List of aerial victories of Bruno Loerzer
In the First World War, Bruno Loerzer became a fighter ace credited with 44 confirmed aerial victories while flying for the German Luftstreitkräfte.
List of victories
[edit]| No. | Date | Victim | Squadron | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 March 1916 | Farman | Fosse Wood | |
| 2 | 31 March 1916 | Enemy aircraft | ||
| 3 | 6 March 1917 | Nieuport | Dannekirch | |
| 4 | 10 March 1917 | SPAD | Escadrille Spa.81, Service Aéronautique | Between Altkirch and Carspach, France |
| 5 | 30 April 1917 | Enemy aircraft | Bellenglise, France | |
| 6 | 16 August 1917 | SPAD | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Langemarck, Belgium |
| 7 | 15 August 1917 | Nieuport | No. 1 Squadron RFC | Bousbeque |
| 8, or | 20 September 1917 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 60 Squadron RFC | Gravenstafel |
| 8 | 20 September 1917 | Sopwith Camel | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Gravenstafel |
| 9 | 22 September 1917 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 60 Squadron RFC | Westrozebeke, Belgium |
| 10 | 24 September 1917 | Sopwith Camel | No. 66 Squadron RFC | Northwest of Diksmuide, Belgium |
| 11 | 26 September 1917 | Sopwith Camel | No. 70 Squadron RFC | Gravenstafel |
| 12 | 30 September 1917 | Sopwith Camel | No. 70 Squadron RFC | Koekuit, Belgium |
| 13 | 5 October 1917 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 56 Squadron RFC | East of Menen, Belgium |
| 14 | 9 October 1917 | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | No. 9 Squadron RFC | Langemarck |
| 15 | 12 October 1917 | Airco DH.4 | No. 57 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Thielt, Belgium |
| 16 | 15 October 1917 | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 22 Squadron RFC | Aarsele, Belgium |
| 17 | 17 October 1917 | Sopwith Pup | No. 54 Squadron RFC | South of Nieuwpoort, Belgium |
| 18 | 21 October 1917 | Sopwith Camel | No. 4 Naval Squadron, RNAS | Wyndaele, Belgium |
| 19 | 27 October 1917 | Sopwith Camel | No. 70 Squadron RFC | West of Diksmuide, Belgium |
| 20 | 30 October 1917 | Nieuport | No. 1 Squadron RFC | Westrozebeke, Belgium |
| 21 | 3 January 1918 | Airco DH.4 | No. 57 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Zonnebeke, Belgium |
| 22 | 19 January 1918 | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 20 Squadron RFC | South of Houthulst Forest, Belgium |
| 23 | 18 February 1918 | Sopwith Camel | No. 70 Squadron RFC | Houthulst Forest, Belgium |
| 24 | 23 March 1918 | Sopwith Camel | Beugny, France | |
| 25 | 30 May 1918 | SPAD | ||
| 26 | 13 June 1918 | SPAD | Dommiers, France | |
| 27 | 16 July 1918 | Nieuport 28 | 27th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Putnay |
| 28 | 19 July 1918 | SPAD | Coeuvres, France | |
| 29 | 20 July 1918 | SPAD | ||
| 30 | 13 August 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | ||
| 31 | 14 August 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | ||
| 32 | 26 August 1918 | Sopwith Camel | 17th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Beugny, France |
| 33 | 29 August 1918 | Sopwith Camel | Chérisy, France | |
| 34 | 29 August 1918 | Sopwith Camel | Chérisy, France | |
| 35 | 1 September 1918 | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 62 Squadron RAF | |
| 36 | 2 September 1918 | Sopwith Camel | Dury, Pas-de-Calais, France | |
| 37 | 3 September 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | Douai, France | |
| 38 | 4 September 1918 | Sopwith Camel | No. 70 Squadron RAF | Monchecourt, France |
| 39 | 5 September 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 92 Squadron RAF | Inchy, France |
| 40 | 16 September 1918 | Bristol F.2 Fighter | Dourges, France | |
| 41 | 16 September 1918 | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | ||
| 42 | 22 September 1918 | Sopwith Camel | ||
| 43 and 44 | 26 September 1918 | Enemy aircraft |
References
[edit]- ^ Franks, Norman L R; Bailey, Frank W; Guest, Russell (1998), Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918, London: Grub Street, pp. 156–157, ISBN 0-948817-73-9