List of victories of 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.
Manfred von Richthofen
As the following list demonstrates, his victories are well documented.[1]
| Victory nº | Defeated | Date | Hour | Richthofen's unit | Richthofen's aircraft | Opponent/s unit | Opponent/s aircraft | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lt. Lionel Morris †; Capt. Tom Rees †; |
17 September 1916 | 1100 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b (7018) | Near Villers Plouich |
| 2 | Sgt. Herbert Bellerby † | 23 September 1916 | 1100 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 27 Sqn. | Martinsyde G.100 (7481) | Bapaume |
| 3 | Lt. Ernest Conway Lansdale †; Sgt. Albert Clarkson † |
30 September 1916 | 1150 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b (6973) | Near Lagnicourt |
| 4 | 2/Lt. William Fenwick † | 7 October 1916 | 0910 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 21 Sqn. | B.E.12 (6618) | Near Equancourt |
| 5 | 2/Lt. John Thompson DCM † | 16 October 1916 | 0500 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 19 Sqn. | B.E.12 (6580) | Near Ypres |
| 6 | (probably) 2/Lt. W.T.W Wilcox (WIA; POW) | 25 October 1916 | 0935 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 21 Sqn. | B.E.12 (6654) | Near Bapaume- also listed as 2/Lt. Arthur James Fisher (vs Kurt Wolff) |
| 7 | Sgt. Cuthbert Baldwin †; Lt. George Bentham Andrew † |
3 November 1916 | 1410 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 18 Sqn. | F.E.2b (7010) | NE of Grévillers Wood |
| 8 | 2/Lt. Ian Gilmour Cameron † | 9 November 1916 | 1030 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 12 Sqn. | B.E.2c (2506) | Beugny |
| 9? | (possibly) Lt. Thomas Henry Clarke (POW); 2/Lt. James Lees (POW) |
20 November 1916 | 0940 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 15 Sqn. | B.E.2c (2767) | S of Grandcourt (prob. versus Lt Kirmaier) |
| 10 | 2/Lt. Gilbert Sudbury Hall †; 2/Lt. George Doughty † |
20 November 1916 | 1615 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 18 Sqn. | F.E.2b (4848) | Grandcourt |
| 11 | Maj.Lanoe Hawker VC DSO † | 23 November 1916 | 1500 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 24 Sqn. | D.H.2 (5964) | S of Bapaume |
| 12 | Lt. Benedict Philip Hunt (POW) | 11 December 1916 | 1155 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 32 Sqn. | D.H.2 (5986) | Near Arras |
| 13 | Capt.Arthur Gerald Knight, DSO † | 20 December 1916 | 1130 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 29 Sqn. | D.H.2 (7927) | Menchy |
| 14 | Lt. Lionel George D'Arcy †; Sub-Lt. Reginald Whiteside (RNVR) † |
20 December 1916 | 1345 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 18 Sqn. | F.E.2b (A5446) | Moreuil |
| 15? | (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.) |
27 December 1916 | 1625 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b (6937) | 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 | Flt/Lt. Allan Switzer Todd .svg.png.webp){kind=small} CAN † |
4 January 1917 | 1615 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 8 RNAS | Sopwith Pup (N5193) | Near Metz-en-Couture |
| 17 | 2/Lt. John Hay .svg.png.webp){kind=small} AUS † |
23 January 1917 | 1610 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.II(491/16) | 40 Sqn. | F.E.8 (6388) | S of Lens |
| 18 | Lt. John MacLennan (WIA: POW); Capt. Oscar Greig (WIA: POW); |
24 January 1917 | 1215 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(789/17) | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2b (6997) | O of Vimy |
| 19 | Lts. Percival Murray †; Duncan John McRae CAN † |
1 February 1917 | 1600 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2d (6742) | 1 km SO of Thelus |
| 20 | Lt. Cyril Bennett (POW); 2/Lt. Herbert Arthur Croft † |
14 February 1917 | 1200 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2d (6231) | O of Loos |
| 21 | (probably) Capt. George Cyril Bailey DSO (WIA); 2/Lt. George William Betts Hampton (unhurt) |
14 February 1917 | 1645 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2c (2543) | SW of Mazingarbe; aircraft actually returned to base safely. |
| 22 | Lt. James Benjamin Evelyn Crosbee (unhurt); Sgt. John Edward Prance DCM (WIA) | 4 March 1917 | 1250 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2d (5785) | 1 km N of Loos; aircraft actually returned to base safely. |
| 23 | 2/Lt. Herbert John Green †; 2/Lt. Alexander William Reid MC † |
4 March 1917 | 1620 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 43 Sqn. | Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1108) | Acheville |
| 24 | 2/Lt. Gerald Maurice Gosset-Bibby †; Lt. Geoffrey Joseph Ogilvy Brichta CAN † |
6 March 1917 | 1700 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2e (A2785) | Souchez |
| 25 | Lt. Arthur John Pearson MC † | 9 March 1917 | 1155 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 29 Sqn. | D.H.2 (A2571) | Between Roclincourt and Bailleul |
| 26 | 2/Lt. James Smyth †; 2/Lt. Edward Byrne † |
11 March 1917 | 1200 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2d (6232) | S of La Folie Wood |
| 27 | Lt. Arthur Elsdale Boultbee †; 2AM. Frederick King † |
17 March 1917 | 1130 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2b (A5439) | Oppy |
| 28 | 2/Lt. George MacDonald Watt †; Sgt. Ernest Adam Howlett † |
17 March 1917 | 1700 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2g (2814) | O of Vimy |
| 29 | F/Sgt. Sidney Herbert Quicke †; 2/Lt. William John Lidsey † |
21 March 1917 | 1730 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2e (A3154) | Hill 123, N of Neuville |
| 30 | Lt. Richard Plunkett Baker CAN (WIA; POW) |
24 March 1917 | 1155 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 19 Sqn. | SPAD VII (A6706) | Givenchy |
| 31 | Lt. Christopher Guy Gilbert (POW) | 25 March 1917 | 0820 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 29 Sqn. | Nieuport 17 (A6689) | Tilloy |
| 32 | Lt. Patrick John Gordon Powell †; 1AM. Percy Bonner † |
2 April 1917 | 0835 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2d (5841) | Farbus |
| 33 | 2/Lt. Algernon Peter Warren (POW); Sgt. Reuel Dunn † |
2 April 1917 | 1115 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 43 sqn. | Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A2401) | Givenchy |
| 34 | 2/Lt. Donald Peter McDonald (POW); 2/Lt. John Ingram Mullaniffe O'Beirne † |
3 April 1917 | 1615 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2d (A6382) | Between Lens and Liévin |
| 35 | 2/Lt. Arthur Norman Lechler (WIA; POW); 2/Lt. Herbert Duncan King George † |
5 April 1917 | 1115 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 48 Sqn. | Bristol F.2a (A3340) | Lewarde, S of Douai |
| 36 | Lts. Alfred Terence Adams (POW); Donald James Stewart (POW) |
5 April 1917 | 1130 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 48 Sqn. | Bristol F.2a (A3343) | Cuincy |
| 37 | 2/Lt. George Orme Smart † | 7 April 1917 | 1745 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 60 Sqn. | Nieuport 17 (A6645) | Mercatel |
| 38 | Lts. John Heagerty (POW); Leonard Heath-Cantle †; |
8 April 1917 | 1140 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 43 Sqn. | Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A2406) | Near Farbus |
| 39 | 2/Lt. Keith Ingleby MacKenzie †; 2/Lt. Guy Everingham † |
8 April 1917 | 1640 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2g (A2815) | Vimy |
| 40 | Lt. Edward Claude England Derwin (WIA); Gunner H. Pierson (WIA) |
11 April 1917 | 0925 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2d (2501) | Willerval-fell inside Allied Lines. |
| 41 | Capt. James Maitland Stuart †; Lt. Maurice Herbert Wood † |
13 April 1917 | 0858 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 59 sqn. | R.E.8 (A3190) | Between Vitry and Brebières |
| 42 | Sgt. James Allen Cunniffe (WIA); 2AM. W.J. Batten; (WIA) |
13 April 1917 | 1245 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b (A831) | Between Monchy and Feuchy-crashed Allied side of Lines. |
| 43 | 2/Lt. Allan Harold Bates †; Sgt. William Alfred Barnes † |
13 April 1917 | 1935 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2b (4997) | Noyelles-Godault, near Hénin-Liétard |
| 44 | Lt. William Oswald Russell (POW) | 14 April 1917 | 0915 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 60 Sqn. | Nieuport 17 (A6796) | 1 km S of Bois Bernard |
| 45 | 2/Lt. Alphonso Pascoe (WIA); 2/Lt. Frederick Seymour Andrews † |
16 April 1917 | 1730 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2e (3156) | Between Bailleul and Gavrelle-Allied side of Lines. |
| 46 | (possibly) Lt. Waldemar Franklin (WIA); Lt. William Frederick Fletcher; (WIA) |
22 April 1917 | 1710 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b (7020) | Near Lagnicourt- one of four FE2b's downed by Jasta 11. |
| 47 | 2/Lt. Eric Welch †; Sgt. Amos George Tollervey † |
23 April 1917 | 1205 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2f (A3168) | Mericourt |
| 48 | Lt. Reginald William Follit †; 2/Lt. Frederick James Kirkham (POW) |
28 April 1917 | 0930 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2e (7221) | E of Pelves, SE edge of Square 6998 |
| 49 | Lt. Richard Applin † | 29 April 1917 | 1205 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 19 Sqn. | SPAD VII (B1573) | Near Lecluse |
| 50 | Sgt. George Stead †; Cpl. Alfred Beebee † |
29 April 1917 | 1655 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 18 sqn. | F.E.2b (4898) | SW of Inchy, Hill 90, near Pariville |
| 51 | Lt. David Evan Davies †; Lt. George Henry Rathbone CAN † |
29 April 1917 | 1925 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 12 Sqn. | B.E.2e (2738) | Near Roeux |
| 52 | Flt. Sub-Lt Albert Edward Cuzner CAN † |
29 April 1917 | 1940 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III(2253/17) | 8 RNAS | Sopwith Triplane (N5463) | Between Billy-Montigny and [[Sallaumines] over Vimy] |
| 53 | Lt. Ralph Walter Elly Ellis †; Lt. Harold Carver Barlow † |
18 June 1917 | 1315 | JG I | Albatros D.V(789/17) | 9 Sqn. | R.E.8 (A4290) | Hof Struywe, Square V.42 |
| 54? | (possibly) Lt. Robert Wallace Farquhar (unhurt) | 23 June 1917 | 2130 | JG I | Albatros D.V(1177/17) | 23 Sqn. | SPAD VII (B1530) | N of Ypres- landed back at base at La Lovie, slightly damaged. |
| 55 | Capt. Norman George McNaughton MC †; Lt. Angus Hughes Mearns † |
24 June 1917 | 0910 | JG I | Albatros D.V(1177/17) | 57 Sqn. | D.H.4 (A7473) | Between Keibergmolen (former windmill, located in Beselare) and Lichtensteinlager. |
| 56 | Lt. Leslie Spencer Bowman †; 2/Lt. James Edward Power-Clutterbuck † |
25 June 1917 | 1840 | JG I | Albatros D.V(1177/17) | 53 Sqn. | R.E.8 (A3847) | Near Le Bizet |
| 57 | Sgt. Hubert Arthur Whatley †; 2/Lt. Frank Guy Buckingham Pascoe † |
2 July 1917 | 1020 | JG I | Albatros D.V(1177/17) | 53 Sqn. | R.E.8 (A3538) | Deulemont |
| 58 | 2/Lt. William Harold Trant Williams (WIA; POW; † from wounds) | 16 August 1917 | 0755 | JG I | Albatros D.V(2059/17) | 29 Sqn. | Nieuport 23 (A6611) | Near Polygon Wood |
| 59 | 2/Lt. Coningsby Phillip Williams † | 26 August 1917 | 0730 | JG I | Albatros D.V(2059/17) | 19 Sqn. | SPAD VII (B3492) | Between Poelcapelle and Langemarck |
| 60 | Lt. John Bristo Culley Madge (WIA/POW); 2/Lt. Walter Kember † |
1 September 1917 | 0750 | JG I | Fokker F.I(102/17) | 6 Sqn. | R.E.8 (B782) | Near Zonnebeke |
| 61 | Lt. Algernon Frederick Bird (POW) | 3 September 1917 | 0735 | JG I | Fokker F.I (102/17) | 46 Sqn. | Sopwith Pup (B1795) | S of Bousbecque |
| 62 | Lt. James Alexander Vazeill Boddy (WIA) | 23 November 1917 | 1400 | JG I | Albatros D.V (4693/17) | 64 Sqn. | D.H.5 (A9299) | SE edge of Bourlon Wood-rescued from no-mans land |
| 63 | Lt. Donald Argyle Douglas Ian MacGregor † | 30 November 1917 | 1430 | JG I | Albatros D.V(4963/17) | 41 Sqn. | S.E.5a (B644) | 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 | 2/Lt. Leonard Frederick Cyril Clutterbuck (POW); 2/Lt Henry James Sparks MC; (POW) |
12 March 1918 | 1110–1115 | JG I | Fokker Dr.I(152/17) | 62 Sqn. | Bristol F.2b (B1251) | N of Nauroy, Square 2858 |
| 65 | Lt. Elmer Ernest Heath CAN (WIA/POW) |
13 March 1918 | 1035 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (152/17) | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (B2523) | Between Gonnelieu and Banteux, Square 1853 |
| 66 | 2/Lt. William George Ivamy CAN (POW) |
18 March 1918 | 1115 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (477/17) | 54 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (B5243) | road Molain–Vaux-Andigny |
| 67 | Lt. John Percy McCone CAN †; OR Lt. Donald Cecil Tucker (WIA/POW) |
24 March 1918 | 1445 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(477/17) | both 41 Sqn. | S.E.5a (C1054 or C6399) | 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 | 2/Lt. Donald Cameron † | 25 March 1918 | 1555 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(477/17) | 3 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (C1562) | road Bapaume–Albert |
| 69 | (possibly) Lt. Allan McNab Denovan CAN † |
26 March 1918 | 1645 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(477/17) | 1 Sqn. | S.E.5a (B511) | 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 | 2/Lt. Vernon Jack Reading †; 2/Lt. Matthew Leggat † |
26 March 1918 | 1700 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(477/17) | 15 Sqn. | R.E.8 (B742) | 2 km NE of Albert, Somme |
| 71 | Capt.Thomas Sydney Sharpe DFC (WIA/POW) | 27 March 1918 | 0900 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (127/17) | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (C6733) | Ancre, 1 km N of Aveluy, N of Albert |
| 72 | Lt. Edward Treloar Smart; 2/Lt. Kenneth Purnell Barford | 27 March 1918 | 1630 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(477/17) | 2 Sqn. | A/W F.K.8 (B288) | 2 km O of Foucaucourt. (Some sources suggest that this may have been a DH-4 of 5 RNAS.) |
| 73 | 2/Lt. George Halliwell Harding  USA † |
27 March 1918 | 1635 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (477/17) | 79 Sqn. | Sopwith Dolphin (C4016) | 1 km N of Chuignolles, S of Bray-sur-Somme |
| 74 | 2/Lts. Joseph Bertram Taylor †; 2/Lt. Eric Betley † |
28 March 1918 | 1220 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (127/17) | 82 Sqn. | A/W F.K.8 (C8444) | Near Mericourt |
| 75 | 2/Lt. Ernest David Jones †; 2/Lt. Robert Francis Newton † |
2 April 1918 | 1230 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (477/17) | 52 Sqn. | R.E.8 (A3868) | Hill 104, NE of Moreuil |
| 76 | Capt.Sydney Philip Smith (MIA) | 6 April 1918 | 1545 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(127/17) | 46 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (D6491) | NE of Villers-Bretonneux, near the E edge of Bois de Hamel |
| 77 | 2/Lt. Albert Vernon Gallie | 7 April 1918 | 1130 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (477/17) | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (D6550) | Near Hangard |
| 78? | (possibly) Lt. Ronald George Hinings Adams (WIA/POW) | 7 April 1918 | 1205 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(477/17) | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (D6554) | 500m E of Hill 104, N of Villers-Bretonneux. (Possibly a different Camel from 73 Sqn; three were lost.) |
| 79 | Major Richard Raymond-Barker MC † | 20 April 1918 | 1840 | JG I | Fokker DR.I(425/17) | 3 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (D6439) | SO of Bois de Hamel |
| 80 | 2/Lt. David Greswolde Lewis %253B_Flag_of_Rhodesia_(1965%E2%80%931968).svg.png.webp){kind=small} RHO (POW) |
20 April 1918 | 1843 | JG I | Fokker DR.I (425/17) | 3 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel (B7393) | NE of Villers-Bretonneux |
Sources: Franks, Giblin & McCrery 2000;[6] The Aerodrome n.d.[7]
Citations
- Franks, Bailey & Guest, Above The Trenches, Grub Street, (1993) pages 242–255
- Franks, Giblin, McCrery; Under the Guns Of the Red Baron; Grub Street, (2007), page 46
- Franks, Giblin, McCrery; Under the Guns Of the Red Baron; Grub Street, (2007), page 163.
- Franks, Giblin, McCrery; Under the Guns Of the Red Baron; Grub Street, (2007), page 174.
- Franks, Giblin, McCrery; Under the Guns Of the Red Baron; Grub Street, (2007), page 178
- Franks, Giblin, McCrery, Under The Guns of The Red Baron, (2000), Caxton Editions
- "Manfred von Richthofen". The Aerodrome. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
Bibliography
- Franks, Norman; Giblin, Hal; McCrery, Nigel (1995 & 2007). 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 0760712093. Check date values in:
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