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Sailor Steve · 05-28-16, 09:54 AM

May 28, 1916

The Sopwith Scout prototype goes to A Squadron, No 5 Wing, RNAS for testing. Called the Scout by the RFC and Type 9901 by the RNAS, the plane will receive its popular nickname after Brigadier General W. Sefton Rancker sees it for the first time: "Good God! Your 1-1/2 Strutter has had a pup!"

Sopwith test pilot Harry Hawker takes the prototype Triplane on its first flight.

Air War:

French pilot Andre Jean Delorme and observer Edmond Barthe, in a Caudron G.4, shoot down an Eindecker for victory number 1

North Atlantic Ocean:
French schooner St. Louis, 336 tons, carrying a load of salt from Cadiz, Spain to St. Pierre Et Miquelon, Newfoundland, Canada, founders off Graziosa, in the Azores Islands.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, commanding U-39, uses his deck gun to sink British freighter SS Lady Ninian, 4,297 tons, bound from Newport News to Livorno with a load of steel rails and oats. His score is now 67 ships and 155,302 tons.

05-28-16, 09:54 AM	#1555
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	May 28, 1916 The Sopwith Scout prototype goes to A Squadron, No 5 Wing, RNAS for testing. Called the Scout by the RFC and Type 9901 by the RNAS, the plane will receive its popular nickname after Brigadier General W. Sefton Rancker sees it for the first time: "Good God! Your 1-1/2 Strutter has had a pup!" Sopwith test pilot Harry Hawker takes the prototype Triplane on its first flight. Air War: French pilot Andre Jean Delorme and observer Edmond Barthe, in a Caudron G.4, shoot down an Eindecker for victory number 1 North Atlantic Ocean: French schooner St. Louis, 336 tons, carrying a load of salt from Cadiz, Spain to St. Pierre Et Miquelon, Newfoundland, Canada, founders off Graziosa, in the Azores Islands. Mediterranean Sea: Walter Forstmann, commanding U-39, uses his deck gun to sink British freighter SS Lady Ninian, 4,297 tons, bound from Newport News to Livorno with a load of steel rails and oats. His score is now 67 ships and 155,302 tons. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 05-29-16 at 08:47 AM. Reason: Had pilots on wrong date.