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February 5, 1918
On February 5, 1918, stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
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Featured · February 5, 1918
Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
Stephen W. Thompson was an American aviator of World War I. Flying as a gunner on a French aircraft in February 1918, he became the first member of the United States military to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
Around 1918
The year in brief
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th…
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On February 5, 1918
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1918 Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. American military aviator (1894–1977)
Stephen W. Thompson was an American aviator of World War I. Flying as a gunner on a French aircraft in February 1918, he became the first member of the United States military to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
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1918 SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. British ocean liner (1914–1918)
SS Tuscania was a luxury liner of the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of the Cunard Line and named after Tuscania, Italy. In 1918 the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-77 while transporting American troops to Europe with the loss of 210 lives.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1918
- April 1 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
- April 20 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
- April 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- April 23 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- April 24 World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
- April 6 Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends.
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