[Sailor Steve]

June 9, 1917

Air War:
0600 English RFC pilot Richard Trevethan, flying FE.2d A6341 with 2nd Lt N. Dudbridge as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0720 Englsih RFC pilot John Lancashire Barlow, in Nieuport 23 A6789, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0730 John Barlow scores his second victory, shooting down and Aviatik two-seater.

0825 Scottish RFC ace William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0830 William Campbell scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III, number 7 overall.

0940 German pilot Rudolf Franke, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1550 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt W.J. Mussared is taken prisoner.

1400 William Campbell shoots down a third Albatros, for victory number 8.

1400 English RFC ace Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1510 Louis Jenkin scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III. Number 7 overall.

1525 German pilot Kurt-Bertram von Döring, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B3481 for victory number 3. Lt F. Sharp is taken prisoner.

0900 Scottish observer James Tennant, riding in FE.2d A6427 with wnd Lt B. Strange as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2020 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

English RFC aces Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon are killed when their FE.2d is hit by anti-aircraft fire.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, commanding U-55, sinks British freighter SS Achilles, 641 tons, bound from Cadiz for Liverpool and Glasgow with a general cargo. His score is now 34 ships and 57,084 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, torpedoes Norwegiean barque Deveron, 1,261 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Copenhagen with a load of wheat. His score is now 10 ships and 16,763 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks three British freighters far west of Brittany:
SS Appledore, 3,843 tons, travelling from Sagunto to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
SS Egyptiana, 3,818 tons, out of London for Halifax with an unspecified cargo. Egyptiana had previously been attacked in November 1916 by Hans Walther in U-52, but had survived the encounter.
SS Harbury, 4,572 tons, heading from Buenos Aires to Brest with a load of oats and maize; torpedoed 170 miles west of Ushant.
Wünsche's score is now 69 ships and 158,911 tons.

Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, sinks British freighter SS Baron Cawdor, 4,316 tons, carrying a load of rice from Rangoon to London. His score is now 15 ships and 29,790 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles British motor ketch Marjorie, 119 tons, at the western end of the Channel. His score is now 53 vessels and 52,268 tons.

Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks two French fishing vessels between Cap Barfleur and Le Havre:
Eugene Mathilde, 15 tons.
François Georgette, 7 tons.
Howaldt's score is now 26 vessels and 42,037 tons.



North Sea:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks two ships off Aberdeen:
Swedish freighter SS Ada, 2,370 tons, underway from Göteborg to Hull with a general cargo; torpedoed.
Danish freighter SS Dana, 1,590 tons, travelling in ballast from Copenhagen and Lerwick to Blyth; torpedoed.
Dieckmann's score is now 25 ships and 43,308 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Ruprecht, in UB-33, takes Swedish coaster Götha, 720 tons, carrying passengers and general cargo from Gothenborg to Rotterdam, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Friedrich Wißmann, in UC-57, sinks Swedish sailing vessel Ludwig, 88 tons, 25 miles north of Oerker. This is his first sinking. (I couldn't find a town of Oerker anywhere. This may meen Eckerö, on Aaland.)



Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, scuttles Portuguese sailing vessel Amphitrite, 179 tons, en route from Madeira to Bordeaux with a load of wine; off Cabo de Prior, Spain. His score is now 32 vessels and 52,251 tons.



Portugal:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks two ships off the Montedor lighthouse:
Danish freighter SS Lilly, 1,150 tons, travelling from the Gambia River to Aarhus with a load of groundnuts.
Norwegian freighter SS Tordenvore, 1,565 tons, underway from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal.
Albrecht's score is now 7 ships and 9,543 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks two ships off Cape Tortosa, Spain:
Italian freighter SS Fert, 5,567 tons. hauling a load of steel and benzine from New Orleans to Genoa.
Norwegian freighter SS Grantangen, 2,484 tons, en route from Newcastle to La Spezia with a load of coal.
Moraht's score is now 20 ships and 59,624 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks three ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Bravore, 1,650 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Porto Empedocles.
British schooner General Laurie, 238 tons, sailing from Bahia to Marseilles with a load of cocoa beans.
Italian freighter SS Montebello, 2,603 tons, en route from Blyth to Civitavecchia with an unspecified cargo.
Krafft's score is now 17 ships and 29,235 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert von Fernland, in Austrian U-27, scuttles French barque Roland 30 miles west-southwest of Cythera. His score is now 3 ships and 7,435 tons.