Diary April 22, 1917

04-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Despite initial problems with the engine and only one machine gun in front of the pilot (another on the upper wing), the SE5 together with the Sopwith Camel ended the superiority of the German Albatros fighters.

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 22, 1917:

Air War

Western Front: No 56 Squadron (SE5s) destroys 4 Albatros fighters (1 to Ball) on its first patrol.
Macedonia: KG 1 bombs British bivouacs near Yanesh.

Politics

USA: Balfour’s British Mission arrives in Washington; French Mission arrives New York on April 24.

Secret War

Austria: Allies reject Prince Sixtus peace approach.

Western Front

Artois: Falkenhausen removed from German Sixth Army probably for poor defensive tactics, replaced by O Below (until September 9), Colonel Lossberg already able new CoS, since April 11.

Eastern Front

Baltic Provinces: Hutier made C-in-C German Eighth Army (until December 12), replaces Scholtz. Count Kirchbach takes over Army Detachment D (until December 12).

Southern Fronts

Macedonia: General Scholtz (from Eighth Army, Eastern Front) replaces Below (see Western Front) in command of German Eleventh and Bulgar First Armies (Army Group Scholtz) for duration of war.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.