[Sailor Steve]

November 18, 1917

Air War:

1910 German ace Julius Buckler, flying an Albatros D.V, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 27. Lt Dalrymple parachutes safely.

1920 German ace Paul Bäumer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 13.

0925 Julius Buckler scores his second kill of the day, destroying a second balloon for victory number 28.

0925 German pilot Vfw Wawzin (no first name given), in either an Albatros D.V or a Pfalz D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B6817 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt A. Reid-Walker lands safely on his own side of the lines.

1045 Three RFC SPAD VII pilots share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Albert Carter, Canada, A8834, victory number 7.
Eric Olivier, England, A6714, number 4.
Lt A. Reid-Walker, B6817, nationality and victory number unknown. The times between Reid-Walker's shared kill and his own downing don't match, but that is not uncommon in records of the period.

1100 German pilot Wilhelm Papenmeyer, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down SPAD VII B3575 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt G.A. Cranswick is killed.

1105 Canadian RFC ace Bernard Beanlands, in DH.5 A9304, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1310 German ace Rudolf Wendelmuth, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7282 for victory number 14. 2nd lt W.S. McLaren later dies from wounds recieved in this fight. 2nd Lt D.W. Hardie is killed.

1415 Julius Buckler obtains his third victory of the day, downing RE.8 A3669 for victory number 28. 2nd Lts W.J.H. Courtis and E.T. Taylor land safely on their own side of the lines.

1445 English ace pilot Brian Baker and observer Bruce Jackman, in Bristol F.2b A7170, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 11 for Baker, number 5 for Jackman.

1530 Brian Baker and Bruce Jackman score their second victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III. Number 12 for Baker, number 6 for Jackman. This is the last aerial victory for both. Brian Edmund Baker will survive the war, remain in the Royal Air Force and rise to the rank of Air Commodore in World War Two. He will finally become an Air Marshal, retire in 1950 and live until 1979. Bruce Stanley C. Jackman will become a pilot just after the end of the war and live until 1971.

1545 German pilot Marat Schummm, in a two-seater with observer UffZ Schuechl, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Antonio Amantea, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

German ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.III with Marine Feld Jasta I, shoots down an unidentified Sopwith for victory number 7.

Austrian pilot Georg Kenzian, in Oeffag Albatros D.III 153.27, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 4.

Italian pilot Silvio Scaroni, flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down an enemy Scout for victory number 2.

German ace Rudolf Windisch, in Albatros D.V 1055/17, shoots down SPAD VII S.4268 for victory number 6. Portuguese Cpt O. de Montiero-Torres, flying for France, is listed as Missing.