Diary September 22, 1917

09-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

The large Curtiss H12 America flying boat.

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 22, 1917:

Sea War

North Sea – Only British air kill of a U-boat: Royal Navy Air Service H12 America flying boat (Flt sub-lt N Magor) bombs coastal submarine UB-32.
Channel: Dover Patrol monitor Terror shells Ostend (35 shells), sinks floating dock (and on September 25).
Atlantic: Convoys from Dakar start.

Africa

East Africa – Battle of Bweho Chini: over 1,100 German troops and over 20 MGs (estimate over 340 casualties) just fail to storm surrounded Nigerian Brigade camp (134 casualties). Kilwa Force reunited on September 24. Belgians fight at Hyka on river M’kaha.

Air War

North Sea: 3 Royal Navy Air Service Sopwith Camel fighters over Dover Patrol destroy, force down or capture 4 German seaplanes from Ostend and Zeebrugge (and on September 25).
Germany: French raid Stuttgart, Trier, Koblenz and Frankfurt.

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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.

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