List of aerial victories of Friedrich Noltenius
Friedrick Noltenius was a German fighter ace of World War I. He shot down eight enemy aircraft and four observation balloons in six weeks fighting for Jagdstaffel 27. During a transfer to Jagdstaffel 6, he shot down an enemy airplane and an observation balloon four days apart. Posted to Jagdstaffel 11, he won six more aerial combats. By war's end, Friedrich Noltenius was credited with 21 confirmed aerial victories, as well as six uncredited ones.
List of victories[edit]
This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Double break in list marks transition between jagdstaffeln. Information 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, Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest Grub Street, 1993, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1; Aces of Jagdgeschwader III, Greg VanWyngarden, Osprey Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4728-0843-1. Abbreviations from those sources were expanded for reader comprehension by editor creating this list.
| No. | Date/time | Victim | Squadron | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unconfirmed | 18 July 1918 | Breguet 14 | West of Saint-Crespin, France[1][2] | |
| unconfirmed | 9 August 1918 @ 0810 hours | Airco DH.9 | Herleville, France[3][4] | |
| 1 | 10 August 1918 @ 1040 hours | Sopwith Dolphin | No. 87 Squadron RAF | Puzeaux, France |
| 2 | 20 August 1918 @ 1255 hours | Observation balloon | 71st Company | North of Forest of Retz, France |
| unconfirmed | 27 August 1918 @ 0840 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a | No. 40 Squadron RAF | Herleville, France[5][6] |
| 3 | 30 August 1918 @ 1750 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 57 Squadron RAF | South of Etaing, France |
| 4 | 31 August 1918 @ 1505 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a | No. 64 Squadron RAF | Rœux, France |
| 5 | 2 September 1918 @ 1100 hours | Sopwith Camel | Etaing, France | |
| 6 | 2 September 1918 @ 1130 hours | Sopwith Camel | Rumaucourt, France | |
| unconfirmed | 3 September 1918 after 1100 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | Beugnatre-Beugny, France[7][4] | |
| unconfirmed | 4 September 1918 | Sopwith Camel | Recourt, France | |
| 7 | 14 September 1918 @ 1740 hours | Observation balloon | Vis-en-Artois, France | |
| 8 | 16 September 1918 | Bristol F.2 Fighter or Airco DH.4 | ||
| 9 | 17 September 1918 @ 1530 hours | Observation balloon | ||
| 10 | 18 September 1918 @ 1510 hours | Observation balloon | ||
| 11 | 20 September 1918 @ 0745 hours | Sopwith Camel | Marcoing, France | |
| 12 | 20 September 1918 @ 1445 hours | Sopwith Camel | Aubigny-au-Buc | |
| Unconfirmed | 21 September 1918 @ 1830 hours | Sopwith Camel | Gavrelle, France | |
| 13 | 25 September 1918 | Sopwith Camel | Cambrai, France | |
| 14 | 6 October 1918 @ 1115 hours | Observation balloon | 10th U.S. Balloon Company | Bois de Puvenelle |
| 15 | 10 October 1918 @ 1505 hours | SPAD | Fontaine, France | |
| 16 | 23 October 1918 @ 1245 hours | Observation balloon | 5th U.S. Balloon Company | Chatel-Chéhéry, France |
| 17 | 23 October 1918 @ 1605 hours | SPAD | Escadrille Spa.159, Service Aéronautique | |
| 18 | 23 October 1918 @ 1735 hours | Observation balloon | 2nd U.S. Balloon Company | Baulny, France |
| 19 | 28 October 1918 @ 1700 hours | Observation balloon | 8th U.S. Balloon Company | Eglisfontaine |
| 20 | 3 November 1918 @ 1515 hours | Airco DH.4 | Barricourt, France | |
| 21 | 4 November 1918 @ 1650 hours | Airco DH.4 | 11th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service | Carignan, Ardennes, France[8] |
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ VanWyngarden (2016), p. 54.
- ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 174.
- ^ VanWyngarden (2016), p. 58.
- ^ a b Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 111.
- ^ VanWyngarden (2016), p. 65.
- ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 93.
- ^ VanWyngarden (2016), pp. 77–78.
- ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 175.
Bibliography[edit]
- Franks, Norman L. R.; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell (1993). Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
- VanWyngarden, Greg (2016). Aces of Jagdgeschwader Nr III. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-0843-1.