[Sailor Steve]

May 25, 1917

Air War:
0535 Canadian RNAS pilot Arnold Chadwick, flying Sopwith Pup N6176, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.

Sometime during a patrol lasting from 0630 to 0730, English RFC ace Cyril Crowe, in SE.5 A8910, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

On the same patrol English RFC pilot Arthur Rhys Davids, in SE.5 A4868, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

0645 English RFC pilot James Child, in SPAD VII B1537, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0730 Ace RFC team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 15 for Thayre and 16 for Cubbon.

0830 French ace Georges Guynemer, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 39.

0832 Georges Guynemer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an unidentified two-seater for number 40.

0845 German ace Paul Strähle, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6678 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt J.R. Anthony is killed.

0900 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon score their second victory for the day, shooting down a Albatros D.III. Number 16 for Thayre and 17 for Cubbon.

1000 English RFC pilot Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1638, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1035 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 A6776 for victory number 19. 2nd Lt W. Gilchrist is wounded and taken prisoner.

1145 English RFC ace Stanley Cockerell, in DH.5 A9363, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1215 Georges Guynemer gets his third kill of the day, shooting down a DFW C.V for number 41.

1430 German pilot Julius Schmidt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b for victory number 5.

1500 Canadian RNAS pilot Sidney Emerson Ellis, in Sopwith Pup N6475, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1630 American RNAS pilot Oliver Colin LeBoutille, flying Sopwith Triplane N5459, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

1645 German pilot Eduard Ritter von Schleich, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.

1830 Four RNAS pilots in Sopwith Pups share a victory over a Gotha bomber:
Sub-Lt E.W. Busby, N5196, unknown.
Arnold Chadwick, Canada, N6176, number 3
Lt G.H.T. Rouse, N6198, unknown.
Langley Smith, Canada, N6168, number 5.

1830 Georgges Guynemer scores his fourth victory of the day, number 42 overall. One source lists his victim as a "Fokker", while another says it was a two-seater.

2005 German pilot Otto von Breiten-Landenberg, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

2015 German pilot Heinrich Kroll, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 5. French 23-victory ace René Dorme is killed.

2045 Karl Allmenröder scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DH.4 for number 20.

2045 German pilot Rudolf Matthaei, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 3. Sgt Henri Gross is listed as Missing.

Italian pilot Flavio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

German pilot Carl Degelow, in an Albatros C.V with an unnamed observer, shoots down a Caudron G.4 for victory number 1.

French pilot Gabriel Fernand Charles Guérin,, flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

German pilot Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.III with Marine FeldJasta 1, shoots down Short 184 9060 for victory number 3. The British crew are rescued from the water by a u-boat and taken prisoner.

French ace Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 10.



Faroe Bank:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, sinls British armed merchant cruiser HMS Hilary, 6,329 tons, bringing his total to 39 ships and 153,305 tons.



Martin Schelle, in UC-33, sinks three ships off the Faroe Islands:
Danish schooner A.H. Friis, 110 tons, en route from Setubal to Trangisvaag with a load of salt.
Norwegian coaster SS Glyg, 358 tons, carrying a load of salt and empty barrels from Fraserburgh to Siglufjord.
Norwegian barque Whinlatter, 1,378 tons, travelling from New Orleans to Copenhagen with a load of wood.
Schelle's score is now 22 vessels and 10,187 tons.



English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, sinks British freighter SS Sjaelland, 1,405 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Swansea. His score is now 84 ships and 108,589 tons.



North Sea:
Dutch freighter SS Westland, 1,283 tons, hauling a load of coal from Methil to Rouen, hits a mine laid off Cromer by an unknown ship.



Portugal:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, stops American schooner Magnus Manson, 1,751 tons, carrying a load of timber from Pensacola to Naples, off Cape Saint Vincent, and sets her afire. His score is now 13 ships and 22,431 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, scuttles four Italian sailing vessels off Campania:
Diego Russo, 113 tons.
Natale Monaco, 57 tons.
Rosina R., 54 tons.
Vincenzino C., 54 tons.
Von Fischel's score is now 27 vessels and 51,965 tons.



Gulf of Genoa:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, sinks Italian sailing vessel Nicolino, 120 tons, raising his total to 21 vessels and 38,296 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, torpedoes British freighter SS Kohinur, 2,265 tons, travelling in ballast from Salonica to Karachi; 150 miles north of Alexandria. His score is now 129 ships and 186,452 tons.

Hans von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks three Italian sailing vessels off Sicily:
Argentina, 97 tons.
Ida, 46 tons.
Unione Salvatore, 57 tons.
Von der Lühe's score is now 4 vessels and 3,763 tons.