List of victories of Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, 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.
As the following list demonstrates, his victories are well documented.
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 | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b | Near Villers Plouich |
2 | Sgt. Herbert Bellerby † | 23 September 1916 | 1100 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 27 Sqn. | Martinsyde G.100 | Bapaume |
3 | Lt. Ernest Conway Lansdale †; Sgt. Albert Clarkson † | 30 September 1916 | 1150 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b | Near Lagnicourt |
4 | 2/Lt. William Fenwick † | 7 October 1916 | 0910 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 21 Sqn. | B.E.12 | Near Equancourt |
5 | 2/Lt. John Thompson DCM † | 16 October 1916 | 0500 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 19 Sqn. | B.E.12 | Near Ypres |
6 | 2/Lt. W.T.W Wilcox | 25 October 1916 | 0935 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 21 Sqn. | B.E.12 | Near Bapaume- also listed as 2/Lt. Arthur James Fisher |
7 | Sgt. Cuthbert Baldwin †; Lt. George Bentham Andrew † | 3 November 1916 | 1410 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 18 Sqn. | F.E.2b | NE of Grévillers Wood |
8 | 2/Lt. Ian Gilmour Cameron † | 9 November 1916 | 1030 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 12 Sqn. | B.E.2c | Beugny |
9? | Lt. Thomas Henry Clarke ; 2/Lt. James Lees | 20 November 1916 | 0940 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 15 Sqn. | B.E.2c | S of Grandcourt |
10 | 2/Lt. Gilbert Sudbury Hall †; 2/Lt. George Doughty † | 20 November 1916 | 1615 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 18 Sqn. | F.E.2b | Grandcourt |
11 | Maj.Lanoe Hawker VC DSO † | 23 November 1916 | 1500 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 24 Sqn. | D.H.2 | S of Bapaume |
12 | Lt. Benedict Philip Hunt | 11 December 1916 | 1155 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 32 Sqn. | D.H.2 | Near Arras |
13 | Capt.Arthur Gerald Knight, DSO † | 20 December 1916 | 1130 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 29 Sqn. | D.H.2 | Menchy |
14 | Lt. Lionel George D'Arcy †; Sub-Lt. Reginald Whiteside † | 20 December 1916 | 1345 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 18 Sqn. | F.E.2b | Moreuil |
15? | Capt. JB Quested ; Lt. HJH Dicksee | 27 December 1916 | 1625 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b | Quested/Dicksee were downed at 11.20 hours, 12 km east of Ficheux - inside Allied lines. Richthofen claimed his kill at 16.25 hours McCudden, who returned to base, fits the time period. |
16 | Flt/Lt. Allan Switzer Todd † | 4 January 1917 | 1615 | Jasta 2 | Albatros D.II | 8 RNAS | Sopwith Pup | Near Metz-en-Couture |
17 | 2/Lt. John Hay † | 23 January 1917 | 1610 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.II | 40 Sqn. | F.E.8 | S of Lens |
18 | Lt. John MacLennan ; Capt. Oscar Greig ; | 24 January 1917 | 1215 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2b | O of Vimy |
19 | Lts. Percival Murray †; Duncan John McRae † | 1 February 1917 | 1600 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2d | 1 km SO of Thelus |
20 | Lt. Cyril Bennett ; 2/Lt. Herbert Arthur Croft † | 14 February 1917 | 1200 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2d | O of Loos |
21 | Capt. George Cyril Bailey DSO ; 2/Lt. George William Betts Hampton | 14 February 1917 | 1645 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2c | SW of Mazingarbe; aircraft actually returned to base safely. |
22 | Lt. James Benjamin Evelyn Crosbee ; Sgt. John Edward Prance DCM | 4 March 1917 | 1250 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 2 Sqn. | B.E.2d | 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 | Acheville |
24 | 2/Lt. Gerald Maurice Gosset-Bibby †; Lt. Geoffrey Joseph Ogilvy Brichta † | 6 March 1917 | 1700 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2e | Souchez |
25 | Lt. Arthur John Pearson MC † | 9 March 1917 | 1155 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 29 Sqn. | D.H.2 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Hill 123, N of Neuville |
30 | Lt. Richard Plunkett Baker | 24 March 1917 | 1155 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 19 Sqn. | SPAD VII | Givenchy |
31 | Lt. Christopher Guy Gilbert | 25 March 1917 | 0820 | Jasta 11 | Halberstadt D.II | 29 Sqn. | Nieuport 17 | Tilloy |
32 | Lt. Patrick John Gordon Powell †; 1AM. Percy Bonner † | 2 April 1917 | 0835 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2d | Farbus |
33 | 2/Lt. Algernon Peter Warren ; Sgt. Reuel Dunn † | 2 April 1917 | 1115 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 43 sqn. | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | Givenchy |
34 | 2/Lt. Donald Peter McDonald ; 2/Lt. John Ingram Mullaniffe O'Beirne † | 3 April 1917 | 1615 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2d | Between Lens and Liévin |
35 | 2/Lt. Arthur Norman Lechler ; 2/Lt. Herbert Duncan King George † | 5 April 1917 | 1115 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 48 Sqn. | Bristol F.2a | Lewarde, S of Douai |
36 | Lts. Alfred Terence Adams ; Donald James Stewart | 5 April 1917 | 1130 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 48 Sqn. | Bristol F.2a | Cuincy |
37 | 2/Lt. George Orme Smart † | 7 April 1917 | 1745 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 60 Sqn. | Nieuport 17 | Mercatel |
38 | Lts. John Heagerty ; Leonard Heath-Cantle †; | 8 April 1917 | 1140 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 43 Sqn. | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | Near Farbus |
39 | 2/Lt. Keith Ingleby MacKenzie †; 2/Lt. Guy Everingham † | 8 April 1917 | 1640 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2g | Vimy |
40 | Lt. Edward Claude England Derwin ; Gunner H. Pierson | 11 April 1917 | 0925 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2d | Willerval-fell inside Allied Lines. |
41 | Capt. James Maitland Stuart †; Lt. Maurice Herbert Wood † | 13 April 1917 | 0858 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 59 sqn. | R.E.8 | Between Vitry and Brebières |
42 | Sgt. James Allen Cunniffe ; 2AM. W.J. Batten; | 13 April 1917 | 1245 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b | 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 | 25 Sqn. | F.E.2b | Noyelles-Godault, near Hénin-Liétard |
44 | Lt. William Oswald Russell | 14 April 1917 | 0915 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 60 Sqn. | Nieuport 17 | 1 km S of Bois Bernard |
45 | 2/Lt. Alphonso Pascoe ; 2/Lt. Frederick Seymour Andrews † | 16 April 1917 | 1730 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2e | Between Bailleul and Gavrelle-Allied side of Lines. |
46 | Lt. Waldemar Franklin ; Lt. William Frederick Fletcher; | 22 April 1917 | 1710 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 11 Sqn. | F.E.2b | 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 | 16 Sqn. | B.E.2f | Mericourt |
48 | Lt. Reginald William Follit †; 2/Lt. Frederick James Kirkham | 28 April 1917 | 0930 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 13 Sqn. | B.E.2e | E of Pelves, SE edge of Square 6998 |
49 | Lt. Richard Applin † | 29 April 1917 | 1205 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 19 Sqn. | SPAD VII | Near Lecluse |
50 | Sgt. George Stead †; Cpl. Alfred Beebee † | 29 April 1917 | 1655 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 18 sqn. | F.E.2b | SW of Inchy, Hill 90, near Pariville |
51 | Lt. David Evan Davies †; Lt. George Henry Rathbone † | 29 April 1917 | 1925 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 12 Sqn. | B.E.2e | Near Roeux |
52 | Flt. Sub-Lt Albert Edward Cuzner † | 29 April 1917 | 1940 | Jasta 11 | Albatros D.III | 8 RNAS | Sopwith Triplane | 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 | 9 Sqn. | R.E.8 | Hof Struywe, Square V.42 |
54? | Lt. Robert Wallace Farquhar | 23 June 1917 | 2130 | JG I | Albatros D.V | 23 Sqn. | SPAD VII | 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 | 57 Sqn. | D.H.4 | Between Keibergmolen and Lichtensteinlager. |
56 | Lt. Leslie Spencer Bowman †; 2/Lt. James Edward Power-Clutterbuck † | 25 June 1917 | 1840 | JG I | Albatros D.V | 53 Sqn. | R.E.8 | Near Le Bizet |
57 | Sgt. Hubert Arthur Whatley †; 2/Lt. Frank Guy Buckingham Pascoe † | 2 July 1917 | 1020 | JG I | Albatros D.V | 53 Sqn. | R.E.8 | Deulemont |
58 | 2/Lt. William Harold Trant Williams | 16 August 1917 | 0755 | JG I | Albatros D.V | 29 Sqn. | Nieuport 23 | Near Polygon Wood |
59 | 2/Lt. Coningsby Phillip Williams † | 26 August 1917 | 0730 | JG I | Albatros D.V | 19 Sqn. | SPAD VII | Between Poelcapelle and Langemarck |
60 | Lt. John Bristo Culley Madge ; 2/Lt. Walter Kember † | 1 September 1917 | 0750 | JG I | Fokker F.I | 6 Sqn. | R.E.8 | Near Zonnebeke |
61 | Lt. Algernon Frederick Bird | 3 September 1917 | 0735 | JG I | Fokker F.I | 46 Sqn. | Sopwith Pup | S of Bousbecque |
62 | Lt. James Alexander Vazeill Boddy | 23 November 1917 | 1400 | JG I | Albatros D.V | 64 Sqn. | D.H.5 | 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 | 41 Sqn. | S.E.5a | Near Mœuvres. Noted elsewhere as 56 Sqn's Capt. P.T. Townsend. However, Townsend was downed 15.45 some 34 km further north west. |
64 | 2/Lt. Leonard Frederick Cyril Clutterbuck ; 2/Lt Henry James Sparks MC; | 12 March 1918 | 1110–1115 | JG I | Fokker Dr.I | 62 Sqn. | Bristol F.2b | N of Nauroy, Square 2858 |
65 | Lt. Elmer Ernest Heath | 13 March 1918 | 1035 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | Between Gonnelieu and Banteux, Square 1853 |
66 | 2/Lt. William George Ivamy | 18 March 1918 | 1115 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 54 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | road Molain-Vaux-Andigny |
67 | Lt. John Percy McCone †; OR Lt. Donald Cecil Tucker | 24 March 1918 | 1445 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | both 41 Sqn. | S.E.5a | 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. |
68 | 2/Lt. Donald Cameron † | 25 March 1918 | 1555 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 3 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | road Bapaume-Albert |
69 | Lt. Allan McNab Denovan † | 26 March 1918 | 1645 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 1 Sqn. | S.E.5a | 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, who was actually killed two days earlier, Lt ATW Lindsay, who was lost two hours earlier, and one of two 19 Sqn. Sopwith Dolphins lost that day. |
70 | 2/Lt. Vernon Jack Reading †; 2/Lt. Matthew Leggat † | 26 March 1918 | 1700 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 15 Sqn. | R.E.8 | 2 km NE of Albert, Somme |
71 | Capt.Thomas Sydney Sharpe DFC | 27 March 1918 | 0900 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | 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 | 2 Sqn. | A/W F.K.8 | 2 km O of Foucaucourt. |
73 | 2/Lt. George Halliwell Harding † | 27 March 1918 | 1635 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 79 Sqn. | Sopwith Dolphin | 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 | 82 Sqn. | A/W F.K.8 | Near Mericourt |
75 | 2/Lt. Ernest David Jones †; 2/Lt. Robert Francis Newton † | 2 April 1918 | 1230 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 52 Sqn. | R.E.8 | Hill 104, NE of Moreuil |
76 | Capt.Sydney Philip Smith | 6 April 1918 | 1545 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 46 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | 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 | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | Near Hangard |
78? | Lt. Ronald George Hinings Adams | 7 April 1918 | 1205 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 73 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | 500m E of Hill 104, N of Villers-Bretonneux. |
79 | Major Richard Raymond-Barker MC † | 20 April 1918 | 1840 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 3 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | SO of Bois de Hamel |
80 | 2/Lt. David Greswolde Lewis RHO | 20 April 1918 | 1843 | JG I | Fokker DR.I | 3 Sqn. | Sopwith Camel | NE of Villers-Bretonneux |