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Sailor Steve · 04-25-17, 01:58 AM

April 24, 1917

Air War:
The German Luftstreitkräfte has developed new units, called Schutzstaffeln, using specially designed two-seaters to escort reconnaissance flights. The Schustas are also being used for ground attack flights. On April 24, 1917, Hauptmann Eduard Zorer, commander of Schusta 7, takes a Halberstadt CL.II on a mission to strafe British trenches to distract them from shooting at German forces attacking across No-Man's Land. This is considered to be the birth of Close Air Support.
http://www.historynet.com/first-ground-pounders.htm

0720 English observer Francis Richard Cubbon, riding in FE.2d A6392 with Lt R.E. Johnson as pilot, claims two Albatros D.IIIs for his first two victories.

0722 French pilot Edmond Pillon, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4. Identity of his opponent is uncertain, but Vfw Rudolf Rath is shot down and killed at this time.

0805 German pilot Heinrich Lorenz, aircraft unknown, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6175 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt R.S. Capon is taken prisoner.

0815 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 13.

0830 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1002 for victory number 20. 2nd Lt L.C. Halse and AM2 W. Bond are both killed.

0840 Otto Bernert scores his second kill of the day, shooting down BE.2e 7195 for victory number 21. Lt G.E. Hicks is taken prisoner. There is no mention of an observer, so these planes from No 9 Squadron RFC may have been on a bombing mission, with the obersvers left behind to increase the bomb load.

0840 Australian RNAS pilot George Simpson, in Sopwith Triplane N5460, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0842 Otto Bernert downs his third enemy for the day, another BE.2e, A2937, number 22. 2nd Lt F.A. Matthews is killed.

0845 Otto Bernert gains his fourth victory of the day, shooting down BE.2e A2941 for number 23. Lt C.L. Graves is killed.

0850 Otto Bernert scores his fifth kill of the day, a DH.4, for number 24. Details unknown.

0900 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5467 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt E.J.B. Walker is killed.

0910 German ace Walter Göttsch, flying an Albartros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 9.

0910 German pilot Werner Junck, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 1.

0940 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 12. Details unknown.

1010 Canadian RNAS pilot Alexander MacDonald Shook, in Sopwith Pup N6200, shoots down a Fokker D.II for victory number 1.

1012 German pilot Paul Felsmann, in an Albatros D.III, claims a SPAD for victory number 2. Uncertain, but French Sgt Xavier Boiteaux-Levret was shot down and killed at this time and place in Nieuport 23 2937.

1040 Irish RFC pilot William Molesworth, in Nieuport 17 B1569, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

1110 A trio of SE.5s share a German two-seater:
Leonard Monteagle Barlow, A4858 victory number 1.
Cyril Marconi Crowe, A4860, number 1.
2nd Lt M.A. Kay, unknown.

1115 Malayan RNAS pilot Thomas Gerard, in Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1120 Thomas Gerard claims his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1200 Irish RFC pilot Thomas Hazell, in Nieuport 17 A6738, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.

1200 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5469, and Scottish RFC pilot Ian Napier, in Nieuport 23 A6778, run across a DFW C.V and shoot it down. Ltns Huppertz and Neumuller are taken prisoner. Victory numver 8 for Little, number 2 for Napier. According to Above The Trenches a Lt Brevis, flying a Nieuport with Napier, was also credited.

1515 Scottish RFC pilot Gerard Joseph Constable Maxwell, flying SE.5 A4863, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 1.

1605 German pilot Albert Haussmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 2.

1640 French pilots Rober de Marancour and Cpl Lejeune both in SPAD VIIs, share a victory over a German two-seater from FlAbt 222. Ltns Werner Hecht and Hugo Schneider are both killed. Victory number 4 for Marancour, number 1 for Lejeune.

1650 Three RNAS Sopwith Pups share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Francis Casey, Ireland, N6182, victory number 6.
John Malone, Canada, N6208, victory number 9
Herbert Travers, England, N6169, victory number 5.

1720 French pilot Marcel Laurent Henriot, in a Nieuprt, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 1. Ltn Walter Rudatis and Ltn Karl Jaeger of FFA 253 are both killed.

1725 French-American ace Raoul Lufbery, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 9.

1750 English RFC pilot Alexander Roulstone, flying FE.2b 5347 with 2nd Lt E.G. Green as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1800 French pilot François Marie Noel Battesti, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

1910 German pilot Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 5.

German ace Eduard von Dostler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 6.

South African RFC pilot Robert Norwood Hall, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

Four Bristol F.2bs share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Roger Bolton Hay, England, number 1; Lt V.G. Nutkins, unknown.
Fred Holliday, Australia, number 3; Anthony Wall, England, number 3.
William Price, England, number 3; Maurice Benjamin, South Africa, number 3.
William Winkler, Scotland, number 3, Ernest Moore, England, number 3.

Fred Holliday and Anthony Wall shoot down a German two-seater; victory number 4 for both.

Irish RFC pilot Victory Huston, flying a Bristol F.2a with observer Lt E.A. Foord, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

French ace Georges Madon, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 9. Uncertain, but Ltn Friedrich Krawolitzke and Vfw Otto Hartung of FAA 252 are both killed about this time and place.

North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, stops and scuttles Swedish barque Cordelia, 613 tons, bound from Pascaguola for Newport, Wales with a load of pitch pine. His score is now 30 ships and 71,907 tons.

Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks four ships:
Norwegian barque Clan Gailbraith, 2,168 tons, carrying a load of lubricating oil and wax from Philadelphia to Birkenhead; scuttled.
Danish schooner Eos, 179 tons, en route from Darien to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine; scuttled.
Swedish schooner Valkyerian, 233 tons, sailing from Pensacola to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine; deck gun.
Norwegian sailing ship Vestdal, 1,690 tons, hauling a load of timber from Pensacola to Greenock; deck gun.
Wünsche's score is now 59 ships and 89,848 tons.

West of Scotland:
Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, sinks British barque Amulree, 1,145 tons, carrying a load of Coal from Liverpool to Santos. His score is now 30 ships and 78,048 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, sinks British freighter SS Thistleard, 4,136 tons, bound from Tocopila and Norfolk for Clyde with a load of nitrate; 135 miles west-northwest of Tory Island. His score is now 12 ships and 22,010 tons.

Celtic Sea:
Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks two British freighters 150 miles west of Bishop Rock:
SS Anglesea, 4,534 tons, en route from Boston to Le Havre with a load of steel and oats.
SS Ferndene, 3,770 tons, carrying a load of graphite and meal from Table Bay to London.
Rose's score is now 36 ships and 90,548 tons.

Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, scuttles Norwegian barque Metropolis, 1,811 tons, heading from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of drums of lubricating oil; west of the Scilly Isles. His score is now 22 ships and 39,150 tons.
Dieckmann also attacks British freighter SS Thirlby, 2,009 tons, travelling from Gibraltar to Dunkerque, with his deck gun, but the ship escapes.

British freighter SS Kenilworth, 2,735 tons, hauling a load of patent fuel from Cardiff to La Pallice, hits a mine laid off Point Saint Mathieu, Brittany by Gustav Buch in UC-36.
Meanwhile Buch himself stops and scuttles French schooner La Providence, 272 tons, travelling from Swansea to La Rochelle with a load of coal.
Buch's score is now 13 ships and 16,568 tons.

Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks two vessels:
British drifter Heather, 58 tons; scuttled off Bishop Rock.
British freighter SS Plutus, 1,189 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Barry; sunk off Trevose Head.
Hundus' score is now 40 ships and 42,983 tons.

English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, attacks French barquentine Saint Jacques, 415 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Servan to Cardiff; off Portland Bill with his deck gun. The ship is beaced at Portland Roads and refloated.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks French sailing vessel Marie Blanche, 359 tons, off Cherbourg, bringing his score to 13 ships and 9,061 tons.

North Sea:
Erich von Rohrscheidt, in UB-10, torpedoes Dutch Freighter SS Minister Tak Van Poortvliet, 1,106 tons, en route from Hull to Harlingen; off Ymuiden. His score is now 2 ships and 2,519 tons.

Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, scuttles British trawler Upton Castle, 145 tons, off Longstone, bringing his score to 11 vessels and 10,576 tons.

Rudolf Seuffer, in UC-50, sinks two ships off Spurn Point:
British naval trawler HMT Margate, 162 tons; deck gun.
British trawler Mayfly, 199 tons; deck gun.
UC-50 also shells HMT Gaul, 270 tons, but the naval trawler does not sink.
Seuffer's score is now 13 vessels and 11,896 tons.

Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Norwegian coaster SS Harald Haarfager, 475 tons, in the Skagerrak as a prize. The Prize Court later releases the ship back to its owners.

Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks British freighter SS Barnton, 1,858 tons, travelling from Bilbao to Tyne with a load of iron ore, southwest of Pointe de Chassiron. His score is now 68 ships and 99,647 tons.

Portugal:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks four ships off Cape St. Vincent:
Italian sailing vessel Bien Aime Prof. Luigi, 265 tons, en route from Fowey to Genoa with a load of china clay; scuttled.
Danish freighter SS Nordsøen, 1,055 tons, carrying a load of herring from Bergen to Genoa; scuttled.
Norwegian freighter SS Torvore, 1,667 tons, headed from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Vilhelm Krag, 3,715 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Barry.
Von Arnauld's score is now 176 ships and 376,409 tons.

04-25-17, 01:58 AM	#2259
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	April 24, 1917 Air War: The German Luftstreitkräfte has developed new units, called Schutzstaffeln, using specially designed two-seaters to escort reconnaissance flights. The Schustas are also being used for ground attack flights. On April 24, 1917, Hauptmann Eduard Zorer, commander of Schusta 7, takes a Halberstadt CL.II on a mission to strafe British trenches to distract them from shooting at German forces attacking across No-Man's Land. This is considered to be the birth of Close Air Support. http://www.historynet.com/first-ground-pounders.htm 0720 English observer Francis Richard Cubbon, riding in FE.2d A6392 with Lt R.E. Johnson as pilot, claims two Albatros D.IIIs for his first two victories. 0722 French pilot Edmond Pillon, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4. Identity of his opponent is uncertain, but Vfw Rudolf Rath is shot down and killed at this time. 0805 German pilot Heinrich Lorenz, aircraft unknown, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6175 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt R.S. Capon is taken prisoner. 0815 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 13. 0830 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1002 for victory number 20. 2nd Lt L.C. Halse and AM2 W. Bond are both killed. 0840 Otto Bernert scores his second kill of the day, shooting down BE.2e 7195 for victory number 21. Lt G.E. Hicks is taken prisoner. There is no mention of an observer, so these planes from No 9 Squadron RFC may have been on a bombing mission, with the obersvers left behind to increase the bomb load. 0840 Australian RNAS pilot George Simpson, in Sopwith Triplane N5460, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2. 0842 Otto Bernert downs his third enemy for the day, another BE.2e, A2937, number 22. 2nd Lt F.A. Matthews is killed. 0845 Otto Bernert gains his fourth victory of the day, shooting down BE.2e A2941 for number 23. Lt C.L. Graves is killed. 0850 Otto Bernert scores his fifth kill of the day, a DH.4, for number 24. Details unknown. 0900 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5467 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt E.J.B. Walker is killed. 0910 German ace Walter Göttsch, flying an Albartros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 9. 0910 German pilot Werner Junck, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 1. 0940 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 12. Details unknown. 1010 Canadian RNAS pilot Alexander MacDonald Shook, in Sopwith Pup N6200, shoots down a Fokker D.II for victory number 1. 1012 German pilot Paul Felsmann, in an Albatros D.III, claims a SPAD for victory number 2. Uncertain, but French Sgt Xavier Boiteaux-Levret was shot down and killed at this time and place in Nieuport 23 2937. 1040 Irish RFC pilot William Molesworth, in Nieuport 17 B1569, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2. 1110 A trio of SE.5s share a German two-seater: Leonard Monteagle Barlow, A4858 victory number 1. Cyril Marconi Crowe, A4860, number 1. 2nd Lt M.A. Kay, unknown. 1115 Malayan RNAS pilot Thomas Gerard, in Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3. 1120 Thomas Gerard claims his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 4. 1200 Irish RFC pilot Thomas Hazell, in Nieuport 17 A6738, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2. 1200 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5469, and Scottish RFC pilot Ian Napier, in Nieuport 23 A6778, run across a DFW C.V and shoot it down. Ltns Huppertz and Neumuller are taken prisoner. Victory numver 8 for Little, number 2 for Napier. According to Above The Trenches a Lt Brevis, flying a Nieuport with Napier, was also credited. 1515 Scottish RFC pilot Gerard Joseph Constable Maxwell, flying SE.5 A4863, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 1. 1605 German pilot Albert Haussmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 2. 1640 French pilots Rober de Marancour and Cpl Lejeune both in SPAD VIIs, share a victory over a German two-seater from FlAbt 222. Ltns Werner Hecht and Hugo Schneider are both killed. Victory number 4 for Marancour, number 1 for Lejeune. 1650 Three RNAS Sopwith Pups share a victory over a DFW C.V: Francis Casey, Ireland, N6182, victory number 6. John Malone, Canada, N6208, victory number 9 Herbert Travers, England, N6169, victory number 5. 1720 French pilot Marcel Laurent Henriot, in a Nieuprt, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 1. Ltn Walter Rudatis and Ltn Karl Jaeger of FFA 253 are both killed. 1725 French-American ace Raoul Lufbery, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 9. 1750 English RFC pilot Alexander Roulstone, flying FE.2b 5347 with 2nd Lt E.G. Green as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2. 1800 French pilot François Marie Noel Battesti, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1. 1910 German pilot Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 5. German ace Eduard von Dostler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 6. South African RFC pilot Robert Norwood Hall, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. Four Bristol F.2bs share a victory over an Albatros D.III: Roger Bolton Hay, England, number 1; Lt V.G. Nutkins, unknown. Fred Holliday, Australia, number 3; Anthony Wall, England, number 3. William Price, England, number 3; Maurice Benjamin, South Africa, number 3. William Winkler, Scotland, number 3, Ernest Moore, England, number 3. Fred Holliday and Anthony Wall shoot down a German two-seater; victory number 4 for both. Irish RFC pilot Victory Huston, flying a Bristol F.2a with observer Lt E.A. Foord, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4. French ace Georges Madon, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 9. Uncertain, but Ltn Friedrich Krawolitzke and Vfw Otto Hartung of FAA 252 are both killed about this time and place. North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland: Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, stops and scuttles Swedish barque Cordelia, 613 tons, bound from Pascaguola for Newport, Wales with a load of pitch pine. His score is now 30 ships and 71,907 tons. Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks four ships: Norwegian barque Clan Gailbraith, 2,168 tons, carrying a load of lubricating oil and wax from Philadelphia to Birkenhead; scuttled. Danish schooner Eos, 179 tons, en route from Darien to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine; scuttled. Swedish schooner Valkyerian, 233 tons, sailing from Pensacola to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine; deck gun. Norwegian sailing ship Vestdal, 1,690 tons, hauling a load of timber from Pensacola to Greenock; deck gun. Wünsche's score is now 59 ships and 89,848 tons. West of Scotland: Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, sinks British barque Amulree, 1,145 tons, carrying a load of Coal from Liverpool to Santos. His score is now 30 ships and 78,048 tons. Hans Adam, in U-82, sinks British freighter SS Thistleard, 4,136 tons, bound from Tocopila and Norfolk for Clyde with a load of nitrate; 135 miles west-northwest of Tory Island. His score is now 12 ships and 22,010 tons. Celtic Sea: Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks two British freighters 150 miles west of Bishop Rock: SS Anglesea, 4,534 tons, en route from Boston to Le Havre with a load of steel and oats. SS Ferndene, 3,770 tons, carrying a load of graphite and meal from Table Bay to London. Rose's score is now 36 ships and 90,548 tons. Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, scuttles Norwegian barque Metropolis, 1,811 tons, heading from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of drums of lubricating oil; west of the Scilly Isles. His score is now 22 ships and 39,150 tons. Dieckmann also attacks British freighter SS Thirlby, 2,009 tons, travelling from Gibraltar to Dunkerque, with his deck gun, but the ship escapes. British freighter SS Kenilworth, 2,735 tons, hauling a load of patent fuel from Cardiff to La Pallice, hits a mine laid off Point Saint Mathieu, Brittany by Gustav Buch in UC-36. Meanwhile Buch himself stops and scuttles French schooner La Providence, 272 tons, travelling from Swansea to La Rochelle with a load of coal. Buch's score is now 13 ships and 16,568 tons. Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks two vessels: British drifter Heather, 58 tons; scuttled off Bishop Rock. British freighter SS Plutus, 1,189 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Barry; sunk off Trevose Head. Hundus' score is now 40 ships and 42,983 tons. English Channel: Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, attacks French barquentine Saint Jacques, 415 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Servan to Cardiff; off Portland Bill with his deck gun. The ship is beaced at Portland Roads and refloated. Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks French sailing vessel Marie Blanche, 359 tons, off Cherbourg, bringing his score to 13 ships and 9,061 tons. North Sea: Erich von Rohrscheidt, in UB-10, torpedoes Dutch Freighter SS Minister Tak Van Poortvliet, 1,106 tons, en route from Hull to Harlingen; off Ymuiden. His score is now 2 ships and 2,519 tons. Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, scuttles British trawler Upton Castle, 145 tons, off Longstone, bringing his score to 11 vessels and 10,576 tons. Rudolf Seuffer, in UC-50, sinks two ships off Spurn Point: British naval trawler HMT Margate, 162 tons; deck gun. British trawler Mayfly, 199 tons; deck gun. UC-50 also shells HMT Gaul, 270 tons, but the naval trawler does not sink. Seuffer's score is now 13 vessels and 11,896 tons. Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Norwegian coaster SS Harald Haarfager, 475 tons, in the Skagerrak as a prize. The Prize Court later releases the ship back to its owners. Bay of Biscay: Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks British freighter SS Barnton, 1,858 tons, travelling from Bilbao to Tyne with a load of iron ore, southwest of Pointe de Chassiron. His score is now 68 ships and 99,647 tons. Portugal: Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks four ships off Cape St. Vincent: Italian sailing vessel Bien Aime Prof. Luigi, 265 tons, en route from Fowey to Genoa with a load of china clay; scuttled. Danish freighter SS Nordsøen, 1,055 tons, carrying a load of herring from Bergen to Genoa; scuttled. Norwegian freighter SS Torvore, 1,667 tons, headed from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal. Norwegian freighter SS Vilhelm Krag, 3,715 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Barry. Von Arnauld's score is now 176 ships and 376,409 tons. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 04-25-17 at 03:02 PM.