[Sailor Steve]

June 12, 1917

Air War:
Canadian 8-victory RNAS ace Langley Smith is killed attacking a formation of 16 Gotha Bombers. No. 4 Naval Squadron had just received the first Sopwith Camels. Fellow pilots say Smith's plane lost a wing and broke up in mid-air.

0615 Australian RNAS pilot Richard Minifie, flying Sopwith Triplane N5446, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0820 American ace Raoul Lufbery, in a Nieuport with N.124 (Escadrille Lafayette), shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

0835 English RNAS pilot Reginald Soar, in a Sopwith Triplane, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 4.

0855 Three RNAS Triplane pilots share a victory over an Aviatik two-seater:
Charles Booker, England, number 16.
Charles Jenner-Parsons, St. Vincent, number 2.
Reginald Soar, England, number 5.

0900 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6. Hptmn Eberhard vbon Seel is killed.

1015 French ace Lucien Jailler, flying a Nieuport, shares a victory over a German two-seater with a Sgt Hanote. Victory number 12. This is Jailler's last victory. He is reassigned to a flight school as an instructor. He died from an illness in 1921.

1100 German pilot Kurt Wittekind, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A5207 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt W. Turnbull and Lt W.B. Protheroe are both killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Alfred Saalwächter, commanding U-94, sinks British freighter SS Amakura, 2,316 tons, bound from Liverpool to Demerara with a general cargo; 180 miles northwest of Tory Island. His score is now 11 ships and 19,079 tons.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, torpedoes British freighter SS Coronado, 6,539 tons, carrying a general cargo from Montreal to Liverpool; 15 miles south of Galley Head. The damaged ship makes port safely.



Cornwall:
His Majesty's Trawler Carew Castle, 256 tons, hits a mine laid of Hartland Point by Paul Hundius in UC-47. His score is now 45 vessels and 47,837 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Athalwyn Prinz, in U-95, sinks British freighter SS Polyxena, 5,737 tons, en route from Australia to Queenstown with a load of wheat; off Fastnet Rock. His score is now 2 ships and 9,958 tons.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes British freighter SS South Point, 4,258 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Newport News. His score is now 23 ships and 37,140 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, scuttles British schooner Alfred, 130 tons, sailing from Howdon-upon-Tyne to Cannes with a load of coal. His score is now 30 vessels and 44,256 tons.

Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks French barque Alexandre, 697 tons, by setting her on fire; off Fécamp. His score is now 56 ships and 76,760 tons.



North Sea:
Günther Krause, in UB-41, scuttles British ketch Alwyn, 73 tons, en route from Sunderland to Banff with a load of coal; off Girdleness. His score is now 4 vessels and 4,814 tons.



Golfo de Cadiz:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Symra, 3,005 tons, carrying a load of coal from Liverpool to Gibraltar; 5 miles southwest of Huelva, Spain. His score is now 10 ships and 13,075 tons.



Tangier:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, scuttles Russian schooner Gaita, 396 tons, off Cap Spartel, bringing his score to 159 ships and 333,230 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, uses his deck gun to sink American tanker SS Moreni, 4.045 tons, en route from Baton rouge to Livorno with a load of benzine; off Tabarca Island, near Polo, Spain. His score is now 21 ships and 59,625 tons.