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Sailor Steve · 08-26-17, 03:38 AM

August 25, 1917

Air War:

The first installation of a Wolesley Viper engine on an SE.5a arrives at Martlesham for testing.

0600 Canadian RFC pilot Bernard Beanlands, flying DH.5 A9165, shoots down two German two-seaters for victories number 2 and 3. The second is shared with 2nd Lt W.B. Ives in DH.5 A0389.

0700 Welsh RNAS pilot Howard Saint, in Sopwith Triplane N6295, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0725 German pilot Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH5 A9122 for victory number 2. Cpt J.S. de L. Bush is killed.

0805 German pilot Hans-Georg von der Osten, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5367 for victory number 2. Sub-Lt A.D.M. Lewis is taken prisoner.

1835 English RFC pilot Oliver Campbell Bryson, flying SPAD VII B3569, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

1925 New Zealand RFC ace Clive Collett, in Sopwith Camel B3889, and Scottish pilot John Gordon Cheetham Smith-Grant, in an unnamed Camel, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 8 for Collett, number 1 for Smith-Grant.

2040 German ace Hermann Göring, in an Albatros D.V, claims Sopwith Camel B3918 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt Orlando Clive Bridgeman is wounded but makes it safely back to his own base.

08-26-17, 03:38 AM	#2507
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	August 25, 1917 Air War: The first installation of a Wolesley Viper engine on an SE.5a arrives at Martlesham for testing. 0600 Canadian RFC pilot Bernard Beanlands, flying DH.5 A9165, shoots down two German two-seaters for victories number 2 and 3. The second is shared with 2nd Lt W.B. Ives in DH.5 A0389. 0700 Welsh RNAS pilot Howard Saint, in Sopwith Triplane N6295, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4. 0725 German pilot Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH5 A9122 for victory number 2. Cpt J.S. de L. Bush is killed. 0805 German pilot Hans-Georg von der Osten, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5367 for victory number 2. Sub-Lt A.D.M. Lewis is taken prisoner. 1835 English RFC pilot Oliver Campbell Bryson, flying SPAD VII B3569, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. 1925 New Zealand RFC ace Clive Collett, in Sopwith Camel B3889, and Scottish pilot John Gordon Cheetham Smith-Grant, in an unnamed Camel, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 8 for Collett, number 1 for Smith-Grant. 2040 German ace Hermann Göring, in an Albatros D.V, claims Sopwith Camel B3918 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt Orlando Clive Bridgeman is wounded but makes it safely back to his own base. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 08-26-17 at 04:22 AM.