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Sailor Steve · 01-17-16, 12:55 PM

January 17, 1916:

Air War:
English pilot Eustace Grenfell, flying Morane-Saulnier 'N' 5068, is credited with shooting down three Fokker eindeckers and an Albatros two-seater. Victories number 3-6.

German pilot Walter Höhndorf, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down Voisin 5 V1096 for his first victory. Caporal Henri Follot and Mdl Hennequet are taken POW.

German pilot Gustav Leffers, in a Fokker E.III, claims a BE.2c, but it goes unconfirmed.

English pilot Frederick Powell, flying FE.8 7457, shoots down an Aviatik 2-seater for kill number 3.
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North Sea:
Dutch trawler SS Catania, 132 tons, departs Ymuiden and is not heard from again.

Skagerrak:
Swedish barque SV Krey-Woggersin, carrying a load of pit props, is wrecked in the Vigsø Bugt, off Madsbøl Klitpantage, Denmark.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, sinks British freighter SS Sutherland, 3,542 tons, bound from Bombay to Hull with a load of manganese ore. It is the first sinking for the man who will ultimately become the highest-scoring submarine ace of all time.

British trawler/minesweeper HMT Fulmar, 205 tons, is sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Sollum, on the Libya/Egypt boarder.

Canada:
Canadian schooner SV Stanley L., 19 tons, travelling from Saint John, New Bruswick to Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia, runs aground at Advocate Beach.

01-17-16, 12:55 PM	#1305
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	January 17, 1916: Air War: English pilot Eustace Grenfell, flying Morane-Saulnier 'N' 5068, is credited with shooting down three Fokker eindeckers and an Albatros two-seater. Victories number 3-6. German pilot Walter Höhndorf, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down Voisin 5 V1096 for his first victory. Caporal Henri Follot and Mdl Hennequet are taken POW. German pilot Gustav Leffers, in a Fokker E.III, claims a BE.2c, but it goes unconfirmed. English pilot Frederick Powell, flying FE.8 7457, shoots down an Aviatik 2-seater for kill number 3. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=120 North Sea: Dutch trawler SS Catania, 132 tons, departs Ymuiden and is not heard from again. Skagerrak: Swedish barque SV Krey-Woggersin, carrying a load of pit props, is wrecked in the Vigsø Bugt, off Madsbøl Klitpantage, Denmark. Mediterranean Sea: Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, sinks British freighter SS Sutherland, 3,542 tons, bound from Bombay to Hull with a load of manganese ore. It is the first sinking for the man who will ultimately become the highest-scoring submarine ace of all time. British trawler/minesweeper HMT Fulmar, 205 tons, is sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Sollum, on the Libya/Egypt boarder. Canada: Canadian schooner SV Stanley L., 19 tons, travelling from Saint John, New Bruswick to Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia, runs aground at Advocate Beach. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 09-18-16 at 10:29 AM.