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Sailor Steve · 05-04-16, 08:15 AM

May 4, 1916

Air War:
0900 Irish RFC pilot Sidney Edward Cowan, flying DH.2 5966, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

1200 Austrian pilot Adolf Herowsky and observer Benno Fiala, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.55, shoot down Italian airship M-4. Victory number 3 for Heyrowsky and number 2 for Fiala.

French pilot Louis fernand Coudouret, in a Nieuport 11, brings down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

German pilot Wilhelm Frankl, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down BE.2c 4109 for victory number 5. Canadian 2nd Lts Edward Gurney Rycksman and John Romeyn Dennistoun both jump to their deaths to escape their burning plane.

Mediterranean Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Crownsin, 173 tons, hits a mine laid by Gustav Seiß in U-73, bringing his score to 6 ships and 22,035 tons. HMT Crownsin was originally German trawler Varel, captured by HMS Arethusa on October 7, 1915 and pressed into British service.

British freighter SS St. Catherine, 4,278 tons, carrying a load of grain from Baltimore to Naples, is wrecked off Asinara, Sardinia.

German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Severn boards a landing party of 60 men in anticipation of a raid the following day.

Indian Ocean:
British paddle steamer Kelat, 245 tons, on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Colombo, Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), founders in a cyclone.

05-04-16, 08:15 AM	#1507
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	May 4, 1916 Air War: 0900 Irish RFC pilot Sidney Edward Cowan, flying DH.2 5966, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. 1200 Austrian pilot Adolf Herowsky and observer Benno Fiala, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.55, shoot down Italian airship M-4. Victory number 3 for Heyrowsky and number 2 for Fiala. French pilot Louis fernand Coudouret, in a Nieuport 11, brings down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1. German pilot Wilhelm Frankl, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down BE.2c 4109 for victory number 5. Canadian 2nd Lts Edward Gurney Rycksman and John Romeyn Dennistoun both jump to their deaths to escape their burning plane. Mediterranean Sea: His Majesty's Trawler Crownsin, 173 tons, hits a mine laid by Gustav Seiß in U-73, bringing his score to 6 ships and 22,035 tons. HMT Crownsin was originally German trawler Varel, captured by HMS Arethusa on October 7, 1915 and pressed into British service. British freighter SS St. Catherine, 4,278 tons, carrying a load of grain from Baltimore to Naples, is wrecked off Asinara, Sardinia. German East Africa: British monitor HMS Severn boards a landing party of 60 men in anticipation of a raid the following day. Indian Ocean: British paddle steamer Kelat, 245 tons, on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Colombo, Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), founders in a cyclone. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 05-05-16 at 08:05 AM.