September 29, 1917
Air War:
US Army 1st Aero Squadron moves to Issoudun, France.
1040 Italian pilot Giovanni Sabelli, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an Austrian Albatros D.III for victory number 5.
1630 German ace Eduard von Schleich, in Albatros D.V 2034/17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.
1805 German ace Julius Buckler, in Albatros D.III 2033/16, shoots down a DH.5 for victory number 14.
Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian ace Eugen Bönsch, in Austian Albatros D.III 153.35, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 3.
Austrian pilot Kurt Gruber, in an unidentified fighter, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 4.
Austrian pilot Georg Kenzian, flying Austrian Albatros D.III 153.27, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 3.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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