DRACHEN KILLERS

Aces against balloons



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All the lists present the following data:
Name and (when known) first name are presented with arbitrary choice for the spelling (russian, german, arab names...).
RANK of the pilot: see the rank page for the meaning of the abbreviations and the equivalence.
According to the pages, COUNTRY, NATION for the nationality or ethnic origin, AIR_SERVICE for the air arm, are provided.
The number of victories represents usually the total of kills (individual plus shared). The shared kills are indicated when known under the form [indiv+shared]. The official score is indicated when different from the total (American and British scores of ww2 for example).
Authors of the SOURCES column are given; report to the bibliography page to find the books, articles, web pages in alphabetical order. The OTHER_SOURCES column presents the divergent scores with sometimes the author of the source.
The DETAIL column shows occasionally the type of kill, balloons, V-1s, ground kills, unconfirmed kills...
The NOTE column exposes different commentaries and for lack of space, abbreviations are used: report to the abbreviation page for their meaning.



Updated: 08/11/2007

Rank First Name Name Balloons Total Ww1 Sources Country Units Death Note
Lt Willy Omer François COPPENS DE HOUTHULST 35 37 Franks-Guest Belgium Esc6, Esc4, Esc1, Esc9 Hanriot Drachen killer, 1918.
Lt Jean Leon Pierre BOURJADE 27 28 Bailey & Cony France N 152, SPA 152 22/10/1924
Lt Michel Joseph Callixte COIFFARD 24 34 D. Porret France N 154, SPA 154 29/10/1918 DOW.
Lt Maurice Jean-Paul BOYAU 21 35 Bailey & Cony France N 77, SPA 77 16/09/1918 Nieuport and Spad ace, 1917-18. KIA.
Oblt Friedrich Ritter VON RÖTH 20 28 C. Shores Germany FAA296, Jasta 34, 23, 16 Albatros greatest balloon killer, 1918.
s/Lt Jacques Louis EHRLICH 18 19 Bailey & Cony France N 154, SPA 154 10/08/1953
Ltn Heinrich GONTERMANN 17 39 C. Shores Germany FA25, Jasta 5, Jasta 15 30/10/1917 Albatros ace, 1917. KIFA.
Capt Anthony Fred. Weatherby BEAUCHAMP-PROCTOR 16 54 C.Shores et al. South Africa 84Sq 21/06/1921 SE5 great ace, 1918.
Vzfw Karl Paul SCHLEGEL 14 22 Franks et al. Germany FA39, Kest 1, Jasta 45 27/10/1918
Vzfw Oskar HENNRICH 13 20 N.Franks Germany FAA273, Jasta 46
LtCol Claude Marcel HAEGELEN 12 22 Bailey-Cony France MF 8,N 3,SPA 103, SPA100; BA Bourges 25/05/1950 CO Base de Bourges, wounded, 1940.
Ltn Friedrich 'Fritz' FRIEDRICHS 11 21 N. Franks Germany FAA264, Jasta 10 15/07/1918
Capt Henry Winslow WOOLLETT 11 35 C.Shores et al. Great Britain 24Sq, 43Sq DH2, DH5, 1917; Camel ace, 1918.
Cdt Marius J-Paul 'Marc' AMBROGI 10 13 Bailey-Cony, Ehr.-List. France N 507, N 90,SPA 90, GCI/8 25/04/1971 Nieuport ace; CO GCI/8, 1940.
Capt Tom Falcon HAZELL 10 43 C.Shores et al. Ireland 1Sq RFC, 24Sq RAF Nieuport ace, 1917; SE5 ace, 1918.
Ltn Fritz HÖHN 10 21 N.Franks Germany FAA227, Jasta 21, 81, 60, 41 03/10/1918 Albatros and DVII ace. Balloon killer.
Lt Max NÄTHER 10 26 N.Franks Germany Jasta 62 08/01/1919 Albatros and DVII ace, 1918. KIA 1919.
Maj William George BARKER 9 50 Shores et al. Canada 9Sq,4Sq,15Sq(gunner),28Sq,66Sq,139Sq,201Sq 12/03/1930 Camel ace, Italy, 1917-18.
1stLt Louis B. Jr. BENNETT 9 12 Shores et al. USA 90(HD)Sq, 40Sq RAF 24/09/1918 SE5 ace, 1918. KIA.
s/Lt Theophile Henri CONDEMINE 9 9 Bailey & Cony France SPA 154
Capt Sidney William HIGHWOOD 9 16 C.Shores Great Britain 84Sq SE5 ace, 1918.
Oblt Erich LOEWENHARDT 9 54 N. Franks Germany FAA265, Jasta 10, JG I 10/08/1918 Fokker Dr-1. KIFA.
Adj Charles Jean Vincent MACE 9 11 Bailey & Cony France N 90, SPA 90 07/06/1919
s/Lt Ernest Joseph Jules MAUNOURY 9 11 Bailey & Cony France C 64 (gunner), F 16, N 80, SPA 152 21/09/1921
Adj Jean André PEZON 9 10 Bailey & Cony France SPA 90
Capt Armand PINSARD 9 27 Bailey & Cony France MS 23, N 26, N 78, SPA 3, SPA 23; GC21 10/05/1953 Nieuport ace, 1916-17. Great Leader.
Ltn Erich THOMAS 9 10 Franks et al. Germany Jasta 9, Jasta 22 POW 1918.
Ltn Hans VON FREDEN 9 20 Franks et al. Germany FFA48, FA10, Jasta 1, 72, 50
s/Lt Paul Augustin Edouard BARBREAU 8 8 Bailey & Cony France N 154, SPA 154 02/06/1976
Adj Maurice BIZOT 8 10 Bailey & Cony France N 90, SPA 90 27/11/1925
LtdR Josef Carl Peter 'Kobes' JACOBS 8 48 C. Shores Germany FFA11, Jasta 12, 22, 7 Albatros ace, 1917. DrI, DVII.
Vzfw Max KUHN 8 12 N.Franks Germany Jasta 21
Ltn Friedrich Theodor NOLTENIUS 8 21 N.Franks Germany FAA234, Jasta 27, 6, 11
Ltn Fritz PÜTTER 8 25 C. Shores Germany FA251, Jasta 9, 68 10/08/1918 Albatros and DVII ace, 1917-18.
Oblt Otto SCHMIDT 8 20 Franks et al. Germany FA25, Jasta 7, 32, 29, 5, JGr11, 2
Ltn Julius BUCKLER 7 36 N.Franks Germany FAA209, Jasta 17 Albatros ace, 1916-18.
Ltn Siegfried BÜTTNER 7 13 N.Franks Germany Jasta 22, Jasta 61
Lt Harry King GOODE 7 15 C.Shores et al. Great Britain 66Sq 21/08/1942 Camel ace, Italian front, 1918. KIFA.
Lt Harold Byron 'Steve' HUDSON 7 13 C.Shores et al. Canada RFC 28Sq; RAF 28Sq,45Sq Camel ace, Italian front, 1918.
Lt Charles Eugene NUNGESSER 7 45 Shores, Porret France VB 106, N 65, VB 116, SPA 65 08/05/1927 Nieuport ace 1916-17. KIFA.
Vzfw Hans NÜLLE 7 11 N.Franks Germany FA72, Kasta 23, Jasta 39
Ltn Hans Martin PIPPART 7 22 N.Franks Germany FAA220, Kasta1, Jasta 13, 19 11/08/1918 Dr I and DVII ace, 1918. KIA.
ML Paul Marie Raphael SANTELLI 7 7 D. Porret France SPA 81 15/01/1927
Capt Fernand BONNETON 6 9 D. Porret France SPA 69 24/06/1922
Fw Eugen BÖNSCH 6 16 Franks et al. Austria-Hungary Flik 51J Albatros, Italy, 1917-18.
Oblt Hans KLEIN 6 22 N. Franks Germany Jasta 4, Jasta 10; JG53 Albatros ace, 1917. WIA.
AdjC Antoine LAPLASSE 6 8 Bailey & Cony France Esc 461 CRP, SPA 75 22/08/1918
Capt Donald Roderick MACLAREN 6 54 C. Shores Canada 46Sq Camel best ace, 1918.
Ltn Georg MEYER 6 24 N.Franks Germany FA69, FAA253, Jasta 22, 7, 37
s/Lt Marcel Robert Leopold BLOCH 5 5 D. Porret France N 3, N 62, SPA 62 31/03/1938 Nieuport balloon killer ace, 1916.
Ltn Heinrich BONGARTZ 5 33 C. Shores Germany FA5, Kasta27, Jasta 36 23/01/1946 Albatros ace, 1917.
Hptm Godwin BRUMOWSKI 5 35 Franks et al. Austria-Hungary Flik1 (obs), Flik12, Jasta24, Flik41J H-B and Albatros ace, Italian front.
Capt William Charles CAMPBELL 5 23 C.Shores et al. Great Britain 1Sq Nieuport Scout ace, 1917.
ML Pierre Marie Joseph CARDON 5 5 Bailey & Cony France C4, SPA 81
Capt Sydney 'Timbertoes' CARLIN 5 10 C.Shores et al. Great Britain 74Sq; 264Sq (gunner), 311(Cz)Sq, 151Sq 09/05/1941 SE5 ace, 1918. Bomber gunner WWII.
Capt Arthur Henry COBBY 5 29 C.Shores et al. Australia 71Sq RFC, 4Sq AFC 11/11/1955 Camel ace, 1918. AFC best scorer.
Ltn Martin DEHMISCH 5 10 N.Franks Germany Jasta 58
MdL Pierre Desiré Auguste DUCORNET 5 7 D. Porret France SPA 93; GC21 17/03/1963
Ltn Wilhelm FRICKERT 5 12 N.Franks Germany FA24/242 (gunner), 20, Jasta 64, 65
s/Lt Louis Prosper GROS 5 9 Bailey & Cony France F 41, SPA 154 03/03/1973
Adj Francois GUERRIER 5 5 Bailey & Cony France Sop 234, SPA 77 28/06/1969 Balloon burster.
Uffz Heinrich HAASE 5 6 N.Franks Germany Schlasta 8, Jasta 21
1stLt Lansing Colton HOLDEN 5 7 Toliver-Constable USA 95thSq
Capt Adrien Louis Jacques LEPS 5 12 Bailey & Cony France N 67, N 81, SPA 81
Maj Richard Burnard MUNDAY 5 9 C.Shores et al. Australia 8(N)Sq RNAS Triplane, Camel ace, 1917-18.
s/Lt Marcel Joseph Maurice NOGUES 5 13 Bailey & Cony France N 12, SPA57, SPA 172 05/10/1919
Capt Edward V. RICKENBACKER 5 26 Toliver-Constable USA 94thAS Nieuport, Spad, 1918.
Lt George Raby RILEY 5 13 C.Shores et al. Great Britain 3Sq Camel ace and balloon burster, 1918.
Sgt Maurice Albert ROUSSELLE 5 6 Bailey & Cony France SPA 81 09/01/1926
Lt Gilbert, Luc, Jean-Marie SARDIER 5 15 Bailey & Cony France N 77,SPA 77, SPA 48 07/10/1976
Capt William Ernest SHIELDS 5 24 C.Shores et al. Canada 41Sq SE5 ace, 1918. KIFA.
Capt Walter Alfred SOUTHEY 5 20 C.Shores et al. South Africa 48Sq, 84Sq Bristol Fighter, 1917; SE5 ace, 1918.
s/Lt Robert Paul Yvon WADDINGTON 5 12 Bailey & Cony France N 67, SPA 12, SPA 154, SPA 31
1stLt Joseph Fritz WEHNER 5 5 Toliver-Constable USA 27th Sq 18/09/1918 Spad XIII, KIA.
Ltn Hans WEISS 5 16 N. Franks Germany FFA68, FAA282, 289, Jasta 41, 10, 11 02/05/1918
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