May 8, 1916
Air War:
0552 German pilot (or observer) Kurt Jentsch, in a two seater, is credited with a Farman for victory number 3. Jentsch claims a second Farman but it is unconfirmed.
Celtic Sea:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, sinks British passenger liner SS Cymric, 13,370 tons, bound from New York for Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 31 ships and 133,400 tons. The ship also carried 106 crew but only 6 passengers.
Carribean Sea:
American schooner Mary E.H.G. Dow, 1208 tons, travelling from Ilha do Faial, part of the Azores, to Norfolk, Virginia, is wrecked off Punta del Fraile, Cuba.
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