April 16, 1916
Air War:
1005 German pilot Rudolf Berthold, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down BE.2c 2097 for victory number 5. Pilot 2nd Lt Wallace Sinclair Earle KIA, observer 2nd Lt C.W.P. Selby POW.
German observer Kurt Jentsch claims two Farmans, both unconfirmed.
Celtic Sea:
Hans Nieland opens his first patrol in his third command - U-67, with the sinking of British sailing ship SV Cardonia, 2,169 tons, bound from Seattle to Queenstown with a load of grain. His score is now. 10 ships and 2,606 tons.
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, stops and sinks British sailing ship SV Glendoon, 1,918 tons, carrying a load of nitrate from Iquique to Calais; freighter SS Harrovian, 4,309 tons, travelling from New York to Le Havre with a general cargo; and torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Papelera, 1,591 tons, en route from Göteborg to Nantes with a cargo of cellulose, sulphur and machinery. His score is now 5 ships and 12,500 tons.
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