August 2, 1918
Air War:
0045 English RAF ace Stanley Cockerell, Flying Sopwith Camel C6717 on a Home-Defence night patrol, shoots down a Gotha bomber for victory number 7.
0930 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
George Gauld, Canada, C6468, victory number 2.
Frederick Stanley Gordon, New Zealand, D3438, victory number 1.
German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.
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