[Sailor Steve]

July 8, 1918


Air War:

0645 Indian RAF pilot Indra Roy, flying SE.5a B180, ahoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 2.

0750 South African RAF ace William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel D1844, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 30.

0800 William Jordan scores his second kill of the day when he shoots down a Pfalz D.III for number 31.

0810 American RAF pilot Alvin Callendar, in SE.5a C1903, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

0830 German ace Paul Billik, with Jasta 52, shoots down Bristol F.2b C1002 for victory number 23. Lt. J.A. Chubb and Sgt J. Borwein are both killed.

0850 German pilot Ltn Becker (no first name given), flying with Jasta 52, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2473 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt E.G. Reynolds is killed.

0850 Paul Billik scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SE.5a C1089 for number 24. Capt A. Claydon is killed.

0900 German pilot Michael Lüderitz, with Jasta 52, shoots down SE.5a B8346 for victory number 2. Lt H.W. Burry is taken prisoner.

0907 Two French pilots with Spa 49 share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Jean Bouyer, victory number 8.
Paul Hamot, victory number 2.

0915 French ace Charles Nuville, with Spa 57, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

0925 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Hannover two-seater:
George McElroy, Ireland, C8869, victory number 36.
Indra Roy, India, B180, victory number 3.
Gilbert Strange, England, B191, victory number 2.

0950 French pilot Antoine Cordonnier, with Spa 15, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 5.

1025 Indra Roy scores his third victory of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for number 4.

1045 George McElroy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Hannover two-seater for number 37.

1100 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 13. This is possibly American Sgt Dudley Gilman Tucker, flying with Spa 15, reported Missing, body later recovered.

1105 German pilot Ltn Marcard, flying with Jasta 26, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

1110 German ace Fritz Brandt, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Two-seater for victory number 7.

1130 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 8.

1130 German ace Otto Frühner, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 12.
(Only one Bréguet 14 was lost this day. MdL Alphonse Hays and Asp Maxime Girard of Br 224 are both listed as Missing.)

1230 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Nieuport 28 6264 for victory number 21. 2nd Lt Maxwell O. Parry of the U.S. 147th Aero Sqdn (1 victory) is killed.

2030 German pilot Josef Schulte, flying with Jasta 14, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

2030 German pilot Ltn von Wulffen (no first name given), with Jasta 14, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

2045 Josef Schulte scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Camel for victory number 3.

2100 German pilot Herbert Boy, with Jasta 14, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

French ace Leon Bourjade, with Spa 152, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 10.

German pilot Heinrich Hentzen, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

French ace Armand Pinsard, with Spa 23, destroys a Germany observation balloon for victory number 21.

American pilot William Ponder, with Spa 163, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

German pilot Richard Schneider, with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1. This is probably S/Lt Maurice André of Spa 86, listed as Missing.

German pilot Ltn Schultze (No first name given), with Jasta 51, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. Jasta Pilots has this on June 8.)

French pilot Del Vial, flying with Spa 152, shoots down a German two seater and an "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 5 and 6.