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[Sailor Steve]

June 9, 1918


Air War:

0640 Nine RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
John Bateman, England, B8254, victory number 5.
Percy Clayson, England, C1114, victory number 21.
Lt H.B. Bradley, C1102, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt F.S. Crossley, D6881, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt C.B. Henderson, C1849, nationality and victory number unknown.
Duerson Knight, United States, C1106, victory number 6.
Harold Kullberg, United States, C8842, victory number 8.
Kenneth Laing, Scotland, C1898, victory number 5.*
Ernest Owen, England, B8512, victory number 5.

0715 Canadian RAF pilot Ernest James Salter, in Sopwith Camel B7171, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0720 Duerson Knight scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 7.

0730 Harold Kullberg scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

0750 German pilot Friedrich Poeschke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1.

0815 German pilot Hans von Freden, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

0820 Canadian RAF ace John Manuel, in Sopwith Camel D3410, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 12.

0830English RAF pilot Cedric Edwards, flying Sopwith Camel B6371, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

0830 English RAF ace Solomon Joseph, in Sopwith Camel D7155, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 7.

0835 German pilot Hubert Helten, with Jasta 20, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 2.

0835 John Manuel scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 13.

0845 German ace Hermann Göring, in Fokker D.VII 324/18, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 20. Cpl Pierre Chan of Spa 94 is taken prisoner.

0900 German ace Wilhelm Reinhard, flying a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

0900 German ace Werner Steinhäuser, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

0900 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 6. S/Lt Victor du Tremblay of Spa 159 is wounded.

0911 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7163 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt C. Marsden is taken prisoner.

0920 German pilot Kurt Katzenstein, with Jasta 30, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3348 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt W. Breckenridge is wounded and taken prisoner.

1010 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, flying with Spa 94, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1015 German ace Heinrich Kroll, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 26. Sgt Benoit Savot is listed as Missing.

1023 Two American SPAD VII pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Charles I. Merrick, victory number 1.
Charles Wilcox, victory number 3.

1025 Heinrich Kroll scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XIII for number 27. Sgt Joseph Poullain of Spa 88 is listed as Missing.

1040 Canadian RAF pilot William Swaze, in Bristol F.2b B1238 with 2nd Lt E.M. Nicholas as observer, is credited with two Pfalz D.IIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1130 Two English RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Cedric Edwards, B6371, victory number 5.
Joseph Sidall, B6369, victory number 8.

1135 Joseph Sidall scores his second victory nof the day, shooting down another LVG for victory number 9.

1215 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Dorand A.2 for victory number 18.

1220 German pilot Wolfram von Richthofen, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1220 Werner Steinhäuser scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 10

1320 German pilot Hermann Pritzch, flying with Jasta 17, shoots down a Salmson 2A.2 for victory number 1. Sgt Maurice Laurent is killed and Lt Lt Jules Mevellec is wounded.

1630 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 11.

2100 German pilot August Delling, with Jasta 34, shoots down Sopwith Camel B5244 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt R.A. Barling is killed.

French ace Armond Berthelot, with Spa 15, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 6.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

German ace Rudolf Francke, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 11.

German pilot Hermann Frommerz, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

German ace Albert Haussmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 7.

German pilot Ernst Hencke, with Jasta 13, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

German 13-victory ace Johann Janzen suffers a synchronizer failure and shoots off his own propeller. He lands on the French side of the lines and is taken prisoner.

German pilot Herbert Knappe, flying with Jasta 81, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 4.

German pilot Alfred Lenz, with Jasta 22, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1844 for victory number 4. Lt J.H. Johnson is wounded and taken prisoner, later dying from his wounds.

German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German pilot Werner Niethammer, with Jasta 13, shoost down a Bréguet 14 fro victory number 1.

German pilot Heinrich Piel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

10th June 1918

Western Front

German advance on Compiegne. On east French withdraw from Carlepont Wood on Ribecourt. In centre Germans take heights of Marqueglise and reach Antheuil. French retreat on River Aronde, recapture Mery. Courcelles (south-east of Montdidier) taken by Germans, retaken by French.

Bombardment of Paris by long-range gun continues.

Australians advance south of Morlancourt (between Ancre and Somme).

Eastern Front

Retreat of Colonel Semenov in Siberia.

Southern Front

French carry Mt. Kamia (south-west of Lake Ochrida) and villages of Streksaj and Proptisti.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Successful British raid on Turks north of Kefr Malik (between Shechem Road and Jordan Valley).

Naval

Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István is sunk by two Italian torpedo boats, resulting in deaths of 89 sailors.


Political, etc.

International Seamen's Congress at Copenhagen forms International Federation; Mr. Havelock Wilson, President, Mr. Damm (Dane), Secretary.

Officially stated that between 15 May and 1 June Germans had bombed hospitals on seven occasions, with resulting loss of 248 killed and 693 wounded.

Ship Losses:

Boma (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west by west of Beer Head, Devon (50°32′N 3°14′W) by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Borg (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°37′N 5°07′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 of her crew.
Brodholme (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew. She was beached but was later refloated.
Dora (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk with the loss of nine crew in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) east of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom[54] (55°18′N 1°32′W) by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Henrik Lund (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (36°30′N 71°29′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Lowtyne (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) east south east of Whitby (54°29′N 0°30′W) by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
HMML 64 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date.
Mountby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°58′N 5°01′W) by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nivernais (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Balearic Islands, Spain (38°10′N 4°07′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Princess Maud (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east by north of Blyth, Northumberland by SM UB-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine)with the loss of three of her crew.
Stryn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
SMS Szent István (Austro-Hungarian Navy) The Tegetthoff-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Pula, Croatia-Slavonia by MAS-15 ( Regia Marina) with the loss of 89 of her 1,094 crew.
Vindeggen (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (36°25′N 71°20′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

June 10, 1918


Air War:

0440 Brazil-born English RAF pilot Gordon Rule, flying DH.9 D1715 with Lt E.H. Tredcraft as observer, is credited with two Albatros D.Vs for victories 4 and 5.

0500 English RAF pilot Edward Dannett Asbury, in DH.9 C6140 with 2nd Lt W.N. Hartley as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0745 German pilot Heinrich Gockel, with Jasta 33, shoots down Sopwith Camel D8117 for victory number 1. Lt J. Balfour lands safely.

0845 German ace Josef Jacobs, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1963 for victory number 20. 1st Lt Burr Watkins deBassett Leyson, U.S. Air Service, is taken prisoner.

1635 German pilot Willi Gabriel, flying a Fokker Dr.I, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. Some time later Gabriel is himself shot down but lands safely on his own side of the lines.

1724 German pilot Walter Balzer, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

1745 Six RAF Bristol F.2b crews share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
John Drummond, Canada, victory number 3.
2nd Lt N.Y. Lewis, nationality and victory number unknown.
Harold Oaks, victory number 3.
Frank Ransley, victory number 6.
Lt E.D. Shaw, nationality and victory number unknown.
Charles Steele, victory number 2.
(None of the observers or aircraft numbers are mentioned in the records.)

2010 German pilot Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

2010 Scottish RAF observer James Grant, riding in DH.4 D9248 with Lt C.W. Peckham as pilot, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

2025 Peckham and Grant bring down a second Fokker Dr.I. Victory number unknow for Peckham; number w for Grant.

German pilot Franz Büchner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots downa SPAD for victory number 3.

Two French pilots with Spa 153 share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft" (probably Ltn Walter Balzer, Jasta 44, who went missing. His wrecked aircraft, with his body still inside, was found on June 24.)
Georges Halberger, victory number 2.
MdL Parresse (first name not given), victory number 2.

German pilot Wilhelm Laabs, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

Canadian 13-victory RAF ace John Gerald Manuel is killed when his Sopwith Camel collides with that of rookie pilot F.C. Dodd.

[Jimbuna]

11th June 1918

Western Front

Check to German advance.

Successful French counter-attack from Rubescourt to St. Maur; recapture of Belloy.

Germans driven out of Antheuil.

Americans capture Belleau Wood (west of Chateau-Thierry).

Eastern Front

Soviet delegates arrive in Berlin.

Czecho-Slovaks in control of Siberian Railway between Cheliabinsk and Nizhni-Udinsk (west of Irkutsk); Bolsheviks retreat to Slatust.

Czechs threaten Samara (on Volga).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on Amman.

Political, etc.

Bill for new Constitution of Finland presented to Finland Diet.

Speech of von Stein re: military position.

Ship Losses:

Lorle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°47′N 5°14′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 11, 1918


Air War:

0810 German ace Karl Thom, flying with Jasta 21, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15.

1420 German pilot Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Siemens-Schuckert D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel D1962 for victory number 5. Lt C.W.H. Douglas is killed.

1500 English RAF pilot Clifford Bowman, in DH.9 D7201 with Lt V. Gordon as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1525 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 19.

1550 German pilot Hans Jeschonneck, with Jasta 40, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1.

1550 Josef Veltjens scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another DH.9 for victory number 20.

1645 French pilot Gustave Naudin, with Spa 26, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 4.

1940 German pilot Erich Mix, with Jasta 54, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a French two-seater for victory number 33.

German pilot Franz Büchner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 4. S/Lt Pierre Cramoisy of Spa 159 is killed.

Two French pilots flying with Spa 48 share a victory over a Halberstadt CL.II:
Adj A. Binois, victory number 1.
René Dousinelle, victory number 5.

René Dousinelle scores his second kill of the day, another Halberstadt CL.II, for victory number 6. This one is shared with Cpl A. Mercier, victory number 1.

German pilot Walter Hertzsch, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

German pilot Kurt Hetze, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 1. Lt Guy de la Rochefordière of Spa 94 is killed.

German pilot Robert Hildebrandt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

German ace Karl Menckhoff, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2351 for victory number 33. Lt J.I. Carpenter is killed.

German pilot Ltn Schmid zur Nedden (no first name given), in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

German pilot Heinrich Piel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. Sgt Edouard Mieille of Spa 87 is wounded.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, in an Albatros D.Va, ahoots down a DH.9 for victory number 29.

Eduard von Schleich scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 30.

German pilot Willy Schmelter, flying with Jasta 42, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 2.

[Jimbuna]

12th June 1918

Western Front

French advance near Belloy and St. Maur; Germans cross Matz, enter Meliocq (south of Lassigny).

Americans capture Belleau Wood (Nancy).

German advance on Cutry plateau (Villers-Cotterets).

700,000 U.S. reported in France.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Tiflis, capital of Georgia, occupied by Germans; Kurdamir (Transcaucasia) and Ujari (northern Persia) occupied by Turks.

Aviation

The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit in France is carried out.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Allies enter Malema (Portuguese East Africa).

Germans retreat to River Ligonya.

Political, etc.

First meeting of Imperial War Conference.

Warm speech of Mr Balfour re: Japan.

Czecho-Slovak movement recognised also by France and Italy.

Ship Losses:

Afrique (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Kennington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-108 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Kul (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (50°00′N 5°46′W) by SM UB-103 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her 21 crew.
Poincare (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Malta by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 12, 1918


Air War:

0600 English RAF pilot Douglas Arthur Davies, flying Sopwith Camel C1599, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0800 Douglas Davies scores his second victory, another Albatros D.V.

1040 Australian AFC ace Roy Phillipps, in SE.5a D6860, is credited with shooting down two Fokker Dr.Is for victories 8 and 9.

1130 Roy Phillipps scores kill number 3 for the day, an LVG two-seater, for victory number 10.

1145 Roy Phillipps shoots down his fourth plane of the day, a Fokker D.VII, for victory number 11.

1150 Australian RAF pilot Edgar James Kingston McCloughry, in Sopwith Camel D1961, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1150 German ace Theo Osterkamp, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 13.

1200 Edgar McCloughry scores his second victory, a Pfalz D.III

1300 German pilot Raven von Barnekow, with Jasta 20, shoots dwon Sopwith Camel B5646 for victory number 3. Lt W.S. Martin is killed.

1300 Canadian RAF pilot William Ernest Shields, in SE.5a D8023, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1315 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

1315 German pilot Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 3.

1315 German ace Josef Veltjens, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

1345 Canadian RAF pilot William Claxton, in SE.5a D6120, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1530 Canadian RAF ace Charles Hickey, in Sopwith Camel C74, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for bictory number 7.

1530 RAF ace Ronald Keirstead, in Sopwith Camel N5389, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 13.

1840 German pilot Heinrich Klose, with Jasta 54, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 1.

1900 German pilot Hugo Schäfer, flying with Jasta 15, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 4.

2120 German pilot Johann Schäfer, with Jasta 16, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.

2130 German pilot Fritz Thiede, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

German ace Rudolf Berthold, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a two-seat SPAD 11 for victory number 34. Lt Albert Charett of Spa 266 is wounded and captured, later dying of his wounds; S/Lt André Weismann is killed.

German pilot Ltn Brockhoff (no first name given), in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 2.

German pilot August Delling, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 3.

German pilot Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 4.

French ace Georges Madon, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker (model unknnown) for victory number 34.

German ace Hans Pippart, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down SE.5a D3690 for victory number 15. Lt G.J. Hammond of 2 Sqdn AFC is killed.

German ace Wilhelm Reinhard, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 20.

German ace Gotthard Sachenberg, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 C6321 for victory number 14. Lt C.L. Brading and Sgt R.S. Joysey land safely on their own side of the lines.

[Jimbuna]

13th June 1918

Western Front

Germans gain footing on edge of Forest of Villers-Cotterets; otherwise held up.

End of First Battle of Lassigny.

Eastern Front

Fighting at Irkutsk (Siberia) between Red and White Guards.

Southern Front

Austrian attack against Cady summit and Monticello ridge (north and south of Tonale Pass, western Trentino), defeated by Italians.

Ship Losses:

Agnes (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of two of the crew in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom[69] by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Conquest (Royal Navy) The C-class cruiser struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Werner Lange) and was damaged in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south west of the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°50′45″N 1°34′30″E) with the loss of seven of her crew. She was subsequent repaired and returned to service.
Kalo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Octo (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 22 (Heino von Heimburg) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Zemra Island, Tunisia (37°08′N 10°54′E) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
HMS Patia (Royal Navy) The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Hartland Point, Devon (50°53′N 5°41′W) by SM UC-49 with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Penhallow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 52 nautical miles (96 km) north by west of Cape Caxine, Algeria by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

June 13, 1918


Air War:

0430 New Zealander AFC pilot Carrick Paul and Australian observer William Weir, flying Bristol F.2b C4627, shoot down a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 3 for Paul; number 4 for Weir.

0630 German pilot Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

0800 English ace RAF pilot Wilfred Beaver and ace observer Ernest Deighton, in Bristol F.2b C889, shoot down an Alvatros D.V. Victory number 19 for Beaver; number 10 for Deighton.

1815 Three American 94th Aero Squadron pilots, in Nieuport 28s, share a victory over a Hannover CL.II two-seat fighter:
James Meissner, victory number 4.
Thorne Taylor, victory number 1.
Alan Winslow, victory number 2.

0830 American pilot William H. Plyler, in a Nieuport 28, shoots down a Hannover CL.II for victory number 1. His name is variously listed as Flyer, Phyler and Player, but family records indicate that Plyler is the correct spelling.

0950 Canadian RAF pilot Willeam Claxton, flying SE.5a D6120, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 5.

0850 German pilot Otto Creutzmann, with Jasta 43, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4. Lt E.T.S. Kelly is killed.

1015 English RAF pilot Sydney Carlin, in SE.5a C6459, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

1030 Flg Bünning (no first name given), with kest 3, shoots down Nieuport 28 6218 for victory number 1. 1st Lt William H. Plyler is taken prisoner.

1115 Canadian RAF pilot William Otway Boger, in SE.5a C9567, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 1.

1115 Two French pilots flying with Spa 3 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Fernand Chevannes, victory number 2.
André Dubonnet, victory number 4.

1245 German pilot Heinrich Zempel, with Jasta 65, shoots down DH.4 A7466 for victory number 1. 2nd Lts W. Legge and A McKenzie are both killed.

1255 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 10. S/Lts Robert Masson and René Ruf of Br 35 are listed as Missing.

1605 German pilot Willi Gabriel, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

1715 French ace Armand de Turenne, with Spa 12, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 10.

1745 German ace Ernst Udet, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 29

1745 German pilot Heinrich Drekmann, with Jasta 4, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 4.

1920 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

1930 German pilot Christian Mesch, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

2035, English RAF ace Percy Clayson, in SE.5a C1114, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 22.

French ace Paul d'Argeff, flying with Spa 124, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 8.

English 7-victory ace Herbert Hamilton is killed in a flying accident when Sopwith Camel C158 loses a wing.

German pilot Kurt Jacob, with Jasta 36, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

German pilot Wilhelm Lehmann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

Three 27th Aero Nieuport 28 pilots share a victory over an Albatros:
Kenneth Smith Clapp, victory number 1.
John Knox MacArthur, victory number 1.
Edward W. Rucker, victory number 1.

German pilot Josef Schwendermann, flying with Jasta 41, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

It is uncertain who shot down whom, but the following SPADs were lost this day:
Brig Françoise Aleppe, Spa 98, SPAD VII, Missing.
Sgt Emile Lecarpentier, Spa 12, Wounded.
Sgt Cyrus Chamberlain, US, Spa 98, SPAD VII, Killed.
Cpl ?? Chapel, Spa 98, SPAD VII, Missing.
MdL André Delannoy, Spa 37, SPAD XIII, Wounded, Prisoner.
Lt Edmond Friedel, Esc 2, SPAD VII, Prisoner.
Cpl Henri Lacombe, Spa 75, SPAD XIII, Missing.
Sgt Fernand Massicot, Spa 12, SPAD XIII, Wounded.
Brig Maxime Ouizille, Spa 100, SPAD VII, Prisoner.
Sgt Emile Strohl, Spa 77, SPAD XIII, Wounded.

[Jimbuna]

14th June 1918

Western Front

British successful midnight attack north of Bethune along La Bassee Canal.

General Guillaumont appointed Military Governor of Paris.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turkish capture of Tabriz (north-west Persia) reported; they repulse British on Hejaz line (Maan region, south of Dead Sea).

Political, etc.

Inadequate majority in Finnish Diet for bill to establish monarchy.

Protocol of agreement between Don and Kuban Cossack Governments.

Provisional Treaty between Russia and Ukraine.

Ship Losses:

Kringsjå (Norway) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Virginia, United States (38°02′N 71°40′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Princess Olga (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 77 (Johannes Ries) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew survived.
Samoa (Norway) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Virginia (37°30′N 72°10′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 14, 1918


Air War:

0900 German ace Hans Kirschstein, flying with Jasta 6, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 25.

0915 Hans Kirschstein scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for vumber 26.

1530 English ace pilot Frank Ransley, in Bristol F.2b C786 with Sgt W. Lauder as pbserver, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 7.

1755 German ace Oskar von Boenigk in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1800 German pilot Busso von Alversleben, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1. S/Lt Raymond Carré of the 29° Cie d’Aérostieres parachutes safely. His name is also spelled von Albersleven and von Albersleben, depending on the source.

1800 Two French pilots flying with Spa 74 share a victory over a Fokker D.VII. This is probably Ltn Busso von Alversleben, who is wounded and taken prisoner. He will die from his wounds on the following day.
S/Lt Bamberger, victory number 2.
MdL Beaulieu, victory number 1.

1930 French ace Paul d'Argueeff, with Spa 125, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9.

1945 French pilot Marie de la Débuterie, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 4.

1945 German ace Karl Thom, with Jasta 21, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 16. S/Lt Marie Majon de la Débuterie of Spa 163 is taken prisoner.

2000 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 30.

2000 German ace Wilhelm Schwarz, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 6.

2010 German ace ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 11.

2015 Ulrich Neckel claims a second Camel for victory number 12. Only two Camels were lost this day: D6420, 2nd Lt A.R. Melbourne killed; D6597, Lt P.R. Beare wounded.

German pilot Fritz Anders, with Jasta 73, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 16.

Two French pilots flying with Spa 153 share a victory over a Fokker Dr.I:
Lt Brantonne (no first name given), victory number 1.
Georges Halberger, victory number 6.

French ace Raoul Echard, with N 82, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 6.

German pilot Karl Paul Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

15th June 1918

Western Front

German air-raid on Paris.

French regain Coeuvres (Villers-Cotterets).

Southern Front

Second Battle of the Piave begins.

Great Austrian offensive from Lagarina Valley to sea; British line in Asiago section penetrated and restored.

Grappa front Austrians gain footing in Mts. di Val Bella, Asolone and Solarolo, and are ejected.

Austrians cross the middle Piave in Nervesa and Fagare-Musile regions.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Germans retreat in East Africa at Alto Mulocue (225 miles west of Port of Mozambique).

Political, etc.

Formation of Committee of Ministers for Home Affairs under Chairmanship of Sir G. Cave).

Large riots break out in Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and other Austro-Hungarian cities due to food shortages and growing antiwar sentiments.

Ship Losses:

Makambo (Australia) The steamship ran aground near Neds Beach at the northern end of Lord Howe Island with the loss of one life. She was refloated nine days later, repaired, and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

June 15, 1918


Air War:

0745 English RAF pilot Arthur Jarvis, in Sopwith Camel B7356 over the Italian Front, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

0910 German pilot Raven von Barnekow, with Jasta 20, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

1000 Two Italian Hanriot HD.I pilots share a victory over a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I:
Amadeo Mecozzi, victory number 4.
Antonio Riva, victory number 5.

1210 English RAF pilot Stanley Puffer, in SE.5a D5984, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1230 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 33.

1245 Francesco Baracca scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Austrian Albatros D.III for number 34.

1315 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Lt G.W. Bellin, England, nationality, serial number and victory number unknown.
Percy Clayson, England, victory number 23.
Harold Kullberg, United States, victory number 9.

1800 German ace karl Menkhoff, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 34. Cpl Jean-Marie Martre of Spa 94 is listed as Missing.

2035 Scottish RAF ace John Gilmour, in Sopwith Camel D8118, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 28.

2130 German pilot Fritz Thiede, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 5.

French ace Adrien Leps, Commander of Spa 81, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 12. This is Leps' last aerial victory. He will survive the war and remain with Spa 81 until it is disbanded at the end of 1919. He will rejoin the French Air Force for World War 2 and end up retiring with the renk of Lieutenant-colonel. Adrien Louis Jacques Leps will live until 1983.

German pilot Wilhelm Neuenhofen, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 2.

American ace David Putnam, on detachment with the French Air Service, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8. This is probably Uffz Martin Höntsch and Gefr Wilhelm Naraska of SchSta 22, both of whom are killed.

David Putnam scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation Balloon for victory number 9.

[Jimbuna]

16th June 1918

Southern Front

Violent fighting on Piave.

Austrians capture ground south-east of Montello and Capo Sile (north-east of Venice).

British capture Austrian advance in the hills.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on El Kutrani on Hejaz railway (30 miles east of southern end of Dead Sea).

Yekaterinenfeld (Tiflis) occupied by Germans.

Political, etc.

Bulgarian Cabinet (M. Radoslavov) resigns; M. Malinov becomes Premier: beginning of the end foreshadowed.

Ship Losses:

Melanie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
HMT Ocean Fisher The naval trawler, operating as a Q-ship, was lost on this date.

[Sailor Steve]

June 16, 1918


Air War:

0610 Four RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Lt C.F. Brown, D0535, nationality and victory number unknown.
Edwin Hayne, South Africa, D3417, victory number 15.
Yvone Eustace Sutton Kirkpatrick, D3414, victory number 1.
Lt R. Stone, D3571, nationality and victory number unknown.

0645 German ace Paul Aue, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 7

0700 German ace Friedrich Friedrichs, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 12.

0720 American RAF pilot Lawrence Kingsley Callaghan, in SE.5a D6871, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0900 German pilot Martin Dehmish, with Jasta 58, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

0900 German pilot Hans Viebig, flying with Jasta 58, shoots down Bristol F.2b C788 for victory number 5. Lt J.M. Goller and 2nd Lt M. Ross-Jenkins are both killed.

0905 German pilot Ltn Seewald (no first name given), with Jasta 54, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 3.

0953 German Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

1000 German ace Willi Gabriel, in a Fokker Dr.I, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 6.

1150 German pilot Hugo Schäfer, with Jasta 15, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 5.

1150 German pilot Theodor Weischer, flying with Jasta 15, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1200 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Pfalz D.III, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 7.

1200 German ace Johannes Klein, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 10.

1200 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 22.

English RAF pilot Alec Stratford Cunningham Reid, in SE.ta D6859, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1705 German ace Kurt Schönfelder, flying with Jasta 7, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 11.

1915 Ehglish RAF pilot David Esplin Smith and observer John Hills, in Bristol F.2b C859, shoot down a Fokker Dr.I. Victory number 2 for Smith; number 1 for Hills.

1955 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 13, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2524 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt G.H. Glasspoole is taken prisoner.

2000 American RAF pilot George Augustus Vaughn, in SE.5a D6149, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

2010 Canadian RAF ace William Claxton, in SE.5a D6126, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

2100 German pilot Georg Schalk, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down Sopwith Camel B7347 for victory number 2. Lt J.A. Sykes is killed.

2105 German pilot Helmut Preiss, with Jasta 54, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 17.

German pilot Johann Heemsoth, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 2.

German pilot Willy Peters, with Jasta 66, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 2.

Two French pilots from Spa 154 share a victory over a "Scout". Vfw Willy Peters is taken prisoner.
S/Lt Henot, victory number 1.
Auguste Lahoulle, victory number 8.

German ace Otto Rosenfled, with Jasta 41, shoots down a Caudron R.11 for victory number 11. Some sources describe this as an unidentified pilot, Brig Picard and Sgt Léon Condamine of C 46, who were all wounded but made it home safely. Only one R.11 was lost that day, wit MdL Jean Allaert, S/Lt Laurier and MdL Jean Buisson of C 227 all killed, but this is listed as an accident. Possibly they made it back to their base but crashed due to combat damage.

German pilot Erich Sonneck, with Jasta 66, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

German pilot Wilhelm Suer, in a Fokker Dr.I, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 1.

German pilot Lt Vogt (no first name given, with Jasta 54, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 1.