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Sailor Steve · 06-08-16, 10:38 AM

June 8, 1916

Air War:
German observer Erich Bönisch, now riding in an unidentified two-seater with pilot August Ponater, shoots down a British flying boat for victory number 2.

Russian pilot Ivan Alexandrovich Orlov, flying Moska-Bystritsky MBis No 7, shoots down an Austro-Hungarian Lloyd C.II for victory number 1.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Kaphreda, 245 tons, hits a mine laid by Otto Ehrentraut in UC-6. His score is noe 3 ships and 1,891 tons.

Black Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two Russian ships and damages two more:
SS Malorossija, 893 tons, damaged by deck gun and beached.
SS Vera, 1,231 tons, damaged by deck gun and beached in Mokopse estuary.
SS Cementcrug, 1,086 tons, torpedoed off the port of Tuapse.
SV Ekaterina, 70 tons, sunk off the Psezuape estuary.
Valentiner's score is now 82 ships and 175,058 tons.

Adriatic Sea:
Friedrich Schlosser, commanding Austo-Hungarian U-5, torpedoes Italian troopship Principe Umberto, 7,929 tons. Casualty estimates vary between 1,926 and 1,990.

German East Afica:
Fleet Messenger Trent, towing monitor HMS Mersey, has slow going as her condenser tubes start to choke again.

Monitor HMS Severn reports firing 18 3pdr rounds at a suspected lookout tree at Ras Pembamnasi.

Whalers Childers and Echo, directed by cruiser HMS Hyacinth, fire on a suspected shore position.

Canada:
American fishing vessel Ellen & Mary, 97 tons, on a fishing trip out of Bool Bay, Maine, runs aground off Canso Harbour, Nova Scotia.

06-08-16, 10:38 AM	#1578
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	June 8, 1916 Air War: German observer Erich Bönisch, now riding in an unidentified two-seater with pilot August Ponater, shoots down a British flying boat for victory number 2. Russian pilot Ivan Alexandrovich Orlov, flying Moska-Bystritsky MBis No 7, shoots down an Austro-Hungarian Lloyd C.II for victory number 1. North Sea: His Majesty's Trawler Kaphreda, 245 tons, hits a mine laid by Otto Ehrentraut in UC-6. His score is noe 3 ships and 1,891 tons. Black Sea: Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two Russian ships and damages two more: SS Malorossija, 893 tons, damaged by deck gun and beached. SS Vera, 1,231 tons, damaged by deck gun and beached in Mokopse estuary. SS Cementcrug, 1,086 tons, torpedoed off the port of Tuapse. SV Ekaterina, 70 tons, sunk off the Psezuape estuary. Valentiner's score is now 82 ships and 175,058 tons. Adriatic Sea: Friedrich Schlosser, commanding Austo-Hungarian U-5, torpedoes Italian troopship Principe Umberto, 7,929 tons. Casualty estimates vary between 1,926 and 1,990. German East Afica: Fleet Messenger Trent, towing monitor HMS Mersey, has slow going as her condenser tubes start to choke again. Monitor HMS Severn reports firing 18 3pdr rounds at a suspected lookout tree at Ras Pembamnasi. Whalers Childers and Echo, directed by cruiser HMS Hyacinth, fire on a suspected shore position. Canada: American fishing vessel Ellen & Mary, 97 tons, on a fishing trip out of Bool Bay, Maine, runs aground off Canso Harbour, Nova Scotia. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 10-04-16 at 10:44 AM. Reason: New information on Orlov's aircraft.