April 22, 1917
Air War:
No. 56 Squadron RFC sees its first combat in the SE.5. Albert Ball and four other pilots chase a Albatros two-seater. The SE.5 being new and still secret, they are under orders to stay two miles inside their own lines, and after firing three Lewis drums at the fleeing plane Ball and his group turn back, allowing the German plane to escape.
0705 Indian RFC pilot Edward Atkinson, flying Nieuport 17 A6624, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 2.
0705 South African RFC pilot George Lawrence Lloyd, in Nieuport 17 A6776, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 1.
0715 English RFC pilot William Reed, in SPAD VII B1563, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.
0720 English RFC pilot Edwin Cole, in Nieuport 23 A6790, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 5.
0810 German pilot August Hanko, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down Nieuport 17 A313 for victory number 1,
0930 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a British balloon for victory number 14. Gontermann will claim another balloon this day, but it is unconfirmed.
1120 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.
1130 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a British Balloon for victory number 6.
1145 Kurt Schneider shoots down a second British balloon for victory number 7.
1410 German ace Edmund Nathanael, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French balloon for victory number 10.
1445 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 10.
1705 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.III 2253/17, shoots down FE.2b 7020 for victory number 46. Lts Waldemar Franklin and William Fred Fletcher are both wounded, but crash on their own side of the lines.
1710 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A5501 for victory number 19. Sgt John Kenneth Hollis is wounded and taken prisoner. Lt Bernard Joseph Tolhurst is killed.
1720 New Zealand RNAS pilot Thomas Culling, in Sopwith Triplane N5444, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.
1720 Irish RFC pilot William Earle Molesworth, flying Nieuport 17 B1569, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.
1725 Roderic Dallas scores his second kill for the day, downing another Albatros D.III for victory number 11.
1750 French ace Albert Deullin, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 14. It is uncertain, but Flg Albdrt Karzmarek and Uffz Karl Schulz of Schasta 10 were shot down and killed in the same area.
1830 French ace René Dorme, in SPAD VII S392, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 20.
1830 Scottish RFC pilot William Patrick, in SPAD VII B1524, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.
1900 William Patrick gains his second victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 5.
1910 French pilot Alfred Auger, flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 4. Again the truth is uncertain but Uffz Gustav Richter and Ltn Erich Bersu of FlAbt 212 were shot down and killed in the same area on this day.
1910 Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Kerby, in Sopwith Pup N6160, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 2.
2005 Edmund Nathanael shoots down a SPAD VII for his second victory of the day, number 11 overall.
2005 Kurt Wolff scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Morane 'P' A6727 for number 20.
2010 German pilot Reinhold Jörke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. There were two RFC SPADS brought down this day: A6682, wnd Lt F.C. Craig, taken prisoner; A6695, 2nd Lt K.R. Furniss wounded and captured, died from his wounds later. One of them was brought down by Nathanael, the other by Jörke, but there is no certainty as to which was which.
2020 German ace Karl Schäfer, flying an Albatros D.III shoots down FE.2b A820 for victory number 21. Lt. C.A. Parker survives crashing on his own side of the lines. 2nd Lt J.B.E. Hesketh dies from his wounds.
German pilot Ltn d R. Gerlt shoots down a Caudron G.4. MdL LeClerc and Lt Mersier are listed as Missing. This is apparently Gerlt's only kill, and though he will later command Jasta 19 his full name is not listed in any sources.
German pilot Friedrich Gille, in an Albatros D.II, claims a BE.2, but it is unconfirmed.
French pilot Pierre Pendaries, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.
English RFC aces Alan Wilkinson and Lawrence Allen, in a Bristol F.2a, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 19 for Wilkinson, number 7 for Allen.
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North Atlantic Ocean, 407 miles west of Fastnet Rock:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding
U-43, stops and scuttles American schooner
Woodward Abrahams, 744 tons, bound from Pensacola to Liverpool with a load of scored timber. His score is now 29 ships and 71,294 tons.
North of Ireland:
Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, in
U-93, stops and scuttles Norwegian sailing ship
Vestelv, 1,729 tons, en route from Mobile to Liverpool with a load of Pitch Pine. His score is now 9 ships and 56,537 tons.
Ireland:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in
UC-66, scuttles British barque
Arethusa, heading from Gulfport to Claud with a load of pitch pine. His score is now 79 ships and 103,514 tons.
Celtic Sea:
Hans Rose, in
U-53, sinks Canadian freighter SS
Neepawah, 1,799 tons, carrying a load of pyrites from Huelva to Rouen. His score is now 33 ships and 77,940 tons.
Paul Hundius, in
UC-47, attacks British Q-ship HMS
Gaelic, 224 tons, with his deck gun off Mine Head. A sailing barquentine, Gaelic is only damaged.
North Sea:
Otto Hersing, in
U-21, sinks two Norwegian freighters between Norway and the Shetland Islands:
SS
Giskö, 1,643 tons, travelling from Ålesund to Hull with a general cargo.
SS
Theodore William, 3,057 tons, en route from Narvik to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
Hersing's score is now 35 ships and 107,678 tons.
Kurt Bernis, in
UC-41, sinks Norwegian freighter SS
Godø, 870 tons, heading from Levanger to London with a load of lumber. His score is now 12 ships and 6,197 tons.
Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in
UC-44, stops and scuttles British fishing vessel
Nightingale, 91 tons, bringing his score to 23 vessels and 15,894 tons.
Bay of Biscay:
British freighter SS
Capenor, 2,536 tons, travelling in ballast from Nantes to Bilbao, hits a mine laid off La Pallice by Reinhold Saltzwedel in
UC-21.
Meanwhile
UC-21 sinks two other ships:
Americna freighter SS
Percy Birdsall, 1,127 tons, travelling in ballast from New York to Bordeaux; scuttled.
Norwegian barque
Valerie, 2,140 tons, in ballast from Bordeaux to St. Thomas; deck gun.
Saltzwedel's score is now 67 ships and 97,789 tons.
Tyrhennian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in
U-33, sinks three ships off Civitavecchia:
Norwegian freighter SS
Blaatind, 1,641 tons, carrying a load of coal from Blyth to Civitavecchia.
Italian sailing vessel
Maria S, 133 tons.
Italian brigantine
Unione, 207 tons.
Seiß' score is now 21 ships and 131,323 tons.
Indian Ocean, off South Africa:
0900 HMFM
Trent reports sea increasing again, from the beam.
1000
Trent reduces speed, reports HMS
Severn rolling and taking on water.
1300
Trent reduces speed again, report sea "breaking badly" on
Severn.
2000 Sea has decreased, towing improved but still with a high swell from the beam.
1159 Wind and sea moderate, skies clear, towing easy.