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List of aerial victories of Manfred von Richthofen

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Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), widely known as the Red Baron, is considered the ace-of-aces of the First World War, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot of the war – before being killed in action near Amiens on 21 April 1918.

As the following list demonstrates, his victories are well documented.[1] Victories are against English flyers unless otherwise noted. The † indicates death.

Victory nº Date Hour Defeated Opponent/s unit Opponent/s aircraft Richthofen's unit Richthofen's aircraft Location
1 17 September 1916 1100 Lt. Lionel Morris †;
Capt. Tom Rees †;
 11 Sqn. F.E.2b (7018) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Villers Plouich
2 23 September 1916 1100 Sgt. Herbert Bellerby † 27 Sqn. Martinsyde G.100 (7481) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Bapaume
3 30 September 1916 1150 Lt. Ernest Conway Lansdale †;
Sgt. Albert Clarkson † 		11 Sqn. F.E.2b (6973) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Lagnicourt
4 7 October 1916 0910 2/Lt. William Fenwick † 21 Sqn. B.E.12 (6618) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Equancourt
5 16 October 1916 0500 2/Lt. John Thompson DCM † 19 Sqn. B.E.12 (6580) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Ypres
6 25 October 1916 0935 (probably) 2/Lt. W.T.W Wilcox (WIA; POW) 21 Sqn. B.E.12 (6654) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Bapaume- also listed as 2/Lt. Arthur James Fisher (vs Kurt Wolff)
7 3 November 1916 1410 Sgt. Cuthbert Baldwin †;
Lt. George Bentham Andrew † 		18 Sqn. F.E.2b (7010) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) NE of Grévillers Wood
8 9 November 1916 1030 2/Lt. Ian Gilmour Cameron † 12 Sqn. B.E.2c (2506) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Beugny
9? 20 November 1916 0940 (possibly) Lt. Thomas Henry Clarke (POW);
2/Lt. James Lees (POW) 		15 Sqn. B.E.2c (2767) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) S of Grandcourt (prob. versus Lt Kirmaier)
10 20 November 1916 1615 2/Lt. Gilbert Sudbury Hall †;
2/Lt. George Doughty † 		18 Sqn. F.E.2b (4848) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Grandcourt
11 23 November 1916 1500 Maj.Lanoe Hawker VC DSO † 24 Sqn. D.H.2 (5964) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) S of Bapaume
12 11 December 1916 1155 Lt. Benedict Philip Hunt (POW) 32 Sqn. D.H.2 (5986) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Arras
13 20 December 1916 1130 Capt.Arthur Gerald Knight, DSO † 29 Sqn. D.H.2 (7927) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Menchy
14 20 December 1916 1345 Lt. Lionel George D'Arcy †;
Sub-Lt. Reginald Whiteside (RNVR) † 		18 Sqn. F.E.2b (A5446) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Moreuil
15? 27 December 1916 1625 (possibly) Capt. JB Quested (WIA);
Lt. HJH Dicksee (unhurt)

(Some sources claim that this was Sgt. James McCudden of No.29 Squadron, in a DH.2.) 		11 Sqn. F.E.2b (6937) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Quested/Dicksee were downed at 11.20 hours, 12 km east of Ficheux (probably versus Jasta 1)- inside Allied lines. Richthofen claimed his kill at 16.25 hours.[2] McCudden, who returned to base, fits the time period.
16 4 January 1917 1615 Flt/Lt. Allan Switzer Todd  CAN † 8 RNAS Sopwith Pup (N5193) Jasta 2 Albatros D.II(491/16) Near Metz-en-Couture
17 23 January 1917 1610 2/Lt. John Hay  AUS † 40 Sqn. F.E.8 (6388) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II(491/16) S of Lens
18 24 January 1917 1215 Lt. John MacLennan (WIA: POW);
Capt. Oscar Greig (WIA: POW); 		25 Sqn. F.E.2b (6997) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(789/17) O of Vimy
19 1 February 1917 1600 Lts. Percival Murray †;
Duncan John McRae  CAN † 		16 Sqn. B.E.2d (6742) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II 1 km SO of Thelus
20 14 February 1917 1200 Lt. Cyril Bennett (POW);
2/Lt. Herbert Arthur Croft † 		2 Sqn. B.E.2d (6231) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II O of Loos
21 14 February 1917 1645 (probably) Capt. George Cyril Bailey DSO (WIA);
2/Lt. George William Betts Hampton (unhurt) 		2 Sqn. B.E.2c (2543) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II SW of Mazingarbe; aircraft actually returned to base safely.
22 4 March 1917 1250 Lt. James Benjamin Evelyn Crosbee (unhurt); Sgt. John Edward Prance DCM (WIA) 2 Sqn. B.E.2d (5785) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II 1 km N of Loos; aircraft actually returned to base safely.
23 4 March 1917 1620 2/Lt. Herbert John Green †;
2/Lt. Alexander William Reid MC † 		43 Sqn. Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1108) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II Acheville
24 6 March 1917 1700 2/Lt. Gerald Maurice Gosset-Bibby †;
Lt. Geoffrey Joseph Ogilvy Brichta  CAN † 		16 Sqn. B.E.2e (A2785) Jasta 11 Albatros D.II Souchez
25 9 March 1917 1155 Lt. Arthur John Pearson MC † 29 Sqn. D.H.2 (A2571) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III Between Roclincourt and Bailleul
26 11 March 1917 1200 2/Lt. James Smyth †;
2/Lt. Edward Byrne † 		2 Sqn. B.E.2d (6232) Jasta 11 Halberstadt D.II S of La Folie Wood
27 17 March 1917 1130 Lt. Arthur Elsdale Boultbee †;
2AM. Frederick King † 		25 Sqn. F.E.2b (A5439) Jasta 11 Halberstadt D.II Oppy
28 17 March 1917 1700 2/Lt. George MacDonald Watt †;
Sgt. Ernest Adam Howlett † 		16 Sqn. B.E.2g (2814) Jasta 11 Halberstadt D.II O of Vimy
29 21 March 1917 1730 F/Sgt. Sidney Herbert Quicke †;
2/Lt. William John Lidsey † 		16 Sqn. B.E.2e (A3154) Jasta 11 Halberstadt D.II Hill 123, N of Neuville
30 24 March 1917 1155 Lt. Richard Plunkett Baker  CAN (WIA; POW) 19 Sqn. SPAD VII (A6706) Jasta 11 Halberstadt D.II Givenchy
31 25 March 1917 0820 Lt. Christopher Guy Gilbert (POW) 29 Sqn. Nieuport 17 (A6689) Jasta 11 Halberstadt D.II Tilloy
32 2 April 1917 0835 Lt. Patrick John Gordon Powell †;
1AM. Percy Bonner † 		13 Sqn. B.E.2d (5841) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Farbus
33 2 April 1917 1115 2/Lt. Algernon Peter Warren (POW);
Sgt. Reuel Dunn † 		43 sqn. Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A2401) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Givenchy
34 3 April 1917 1615 2/Lt. Donald Peter McDonald (POW);
2/Lt. John Ingram Mullaniffe O'Beirne † 		25 Sqn. F.E.2d (A6382) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Between Lens and Liévin
35 5 April 1917 1115 2/Lt. Arthur Norman Lechler (WIA; POW);
2/Lt. Herbert Duncan King George † 		48 Sqn. Bristol F.2a (A3340) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Lewarde, S of Douai
36 5 April 1917 1130 Lts. Alfred Terence Adams (POW);
Donald James Stewart (POW) 		48 Sqn. Bristol F.2a (A3343) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Cuincy
37 7 April 1917 1745 2/Lt. George Orme Smart † 60 Sqn. Nieuport 17 (A6645) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Mercatel
38 8 April 1917 1140 Lts. John Heagerty (POW);
Leonard Heath-Cantle †;
 43 Sqn. Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A2406) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Near Farbus
39 8 April 1917 1640 2/Lt. Keith Ingleby MacKenzie †;
2/Lt. Guy Everingham † 		16 Sqn. B.E.2g (A2815) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Vimy
40 11 April 1917 0925 Lt. Edward Claude England Derwin (WIA);
Gunner H. Pierson (WIA) 		13 Sqn. B.E.2d (2501) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Willerval-fell inside Allied Lines.
41 13 April 1917 0858 Capt. James Maitland Stuart †;
Lt. Maurice Herbert Wood † 		59 sqn. R.E.8 (A3190) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Between Vitry and Brebières
42 13 April 1917 1245 Sgt. James Allen Cunniffe (WIA);
2AM. W.J. Batten; (WIA) 		11 Sqn. F.E.2b (A831) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Between Monchy and Feuchy-crashed Allied side of Lines.
43 13 April 1917 1935 2/Lt. Allan Harold Bates †;
Sgt. William Alfred Barnes † 		25 Sqn. F.E.2b (4997) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Noyelles-Godault, near Hénin-Liétard
44 14 April 1917 0915 Lt. William Oswald Russell (POW) 60 Sqn. Nieuport 17 (A6796) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) 1 km S of Bois Bernard
45 16 April 1917 1730 2/Lt. Alphonso Pascoe (WIA);
2/Lt. Frederick Seymour Andrews † 		13 Sqn. B.E.2e (3156) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Between Bailleul and Gavrelle-Allied side of Lines.
46 22 April 1917 1710 (possibly) Lt. Waldemar Franklin (WIA);
Lt. William Frederick Fletcher; (WIA) 		11 Sqn. F.E.2b (7020) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Near Lagnicourt- one of four FE2b's downed by Jasta 11.
47 23 April 1917 1205 2/Lt. Eric Welch †;
Sgt. Amos George Tollervey † 		16 Sqn. B.E.2f (A3168) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Mericourt
48 28 April 1917 0930 Lt. Reginald William Follit †;
2/Lt. Frederick James Kirkham (POW) 		13 Sqn. B.E.2e (7221) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) E of Pelves, SE edge of Square 6998
49 29 April 1917 1205 Lt. Richard Applin † 19 Sqn. SPAD VII (B1573) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Near Lecluse
50 29 April 1917 1655 Sgt. George Stead †;
Cpl. Alfred Beebee † 		18 sqn. F.E.2b (4898) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) SW of Inchy, Hill 90, near Pariville
51 29 April 1917 1925 Lt. David Evan Davies †;
Lt. George Henry Rathbone  CAN † 		12 Sqn. B.E.2e (2738) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Near Roeux
52 29 April 1917 1940 Flt. Sub-Lt Albert Edward Cuzner  CAN † 8 RNAS Sopwith Triplane (N5463) Jasta 11 Albatros D.III(2253/17) Between Billy-Montigny and Sallaumines over Vimy
53 18 June 1917 1315 Lt. Ralph Walter Elley Ellis †;
Lt. Harold Carver Barlow † 		9 Sqn. R.E.8 (A4290) JG I Albatros D.V(789/17) Hof Struywe, Square V.42
54? 23 June 1917 2130 (possibly) Lt. Robert Wallace Farquhar (unhurt) 23 Sqn. SPAD VII (B1530) JG I Albatros D.V(1177/17) N of Ypres- landed back at base at La Lovie, slightly damaged.
55 24 June 1917 0910 Capt. Norman George McNaughton MC †;
Lt. Angus Hughes Mearns † 		57 Sqn. D.H.4 (A7473) JG I Albatros D.V(1177/17) Between Keibergmolen (former windmill, located in Beselare) and Lichtensteinlager.
56 25 June 1917 1840 Lt. Leslie Spencer Bowman †;
2/Lt. James Edward Power-Clutterbuck † 		53 Sqn. R.E.8 (A3847) JG I Albatros D.V(1177/17) Near Le Bizet
57 2 July 1917 1020 Sgt. Hubert Arthur Whatley †;
2/Lt. Frank Guy Buckingham Pascoe † 		53 Sqn. R.E.8 (A3538) JG I Albatros D.V(1177/17) Deulemont
58 16 August 1917 0755 2/Lt. William Harold Trant Williams (WIA; POW; † from wounds) 29 Sqn. Nieuport 23 (A6611) JG I Albatros D.V(2059/17) Near Polygon Wood
59 26 August 1917 0730 2/Lt. Coningsby Phillip Williams † 19 Sqn. SPAD VII (B3492) JG I Albatros D.V(2059/17) Between Poelcapelle and Langemarck
60 1 September 1917 0750 Lt. John Bristo Culley Madge (WIA/POW);
2/Lt. Walter Kember † 		6 Sqn. R.E.8 (B782) JG I Fokker F.I(102/17) Near Zonnebeke
61 3 September 1917 0735 Lt. Algernon Frederick Bird (POW) 46 Sqn. Sopwith Pup (B1795) JG I Fokker F.I (102/17) S of Bousbecque
62 23 November 1917 1400 Lt. James Alexander Vazeill Boddy (WIA) 64 Sqn. D.H.5 (A9299) JG I Albatros D.V(4693/17) SE edge of Bourlon Wood-rescued from no-mans land
63 30 November 1917 1430 Lt. Donald Argyle Douglas Ian MacGregor † 41 Sqn. S.E.5a (B644) JG I Albatros D.V(4963/17) Near Mœuvres. Noted elsewhere (Gibbons) as 56 Sqn's Capt. P.T. Townsend. However, Townsend was downed 15.45 some 34 km further north west.[3]
64 12 March 1918 1110–1115 2/Lt. Leonard Frederick Cyril Clutterbuck (POW);
2/Lt Henry James Sparks MC; (POW) 		62 Sqn. Bristol F.2b (B1251) JG I Fokker Dr.I(152/17) N of Nauroy, Square 2858
65 13 March 1918 1035 Lt. Elmer Ernest Heath  CAN (WIA/POW) 73 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (B2523) JG I Fokker DR.I (152/17) Between Gonnelieu and Banteux, Square 1853
66 18 March 1918 1115 2/Lt. William George Ivamy  CAN (POW) 54 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (B5243) JG I Fokker DR.I (477/17) road Molain–Vaux-Andigny
67 24 March 1918 1445 Lt. John Percy McCone  CAN †;
OR Lt. Donald Cecil Tucker (WIA/POW) 		both 41 Sqn. S.E.5a (C1054 or C6399) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) Combles; Gibbons listed Lt. W Porter of 56 Sqn, although he was killed an hour earlier versus Jasta 34b. As Richthofen's combat report states the enemy aircraft disintegrated, McCone would be the more likely victim.[4]
68 25 March 1918 1555 2/Lt. Donald Cameron † 3 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (C1562) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) road Bapaume–Albert
69 26 March 1918 1645 (possibly) Lt. Allan McNab Denovan  CAN † 1 Sqn. S.E.5a (B511) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) S of Contalmaison. Several other victims have been postulated over the years, but Donovan is the best fit for time and location. These others include Lt W Knox (54 Sqn), who was actually killed two days earlier, Lt ATW Lindsay (54 Sqn), who was lost two hours earlier, and one of two 19 Sqn. Sopwith Dolphins lost that day.[5]
70 26 March 1918 1700 2/Lt. Vernon Jack Reading †;
2/Lt. Matthew Leggat † 		15 Sqn. R.E.8 (B742) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) 2 km NE of Albert, Somme
71 27 March 1918 0900 Capt.Thomas Sydney Sharpe DFC (WIA/POW) 73 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (C6733) JG I Fokker DR.I (127/17) Ancre, 1 km N of Aveluy, N of Albert
72 27 March 1918 1630 Lt. Edward Treloar Smart; 2/Lt. Kenneth Purnell Barford 2 Sqn. A/W F.K.8 (B288) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) 2 km O of Foucaucourt. (Some sources suggest that this may have been a DH-4 of 5 RNAS.)
73 27 March 1918 1635 2/Lt. George Halliwell Harding  USA † 79 Sqn. Sopwith Dolphin (C4016) JG I Fokker DR.I (477/17) 1 km N of Chuignolles, S of Bray-sur-Somme
74 28 March 1918 1220 2/Lts. Joseph Bertram Taylor †;
2/Lt. Eric Betley † 		82 Sqn. A/W F.K.8 (C8444) JG I Fokker DR.I (127/17) Near Mericourt
75 2 April 1918 1230 2/Lt. Ernest David Jones †;
2/Lt. Robert Francis Newton † 		52 Sqn. R.E.8 (A3868) JG I Fokker DR.I (477/17) Hill 104, NE of Moreuil
76 6 April 1918 1545 Capt.Sydney Philip Smith (MIA) 46 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (D6491) JG I Fokker DR.I(127/17) NE of Villers-Bretonneux, near the E edge of Bois de Hamel
77 7 April 1918 1130 2/Lt. Albert Vernon Gallie 73 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (D6550) JG I Fokker DR.I (477/17) Near Hangard
78? 7 April 1918 1205 (possibly) Lt. Ronald George Hinings Adams (WIA/POW) 73 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (D6554) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) 500m E of Hill 104, N of Villers-Bretonneux. (Possibly a different Camel from 73 Sqn; three were lost.)
79 20 April 1918 1840 Major Richard Raymond-Barker MC † 3 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (D6439) JG I Fokker DR.I(425/17) SO of Bois de Hamel
80 20 April 1918 1843 2/Lt. David Greswolde Lewis Rhodesia RHO (POW) 3 Sqn. Sopwith Camel (B7393) JG I Fokker DR.I (425/17) NE of Villers-Bretonneux

[6] The Aerodrome n.d.[7]

Citations

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  1. ^ Shores, Franks & Guest 1990, pp. 242–255.
  2. ^ Franks, Giblin & McCrery 2007, p. 46.
  3. ^ Franks, Giblin & McCrery 2007, p. 163.
  4. ^ Franks, Giblin & McCrery 2007, p. 174.
  5. ^ Franks, Giblin & McCrery 2007, p. 178.
  6. ^ Franks, Giblin & McCrery 2007, p. [page needed].
  7. ^ "Manfred von Richthofen". The Aerodrome. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

Bibliography

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  • Franks, Norman; Giblin, Hal; McCrery, Nigel (2007) [1995]. Under the Guns of the Red Baron – The Complete Record of Von Richthofen's Victories and Victims Fully Illustrated. London/New York: Grub Street/Caxton/Barnes & Noble. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7607-1209-2.
  • Gibbons, Floyd (1930). The Red Knight of Germany. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Press (last published 2016). ISBN 978-1-5413-7451-5.
  • Shores, Christopher F.; Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell F. (1990). Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9.
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