On a cloudy and otherwise uneventful counter battery patrol, Greg sees a German balloon go down.
Log Book
Date: 10.8.18 Time: 9.10 Rounds Lewis: 400 Rounds Vickers: 300 Bombs: 4 Time on RE8s: 116 hrs 40 mins RE8: 2526 Observer: Hodgson Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Height: 3000 Course/Remarks: C.B.P. Very cloudy. Hun balloon down.
Diary
Saturday Aug 10th. CBP at 9.10 am. Cloudy. Nothing much happening. Hun balloon down in flames, apparently by one of our scouts.
Hun Balloon Down
The German balloon that was brought down was probably a kite balloon, used for observation. ‘Scout’ aircraft were fighters.
More on kite balloons here: