March 5, 1918
Air War:
1040 German pilot Helmuth Contag, flying with Jasta 65, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. Brig Jacques Duteurtre, of the 80° Cie d’Aérostiers, is wounded.
1040 Two French SPAD aces share a victory over a German two-seater:
Andre Herbelin, victory number 10.
Henri Péronneau, victory number 7.
1445 German pilot Gefr Lothmann (no first name given), in Albatros D.Va 5695/17, lands behind French lines and is taken prisoner. The German record says he was shot down while attacking a balloon. The French record says he ran out of petrol.
1500 German pilot Adolf Schreder, with Jasta 56, shoots down SE.5a B145 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt W.F. Poulter is wounded and taken prisoner. He will die the following day.
1655 Prussia-born German pilot Franz Schleiff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down RE.8 A4748 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt W.H. Boston is wounded; Lt J.E.G. Mosby is unharmed.
French SPAD pilots Fernand Chavannes and Lionel de Marmier share a victory over two DFW C.Vs. Victoies 2 and 3 for both.
German pilot Franz Piechulek, flying an Albatros D.Va, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 3.
German pilot Georg Sandleitner, with Jasta 77, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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