25 May 1917
France
France
- Robert Greim achieved his first kill as a fighter pilot over France. ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | CPC]
- Crown Prince Yi Un graduated from the Japanese Army Academy. ww2dbase [Yi Un | CPC]
- A fleet of 23 German Gotha G.IV bombers commanded by Hauptmann Ernst Brandenburg set out to bomb London, England, United Kingdom, but on reaching the Thames River ran into bad weather and diverted to find an alternative target. The English coastal town of Folkestone was thronged with shoppers when the German aircraft struck. Ninety-five civilians were killed and the air raid cause widespread panic among a populace who now believed that Germany could rain death from the skies over Britain unopposed. The Germans lost two aircraft. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
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