November 7, 1917
Air War:
0720 English RFC pilot Frank Clifford Gorringe, flying Sopwith Camel B5406, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.
0810 German ace Paul Bäumer, in an Albatros D.V (possibly 4409/17), shoots down RE.8 A3746 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt A. Gross is wounded and dies later. 2nd Lt B.C.R. Grimwood is killed.
1900 German pilot Erwin Härtl, in an Albatros D.III on the Italian Front, shoots down a Pomilio PE two-seater for victory number 2.
0905 German pilot Ludwig Gaim, in an Albatros D.III on the Italian Front, shoots down a Pomilio PE for victory number 4.
0915 German ace Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.V 2159/17, claims a SPAD shot down. Once again there is no confirmation, but Göring is awarded victory number 16.
Vfw Amschl (no first name given), flying an Albatros D.III on the Italian Front, shoots down a Pomilio PE for victory number 1.
German pilot Eduard Hannemann, in an Albatros D.III on the Italian Front, shoots down a Caproni bomber for victory number 1.
German ace Walter Kypke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 7.
German pilot Rudolf Windisch, in Albatros D.V 1055/17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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