June 18, 1916
Air War:
1700 Four eindeckers attack eight FE.2bs. Someone, possibly German ace Max Immelmann, shoots down FE.2b 6940. Pilot Lt Clarence Elias Rogers wounded, died later in hospital; Sgt H. Taylor wounded, taken prisoner.
2145 Immelmann's group, having refueled and taken off again, this time with five planes. They are attacking FE.2b 4909 and it goes down, killing 17-year-old pilot Lt John Raymond Boscowen Savage and wounding observer AM2 T.N.U. Robinson. Another FE.2b, flown by George Reynolds McCubbin and gunner James Henry Waller, attacks Immelmann. The Fokker is seen to fall, shedding its tail and then wings on the way down. The fuselage falls 2,000 meters, killing one of Germany's two great aces. There is some
controversy regarding what actually happened, and also concerning Immelmann's last two victories.
" 4909 is awarded to Max Mulzer, for victory number 4.
Also this day French aircrew of Andre Delome and Charles Jobelin, in a Caudron G.4, shoot down an Aviatik two-seater. Victory number 2 for Delorme, unknown for Jobelin (possibly his only kill).
North Sea:
Spanish freighter SS
Mendibil-Mendi, 4,501 tons, bound from Newcastle for Bilbao, runs onto a mine laid by Kurt Ramien in
UC-1, bringing his score to 3 ships and 14,660 tons.
American freighter SS
Seaconnet, 2,294 tons, carrying a load of timber from Arkhangelsk to London, hits a mine laid by Georg Haag in
UC-7. Haag's score is now 23 ships and 33,396 tons.
Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in
U-35, adds four more ships to his score:
Norwegian freighter SS
Aquila, 2,191 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Livorno.
British freighter SS
Beachy, 4,718 tons, travelling from Calcutta and Marseille to Hull with a load of manganese ore plus general cargo.
French freighter SS
Olga, 2,964 tons, route and cargo unlisted.
British freighter SS
Rona, 1,312 tons, Bound from Genoa for Lisbon with a general cargo.
Von Arnauld's total is now 30 ships and 73,773 tons.