List of aerial victories of Paul Bäumer

Paul Bäumer was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 43 aerial victories. He won his first three aerial victories while flying for Jagdstaffel 5. He then transferred to Jagdstaffel 2, where he scored the remaining 40 victories of his combat career. Three of Bäumer's victims were opposing aces: Ronald Sykes, his fifth victory, and Lynn Campbell and William Hodgkinson, his 43rd.

List of victories

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This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Change of jagdstaffeln is indicated by doubled lines in chart. 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, p. 67, Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1 and from The Aerodrome webpage on Paul Bäumer [1] Abbreviations from those sources were expanded by editor creating this list.

No. Date/time Victim Squadron Location
1 12 July 1917 @ 1010 hours Observation balloon Nurlu, Somme, France
2 13 July 1917 @ 1700 hours Observation balloon 41st Company Saint-Quentin, France
3 15 July 1917 @ 1840 hours Observation balloon 45th Company Saint-Quentin, France
4 9 September 1917 @ 1525 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 52 Squadron RFC Mannessvere
5 20 September 1917 @ 1510 hours Sopwith Camel No. 9 (Naval) Squadron Ramskapelle, Belgium
6 21 September 1917 @ 1750 hours Sopwith Camel Boesinghen
7 5 November 1917 @ 1250 hours Sopwith Camel Saint-Julien
8 6 November 1917 @ 0825 hours Sopwith Camel No. 65 Squadron RFC Vierlavenhoek, Belgium
9 6 November 1917 @ 1150 hours SPAD No. 19 Squadron RFC East of Zonnebeke, Belgium
10 7 November 1917 @ 0810 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 4 Squadron RFC Morslede, Belgium
11 8 November 1917 @ 1645 hours SE.5a No. 84 Squadron RFC Zillebeke, Belgium
12 8 November 1917 @ 1650 hours SE.5a No. 60 Squadron RFC Zonnebeke, Belgium
13 18 November 1917 @ 0920 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Northeast of Zillebeke Lake, Belgium
14 19 November 1917 @ 1600 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Diksmuide, Belgium
15 28 November 1917 @ 1400 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 7 Squadron RFC North of Gheluvelt, Belgium
16 7 December 1917 @ 1155 hours SPAD No. 23 Squadron RFC Zonnebeke, Belgium
17 16 December 1917 @ 1410 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 North of Boesinghen
18 18 December 1917 @ 1600 hours Sopwith Camel West of Becelaere, Belgium
19 9 March 1918 @ 1110 hours Sopwith Camel North of Zonnebeke, Belgium
20 23 March 1918 @ 1330 hours Sopwith Camel No. 46 Squadron RFC South of Saint-Leger
21 23 March 1918 @ 1545 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 North of Tilloy
22 23 March 1918 @ 1615 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 South of Douai, France
23 5 September 1918 @ 1840 hours DH.4 No. 57 Squadron RAF South of Douai, France
24 6 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RAF West of Cantaing-sur-Escaut, France
25 14 September 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Cantaing-sur-Escaut, France
26 16 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter or DH.4 Northeast of Henin-Lietard
27 20 September 1918 @ 1550 hours Sopwith Camel 148th Aero Squadron, USAAS East of Rumancourt
28 21 September 1918 DH.9 No. 205 Squadron RAF East of Bourlon Wood, France
29 21 September 1918 DH.9 East of Lagnicourt-Marcel, France
30 21 September 1918 DH.9 East of Morchies, France
31 24 September 1918 Sopwith Camel Sailly, France
32 24 September 1918 DH.9 Southwest of Clary, Nord, France
33 27 September 1918 Sopwith Snipe South of Cisy
34 27 September 1918 DH.4 No. 25 Squadron RAF West of Cambrai, France
35 27 September 1918 SE.5a West of Cambrai, France
36 29 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RFC Marcoing, France
37 29 September 1918 SE.5a Bourlon Wood, France
38 29 September 1918 Sopwith Camel South of Sailly, France
39 3 October 1918 @ 1430 hours SE.5a Rumilly, France
40 4 October 1918 SE.5a No. 85 Squadron RAF Montbrehain, France
41 4 October 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RAF Cambrai Station, France
42 8 October 1918 Sopwith Camel Bautigny
43 9 October 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 62 Squadron RAF Presau

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