Diary May 20, 1915

05-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

A Fokker E monoplane goes into a dive for attack. This mediocre fighter has a rigid MG, which can shoot through the propeller circle and is raging havoc among Allied planes.

Diary for Thursday, May 20, 1915:

Air War

Western Front: First 2 German MG-armed Fokker EI’s with interrupter gear arrive. First FE2b flown to France; RFC No 6 Squadron has 4 by September, 32 in service by December.
Eastern Front: Airship LZ30 accidentally burned in Posen shed.

Western Front

Flanders: First British (Royal Navy) kite balloon ascends near Poperinghe.

African Fronts

Southwest Africa: Botha meets Seitz at Giftkop (c.30 miles (ca. 48 km) north of Karibib) during 48-hours ceasefire. Seitz proposes armistice and neutral zone until general peace. Botha insists on unconditional surrender. 4,000 Germans still at large to north.

Sea War

Russia: Death of Admiral Essen, C-in-C Russian Baltic Fleet, aged 55. Succeeded by Vice-Admiral Kanin.

Neutrals

Italy: Government given extraordinary war powers, publishes Green Book on negotiations. Mobilization ordered for May 22.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.