List of aerial victories of Rudolf von Eschwege

Main article: Rudolf von Eschwege

Rudolf von Eschwege (1895–1917) was a German flying ace during World War I credited with 20 confirmed and six unconfirmed aerial victories as the only German fighter pilot on the entire Macedonian front,[1][2] where he was opposed by over 160 enemy aircraft. Among his aerial combats were three highly hazardous successful attacks on observation balloons serving as artillery direction posts. The fourth one he attacked was loaded with explosives; when it was detonated from the ground, it blew him out of the sky.[3][4]

The victory list

See also: Aerial victory standards of World War I

Confirmed victories in this list are numbered and listed chronologically, rather than in order of confirmation.

No. Date Foe Location
Unconfirmed 25 October 1916 Nieuport 12 Drama, Greece
1 19 November 1916 Nieuport 12 Drama, Greece
2 27 December 1916 Farman Drama Aerodrome
3 9 January 1917 Fsrman Vicinity of Drama, Greece
4 18 February 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 Drama, Greece
Unconfirmed 19 February 1917 Nieuport 12 Drama, Greece
Unconfirmed 8 March 1917 Nieuport 12 Lake Tahino
5 22 March 1917 Nieuport 12 Doksat, Greece
6 30 March 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Xanthi, Greece
7 10 May 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 West of Lake Tahino
8 12 May 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 Lake Tahino
9 20 May 1917 Farman Offshore, northwest of Thasos, Greece
10 5 June 1917 Farman Offshore of Kap Kojunnakla
11 11 June 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory FE Ahinos
12 12 June 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Delta of the Mesta River
13 9 August 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 Vicinity of Iveron
Unconfirmed 9 August 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE Forced to land in British territory
14 20 August 1917 Sopwith Camel Thasos Island, near Tasli
15 12 September 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Struma River Estuary
16 3 October 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e West of Sarmusakli, Greece
Unconfirmed 23 October 1917 Enemy airplane Kopiva
17 28 October 1917 Observation balloon Kopiva
Unconfirmed 9 November 1917 Observation balloon Kopiva
18 15 November 1917 Observation balloon Vicinity of Orljak
19 19 November 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Kalendra, west of Seres
20 21 November 1917 Observation balloon Orljak[1][2]

Abbreviations from sources utilized were expanded by editor creating this list.

Citations

  1. ^ a b The Aerodrome webpage on Rudolf von Eschwege
  2. ^ a b Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 104.
  3. ^ Aviation History Magazine, September 1999 [1] Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ Guttman 2005, pp. 7–9.

Bibliography

  • Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank; 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. London UK: Grub Street Publishing. ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
  • Guttman, Jon (2005). Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-877-9.