Main article: Fritz Rumey
Fritz Rumey was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 45 confirmed aerial victories.
List of victories
See also: Aerial victory standards of World War IThis list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Background data was abstracted from Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1, pp. 193–194. Abbreviations were expanded by the editor creating this list.
No. | Date/time | Victim | Squadron | Location | Remarks |
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1 | 6 July 1917 @ 1000 hours | Observation balloon | Boursies, France | ||
2 | 19 August 1917 @ 0820 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 | No. 59 Squadron RFC | Épehy, France | |
3 | 22 November 1917 @ 0910 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 43 Squadron RFC | Marcoing, France | Ace Gerard Crole POW |
4 | 23 November 1917 @ 1200 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 3 Squadron RFC | Bourlon Wood, France | |
5 | 23 November 1917 @ 1300 hours | Armstrong Whitworth FK.8 | No. 8 Squadron RFC | Southwest of Marcoing, France | |
6 | 13 January 1918 @ 1230 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 11 Squadron RFC | South of Beaumont, France | |
7 | 28 January 1918 @ 1215 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 11 Squadron RFC | Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France | |
8 | 29 January 1918 @ 1210 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 25 Squadron RFC | Saint-Quentin, France | |
9 | 26 February 1918 @ 1600 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 25 Squadron RFC | North of Bussigny | |
10 | 17 March 1918 @ 1025 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | Marcoing, France | ||
11 | 23 March 1918 @ 1320 hours | Sopwith Dolphin | No. 79 Squadron RFC | Cartigny, France | |
12 | 24 March 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 | |||
13 | 28 March 1918 @ 0910 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 43 Squadron RFC | Bray-sur-Somme, France | |
14 | 12 April 1918 @ 1900 hours | Sopwith Dolphin | Northwest of Albert, France | ||
15 | Afternoon of 2 May 1918 | Sopwith Camel | No. 65 Squadron RAF | Villers-Bretonneux, France | |
16 | 9 May 1918 | Breguet 14 | North of Villequier, France | ||
17 | 10 May 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 56 Squadron RAF | East of Hamel, France | |
18 | 16 May 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 84 Squadron RAF | Southwest of Courcelette, France | |
19 | 17 May 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | Puzieux, France | ||
20 | 18 May 1918 | SPAD | Moreuil, France | ||
21 | 20 May 1918 | Sopwith Camel | No. 65 Squadron RAF | South of Morlancourt, France | |
22 | 2 June 1918 @ 1910 hours | Sopwith Camel | Hangard, France | ||
23 | 7 June 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 24 Squadron RAF | Rosières, France | Ace James Dawe KIA |
24 | 25 June 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 24 Squadron RAF | West of Albert, France | |
25 | 26 June 1918 @ 2025 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 65 Squadron RAF | East of Bouzincourt, France | Ace Edward Carter Eaton KIA |
26 | 27 June 1918 | Sopwith Dolphin | No. 23 Squadron RAF | Vicinity of the Somme, France | |
27 | 27 June 1918 | Sopwith Camel | No. 70 Squadron RAF | Bray-sur-Somme, France | |
28 | 1 July 1918 | Sopwith Camel | No. 65 Squadron RAF | ||
29 | 3 July 1918 | Sopwith Camel | |||
30 | 3 September 1918 @ 1847 hours | Airco DH.9 | No. 98 Squadron RAF | North of Bertincourt, France | |
31 | 4 September 1918 @ 1830 hours | Sopwith Camel | Queant, France | ||
32 | 5 September 1918 @ 1005 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | North of Bouchain, France | ||
33 | 7 September 1918 @ 1125 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 205 Squadron RAF | Saint-Quentin, France | |
34 | 14 September 1918 @ 1110 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 84 Squadron RAF | South of Le Catelet, France | |
35 | 16 September 1918 @ 0900 hours | Airco DH.9 | No. 57 Squadron RAF | Villers-Guislain, France | |
36 | 16 September 1918 @ 1230 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | Marquion, France | ||
37 | 16 September 1918 @ 1235 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 3 Squadron RAF | Marquion, France | |
38 | 17 September 1918 @ 0905 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 84 Squadron RAF | Rumilly, France | |
39 | 17 September 1918 @ 1300 hours | Sopwith Camel | 17th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Northwest of Cambrai, France | |
40 | 17 September 1918 @ 1910 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 46 Squadron RAF | Southwest of Cambrai, France | |
41 | 23 September 1918 @ 1815 hours | Sopwith Dolphin | No. 87 Squadron RAF | Southwest of Baralle, France and Queant, France | |
42 | 24 September 1918 @ 0820 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | South of Buissy, France | ||
43 | 26 September 1918 @ 1410 hours | Airco DH.4 | Gouzeaucourt, France | ||
44 | 26 September 1918 @ 1805 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | "L" Flight | Cambrai, France | |
45 | 27 September 1918 @ 1208 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 54 Squadron RAF | East of Marquion, France |
Footnotes
- There are several places in France called Rosières, some of them in the east and northeast. It is unclear which this one was.
References
- Above the Trenches p. 125
- Above the Trenches, p. 136
- Above the Trenches, p. 146
Sources
- Shores, Christopher F; Franks, Norman L R; Guest, Russell (1990), Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920, Grubb Street, ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9