March 15, 1916:
Air War:
German pilot Hartmuth Baldamus, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down a Caudron two-seater, killing both crew members. Victory number 1.
North Sea:
Norwegian coaster MV Borgund, 321 tons, bound from Bergen to Dieppe with a load of herring, goes missing after passing Kopervik. All eleven hands lost.
British trawler Holland, 291 tons, departs Boston, Lincolnshire, one day after Carrington, and also goes missing.
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