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Sailor Steve · 01-18-18, 01:57 PM

January 18, 1918

British tug Blackcock sails from Vardo for Murmansk with passengers. At 0745 on the 18th she runs aground. Passengers and some crew walk to Tsip Navalock. Dog-sled party rescues remaining crew. All survive.

Air War:

0920 English RFC pilot Reginald Maxwell, flying Sopwith Camel B6403, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

1020 German pilot Otto von Breiten-Landenburg, with Jasta 6, shoots down a "Sopwith" (actual type unknown) for victory number 5.

1025 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 10.

1120 German pilot Karl Gallwitz, with Jasta 2, shoots down Sopwith Camel B4629 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt A.E. Wylie is killed.

1125 German pilot Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 12, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 4. 2nd Lts W.K. Fenn-Smith and N.L. Cornforth are both killed.

1130 Two RFC Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a German two-seater:
A7196, Lt D.B. Aitken and Lt A.J. Barbe.
A7198, Austin Lloyd Fleming, Canada, victory number 2, Frederick Knowles, Scotland, victory number 7.

01-18-18, 01:57 PM	#2771
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	January 18, 1918 British tug Blackcock sails from Vardo for Murmansk with passengers. At 0745 on the 18th she runs aground. Passengers and some crew walk to Tsip Navalock. Dog-sled party rescues remaining crew. All survive. Air War: 0920 English RFC pilot Reginald Maxwell, flying Sopwith Camel B6403, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5. 1020 German pilot Otto von Breiten-Landenburg, with Jasta 6, shoots down a "Sopwith" (actual type unknown) for victory number 5. 1025 German ace Erich Löwenhardt, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 10. 1120 German pilot Karl Gallwitz, with Jasta 2, shoots down Sopwith Camel B4629 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt A.E. Wylie is killed. 1125 German pilot Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 12, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 4. 2nd Lts W.K. Fenn-Smith and N.L. Cornforth are both killed. 1130 Two RFC Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over a German two-seater: A7196, Lt D.B. Aitken and Lt A.J. Barbe. A7198, Austin Lloyd Fleming, Canada, victory number 2, Frederick Knowles, Scotland, victory number 7. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 01-19-18 at 04:16 PM.