Today In History:  10 August  [1918]   --  Third-highest-scoring German ace of World War I killed.

During a dogfight, the Fokker D.VII fighter of the German fighter ace Oberleutnant Erich Löwenhardt collides with another D.VII flown by Leutnant Alfred Wenz near Chaulnes, France. Both men bail out; Wenz survives, but Löwenhardt's parachute fails and he falls to his death from 12,000 feet (3,660 meters). Löwenhardt's score of 53 kills will make him the third-highest-scoring German ace of World War I.

PHOTO: Ernst Udet beside his D.VII, nicknamed "Lo".

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Photo Attribution:  Public Domain Unknown author - http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/457/776/large_000000.jpg This photograph Q 63153 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.  [https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/policies/non-commercial-licence]