100 years ago today - 20 October 1918

[Graeme]

SUNDAY, 20 OCTOBER 1918

General Headquarters, October 21st.

“On October 20th some of our machines successfully accomplished Iow-flying reconnaissances and contact patrols, dropping a few bombs and firing with machine-guns on enemy troops while doing so. Weather conditions prevented all further operations. All our machines have returned.”

RAF Communiqué No 29:

Weather: Low clouds and mist all day.

Seventeen reconnaissances, 14 contact and counter-attack patrols; two zone calls sent.

No night operations carried out on account of weather; 4½ cwts of bombs dropped by day.

Enemy Aircraft:

There was no enemy aircraft activity.

Sergt N Hunt & Sergt C F Levett, 48 Sqn, Fokker out of control south-west of Audenarde at 13:30/14:30 –

Casualties:

None.

Graeme

[MASTIFF]

From JWC:


No Claims - No Losses.


Tony

[James A. Pratt III]

NB
no claims or losses

FASWC
S/lt Carretier & Lt Boques, MdL Stora & 1Lt Cook Sal 39 scout probable Primat (Argonne area)

no casualties

CGAS
Many fatalities flu

SF!
Uffz Albert Dinse SS 8 Erquelinnes* has him die on 17 Oct 18

Uffz Gotz (P) & Gefr Karl Gols (G) FAA 296 both IIC