[Sailor Steve]

June 7, 1918


Air War:

0705 German ace Johann Janzen, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13

0710 German ace Hans Kirschstein, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 24. Japanese volunteer pilot Sgt Shukunosuke Kobayash is killed this day. His listing associates him with Kirschstein's victory, but gives the time as 1800.

0742 English RAF pilot Alfred Haines, in Sopwith Camel D1975 over the Italian Front, is credited with two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 2 and 3.

0825 German ace Heinrich Kroll, with Jasta 24, shoots down a SPAD for victory 25.

0900 American RAF pilot Frederic Lord, in Sopwith Dolphin C4131, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1045 Brazilian-born English RAF pilot Gordon Rule, flying DH.9 D5576 with Lt E.H. Tredcraft as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1120 German pilot Lt Ehrharedt (no first name given), with Jasta 32, shoots down DH.4 D9266 for victory number 2. Lt L.A. Hacklett and Sgt W.C. Elliott are both taken prisoner.

1130 South African RAF pilot Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour, in DH.4 D8412 with 2ne Lt J.H. Preston as observer, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 1.

1130 South African RAF pilot George Edgar Bruce Lawson, in SE.5a C1881, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1200 German pilot Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, in a Siemans-Schuckert D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 4.

1200 English RAF ace Leonard Rochford, flying Sopwith Camel D3417, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 21.

1200 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 17.

1310 German Naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 12.

1435 German ace Oskar von Boenighk, in a Pfalz D.III, destroys a Frency observation balloon for victory number 12.

1830 German ace Hans Böhning, in an Albatros D.Va, brings down a French observation balloon for victory number 11.

1900 German pilot Karl Schmelcher, flying with Jasta 71, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 1.

1900 German ace Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 28.

French ace Bernard Artigau, with Spa 15, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 10.

German pilot Helmut Brünig, with Jasta 50, brings down a French observation balloon for victory number 1.

Three Fench pilots with Spa 48 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Edmond Caillaux, victory number 4.
Gilbert de Guingand, victory number 8.
René Montrion, victory number 10.

German ace Theodor Cammann, flying with Jasta 74, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 8.

German pilot Ulrich Fischer, with Jasta 22, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 3.

Three French pilots with Spa 100 share the downing of a German observation balloon:
Claude haegelen, victory number 5.
Sgt Ouizille (no first name given), victory number 2.
MdL Schuster (no first name given), victory number 2.

German ace Wilhelm Hippert, with Jasta 74, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 7.

German pilot Fritz Jacobsen, with Jasta 73, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 5.

German pilot Herbert Knappe, flying with Jasta 81, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 3.

German pilot Alfred Lenz, with Jasta 22, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 3.

French Pierre LeRoy de Boiseaumarie, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker Dr.I for victory number 5.

German pilot Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4.

German pilot Rudolf Otto, with Jasta 74, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 2.

German pilot Erich Raabe, flying with Jasta 41, brings down a French observation balloon for victory number 3.

German ace Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.Va, shoots down SE.5a B611 for victory number 23. 2nd Lt J.J. Dawe is killed.

German pilot Max Schick, with Jasta 76, ahoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.