List of aerial victories of Max Ritter von Müller
Appearance
Max Ritter von Müller was a German fighter ace credited with shooting down 36 enemy airplanes.
List of victories
[edit]This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Abbreviations from sources utilized were expanded by editor creating this list. Sources: Norman Franks, Frank Bailey, Russell Guest (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 Publishing, London. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1; Norman Franks, Hal Giblin (2003), Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces, Grub Street, London. ISBN 978-1-90401-002-9.
No. | Date/time | Victim | Squadron | Location | Remarks |
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1 | 10 October 1916 @ 1100 hours | Airco DH.2 | No. 24 Squadron RFC | Between Mory and Vaulx-Vraucourt, France | |
2 | 20 October 1916 @ 1750 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 | No. 21 Squadron RFC | Southwest of Grévillers Wood, France | |
3 | 3 November 1916 @ 1540 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b | No. 22 Squadron RFC | Haplincourt, France | |
4 | 16 November 1916 @ 1045 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2c | No. 7 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Flers, France | |
5 | 27 November 1916 @ 0945 hours | Nieuport 17 | No. 60 Squadron RFC | Hebuterne, France | Also credited to Werner Voss[1] |
Transfer | Jagdstaffel 2 to Jagdstaffel 28, 24 January 1917[2] | ||||
6 | 7 April 1917 @ 1820 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d | No. 20 Squadron RFC | Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium | Wounded pilot returned to base with dying observer[1] |
7 | 30 April 1917 @ 1005 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | East of Armentières, France | |
8 | 2 May 1917 @ 1615 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e | No. 12 Squadron RFC | Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium | Poor match with British loss records[3] |
9 | 7 May 1917 @ 1215 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d | Boezinge (Boesinghe), Belgium | No match in British loss records[4] | |
10 | 12 May 1917 @ 1525 Hours | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 | No. 53 Squadron RFC | Hollebeke, Belgium | |
11 | 23 May 2020 @ 1615 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d | No. 20 Squadron RFC | Between Houthem and Warneton | |
12 | 24 May 1917 @ 2050 hours | Nieuport | St. Eloi (Sint-Elooi) | Possible antiaircraft victim[5] | |
13 | 27 May 1917 @ 1215 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Ypres, Belgium | |
14 | 3 June 1917 @ 1910 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Quesnoy,[a] France | |
15 | 7 June 1917 @ 0915 hours | SPAD | No. 23 Squadron RFC | Between Comines and Warneton | |
16 | 7 June 1917 @ 1145 hours | Sopwith Pup | No. 46 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Roeselare (Roulers), Belgium | |
17 | 8 June 1917 @ 1910 hours | Sopwith Triplane | No. 1 Naval Squadron | Quesnoy,[a] France | |
18 | 20 June 1917 @ 1010 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 | Armentieres, France | British reported no losses[6] | |
19 | 28 July 1917 @ 1810 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Ploegsteert, Belgium | Unhurt aircrew returned to base in damaged Strutter[7] |
Unconfirmed | Morning of 10 August 1917 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Polygon Wood, Belgium | Returned to base out of view of German ground observers[8] |
20 | 10 August 1917 @ 1010 hours | SPAD | No. 23 Squadron RFC | Godhuis | |
21 | 10 August 1917 @ 2030 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 57 Squadron RFC | Ingelmunster, Belgium | |
Unconfirmed | 10 August 1917 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | North of Ypres, Belgium | ||
22 | 17 August 1917 @ 0705 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 | No. 56 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Quesnoy,[a] France | |
23 | 19 August 1917 @ 0815 hours | SPAD | Zillebeke Lake | No SPADs lost this day[9] | |
24 | 19 August 1917 @ 1810 hours | Nieuport 17 | No. 1 Squadron RFC | Menin (Menen) | |
25 | 21 August 1917 @ 0820 hours | Martinsyde G.100 | No. 27 Squadron RFC | Douvrin, France | Aircraft and pilot captured[10] |
26 | 21 August 1917 @ 1925 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 57 Squadron RFC | Ledghem | |
27 | 10 September 1917 @ 1930 hours | Sopwith Camel | West of Houthulst Forest, Belgium | ||
Unconfirmed | 29 September 1917 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | Southwest of Diksmuide | ||
28 & 29 | 22 October 1917 @ 1625 hours | Sopwith Pup | No. 54 Squadron RFC | West of Beerst, Belgium | Midair collision crashed two Pups[11] |
Transfer | Jagdstaffel 28 to Jagdstaffel 2, 3 November 1917[12] | ||||
30 | 7 November 1917 @ 1610 hours | SPAD | Saint-Julien [where?] | No matching SPAD losses[13] | |
31 | 11 November 1917 @ 1220 hours | Airco DH.5 | No. 32 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Ploegsteert, Belgium | |
32 | 29 November 1917 @ 1610 hours | Airco DH.5 | Schaapbalie | No DH.5 was reported lost by the British[14] | |
33 | 2 December 1917 @ 0945 hours | Airco DH.4 | No. 57 Squadron RFC | Northwest of Menin | |
34 | 5 December 1917 @ 1440 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 | Southwest of Poelkapelle, Belgium | No SE.5s were lost this date[15] | |
35 | 7 December 1917 @ 1155 hours | SPAD | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Moorslede, Belgium | |
36 | 16 December 1917 @ 1410 hours | Sopwith Camel | West of Passchendaele (Passendale) [16] |
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 58.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 47.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 61.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 62.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 66.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), pp. 73–74.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 74.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), pp. 76–77.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 83.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), pp. 84–85.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 88.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 48.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), pp. 89–90.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), pp. 92–93.
- ^ Franks & Giblin (2003), p. 94.
- ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), pp. 169–171.
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.
- Franks, Norman L. R.; Giblin, Hal (2003). Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-90401-002-9.