790 tons, bound from Swansea to Gothenburg with a load of coal, is wrecked on Bow Rock, near the Noup Head Lighthouse at the north end of Westray, in the Orkney Islands.
Mediterranean Sea:
Italian sailing ship SV Nostra Signora Delle Vigne, 165 tons, sinks following a collision off Cap Corse, at the north end of Corsica.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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