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Re: IAF Air Raid 31. Juli 1918 Saarbrücken
99 Sqn IAF lost seven DH9s on 31 July 1918:
C6145 Lt E.L. Doidge KIA & Lt H.T. Melville KIA
C6149 2/Lt T.M. Ritchie POW & 2/Lt L.W.D. Stagg POW/DOW
C6196 Lt W.J. Garrity POW & 2/Lt G.H. Stephenson POW
C6278 Lt S.McB. Black POW & 2/Lt E. Singleton POW
D1029 2Lt F. Smith POW & 2Lt K.H. Ashton POW
D1032 2Lt L.R. Dennis KIA & 2Lt F.W. Wooley KIA
D3039 Lt M.T.S. Papenfus, DFC WIA/POW & Lt A.L. Benjamin POW
German claims on that day for this type of aircraft were:
Jasta 18: Lt K. Monnington for a DH9 at Grossblittersdorf
Jasta 65: OfStv Tiedje & Vfw J. Hohly for two DH4s, location unknown
Jasta 78: Vfw L. Reimann & Vfw E. Prime for two DH9s at Ruhlingen and Willerwald
Jasta 80: Flg L. Wittmann & Uffz Fritz Salb for two DH9s at Willerwald and north of Saargemünd; the latter pilot was KIA at Grossblittersdorf while flying an Albatros D.III
Source: "The Jasta War Chronology" by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey & Rick Duiven
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