March 9, 1918
Air War:
0800 English RFC pilot Leslie Howard Tandy Capel and Scottish observer Malcolm Mather, flying Bristol F.2b B1191, shoot down two Albatros D.Vs. Victores number 1 amd 2 for Capel; 6 and 7 for Mather.
0800 English RFC ace pilot Douglas Cooke and observer James John Scaramanga, in Bristol F.2b C4605, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 6 for Cooke; number 1 for Scaramanga.
1010 English RFC pilot George Cox, in Sopwith Camel B2411, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 3.
1015 Australian RFC pilot George alexander Lindfield, in Sopwith Camel B5631, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.
1045 English RNAS observer William James Middleton, riding in DH.4 N6095 with Lt G.E. Siedle as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.V. for victory number 1 for both.
1110 German ace Paul Bäumer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 19.
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