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List of aerial victories of Rudolf Berthold

Rudolf Berthold (24 March 1891 – 15 March 1920) was a German flying ace of World War I. Between 1916 and 1918, he shot down 44 enemy planes—16 of them while flying one-handed. Berthold's perseverance, bravery, and willingness to return to combat while still wounded made him one of the most famous German pilots of World War I. This article lists his aerial victories during the conflict.[1]

Rudolf Berthold, with Blue Max. Gloves clasped in right hand disguised paralysis.

Aerial victories credited to Rudolf Berthold

Unconfirmed victories are denoted by "u/c". Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically. Listings of single casualties are obviously of pilots. In victories over an air crew, pilot casualties are listed first, then the observer(s).

Accuracy of combat claims is always of concern when compiling victory lists. As the primary arena for aerial combat on the Western Front was over the German trenches and rear works, German aerial and ground observers could usually verify German victories in considerable detail.[2]

Doubled horizontal lines in table denote changes in unit assignments.

Berthold's original weapon was a Fokker E.III.
Berthold ended the war flying a Fokker D VII.
No.Date/timeAircraftFoe/SquadronResultLocationNotes
12 February 1916Fokker E.III serial number 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die FliegertuppenVoisin LA; Escadrille VB.108 Aéronautique MilitaireDriven downChaulnes, FranceCorporal Arthur Jacquin POW, Sous lieutenant Pierre Segaud KIA[1][3]
25 February 1916Fokker E.III s/n 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die FliegertuppenRoyal Aircraft Factory BE.2c s/n 4091; No. 13 Squadron RFCNear Irles, FranceSecond lieutenant Leonard John Pearson POW; Second Lieutenant Edmund Heathfield Elliott Joe Alexander POW, WIA[1][3]
313 March 1916Fokker E.III s/n 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die FliegertuppenRoyal Aircraft Factory BE.2c serial number 4151; No. 8 Squadron RFCNear Bourlon, France2nd Lieutenant Michael Amyss Julian Orde[4] WIA, POW; 1AM P. Shaw POW[5]
41 April 1916Fokker E.III s/n 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die FliegertuppenFarman F.40; Escadrille MF.54 Aéronautique MilitaireSet afire in midairNear Lihons, FranceSergeant Louis Paoli KIA; Lieutenant Alfred Braut KIA[1][6]
516 April 1916Fokker E.III s/n 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die FliegertuppenRoyal Aircraft Factory BE.2c s/n 2097; No. 9 Squadron RFCSouth of Maurepas, FranceSecond Lieutenant Wallace Sinclair Earle KIA; Second Lieutenant Cuthbert William Prideaux Selby WIA/POW [4][5]
624 August 1916Fokker E.III s/n 411/15; Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Vaux, Die FliegertuppenNieuport 17 s/n 1552; Escadrille N.37 Aéronautique MilitairePéronne, FranceCorporal Henri[1][7] Dangueuger KIA
717 September 1916Unknown aircraft; Jagdstaffel 4, Die FliegertuppenMartinsyde G.100 s/n 7286; No. 27 Squadron RFCCambrai, FranceLieutenant William Hugh Stobart Chance POW[5][8]
u/c19 September 1916Unknown aircraft; Jagdstaffel 4, Die FliegertuppenEither Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 s/n 6521 or Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 s/n 6591; No. 19 Squadron RFCBapaumeEither Second Lieutenant Robert Douglas Herman POW/DOW, or Second Lieutenant Reginald Howard Edwards POW/DOW[5][9]
u/c22 September 1916Unknown aircraft; Jagdstaffel 4, Die FliegertuppenRoyal Aircraft Factory BE.12 s/n 6544; No. 19 Squadron RFCBertincourt, France[5]
u/c24 September 1916 @ 11:00 hoursUnknown aircraft; Jagdstaffel 4, Die FliegertuppenNieuport 17; Escadrille N.103 Aéronautique MilitaireMidair collisionRancourt, France[5]
826 September 1916 @ 13:15 hoursUnknown aircraft; Jagdstaffel 4, Die FliegertuppenRoyal Aircraft Factory BE.2c s/n 7079; No. 9 Squadron RFCBertincourt, FranceLieutenant Bernard Tarrant Coller KIA; Second Lieutenant Thomas Earle Gordon Scaife KIA[5][10]
924 March 1917Albatros D.III s/n D.1717/16; Jagdstaffel 14, LuftstreitkräfteFarman 40 s/n 4100; Escadrille F.7 Aéronautique MilitaireAizy-VaillyCorporal Jean Peinaud KIA; Lieutenant Marcel Vernes KIA[5][11]
106 April 1917 @ 13:15 hoursAlbatros D.III s/n D.2182/16; Jagdstaffel 14, LuftstreitkräfteCaudron R.4 s/n 1559; Escadrille F.35 Aéronautique MilitaireBraye-en-LaonnoisSous lieutenant Pierre Etienne Frederic Desbordes MIA; Lieutenant Jacques-Victor-Alexandre Borgolta MIA; Soldat Alexandre Joseph Lebleu MIA[5][11]
1111 April 1917 @ 11:45 hoursAlbatros D.III s/n D.2182/16; Jagdstaffel 14, LuftstreitkräfteSPAD VII s/n 370; Escadrille Spa.73 Aéronautique MilitaireShot downCorbeny, FranceAdjutant Albert Barioz MIA[5][11]
1214 April 1917 @ 12:00 hoursAlbatros D.III s/n D.2182/16; Jagdstaffel 14, LuftstreitkräfteSopwith 1 A2; Escadrille N.73 Aéronautique MilitaireBois de Beau MavaisSous lieutenant Antoine Arnoux de Maison-Rouge WIA/DOW; Sous lieutenant Robert Levi WIA[5][11]
1321 August 1917 @ 08:17 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.4 s/n A7577; No. 57 Squadron RFCShot downDiksmuide, BelgiumLieutenant Cecil Barry KIA; Second Lieutenant Frederick Ewan Baldwin Falkiner KIA[5][12]
144 September 1917 @ 08:25 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory RE.8; No. 7 Squadron RFCNorth of Ypres, BelgiumSecond Lieutenant Thomas Ernest Wray KIA; Second Lieutenant Wilfred Stuart Lane Payne KIA[5][12]
154 September 1917 @ 17:00 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n A4372; No. 9 Squadron RFCReturned to British linesSt. Jean (north of Ypres), BelgiumSecond Lieutenant G. N. Moore WIA;[12] /Lt. F. F. Munro unhurt[5]
165 September 1917 @ 15:28 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.4 s/n A7530; No. 55 Squadron RFCShot downVicinity of ThieltLieutenant John William Fraser Neill WIA/POW; Second Lieutenant Thomas Milligan Webster WIA/POW[5][12]
1715 September 1917 @ 14:10 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.4 s/n A2130; No. 55 Squadron RFCZillebeke Lake, BelgiumLieutenant Eric Edward Foster Loyd POW; Lieutenant Thomas G. Deason POW[5][13]
1816 September 1917Albatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory RE.8; No. 6 Squadron RFCShot downWest of Becalaere2nd Lieutenant Herbert Haslam KIA; Lance Corporal Alfred John Linay KIA[5][13]
1916 September 1917 @ 1825 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n A.4728; No. 4 Squadron RFCShot downZonnebeke, Belgium2nd Lieutenant Leslie Glendower Humphries KIA; 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Laurie Steben WIA[5][13]
2019 September 1917 @ 10:00 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n B.3427; No. 4 Squadron RFCBecelaere2nd Lieutenant John Syers Walthew KIA; Lieutenant Michael Charles Hartnett KIA[5][14]
2120 September 1917 @ 11:30 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.5 s/n A.9179; No. 32 Squadron RFCWest of Menen, Belgium2nd Lieutenant William Oliver Cornish KIA[5][15]
2221 September 1917 @ 09:50 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteSpad VII s/n B.3533; No. 19 Squadron RFCWest of Menen, Belgium2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Kirby KIA[5][16]
2322 September 1917 @ 09:00 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteBristol F.2b Fighter s/n A7205; No. 22 Squadron RFCZillebeke Lake, Belgium2nd Lieutenant Elvis Albert Bell KIA; 2nd Lieutenant Robert Emmett Nowell KIA[5][16]
2425 September 1917 @ 1630 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteSpad VII s/n B3520; No. 19 Squadron RFCShot downGheluveltLieutenant Bernard Alexander Powers KIA[5][16]
2526 September 1917 @ 12:00 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteSopwith Camel s/n B2358; No. 70 Squadron RFCBecelaereLieutenant Walter Harvey Russell Gould KIA[5][17]
2628 September 1917 @ 12:30 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.5; No. 32 Squadron RFCSouth of Zillebeke Lake, BelgiumCaptain Alwayne Travers Loyd KIA[5][18]
2730 September 1917 @ 11:50 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteEither Sopwith Pup s/n B.2185 or B.1768; No. 66 Squadron RFCDeûlémont, France[5]
282 October 1917 @ 13:30 hoursAlbatros D.III; Jagdstaffel 18, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.4 s/n A.7581; No. 57 Squadron RFCRoeselare, Belgium2nd Lieutenant Colin Geen Orr Mac Andrew KIA; 2nd Lieutenant Leicester Philip Sidney KIA[5][19]
2928 May 1918 @ 11:30 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteNieuport 27; Escadrille Sop.278 Aéronautique MilitaireCrouy, northeast of Soissons[5]
3029 May 1918 @ 1830 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSpad XIII; Escadrille Spa.77 Aéronautique MilitaireSouth of SoissonsSergente Andre Louis Maurice Gehin MIA[5][20]
3129 May 1918 @ 18:40 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSalmson 2A2; Escadrille Sal.27 Aéronautique MilitaireMaréchal des logis Tussing MIA; Lieutenant Camille Lemmery WIA/POW[5][20]
325 June 1918Fokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.9 s/n C.6203; No. 103 Squadron RAFShot downNorth of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, FranceCaptain Henry Turner KIA; 2nd Lieutenant George Webb KIA[5][21]
3311 June 1918Fokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteFrench two-seater aircraft; Aéronautique MilitaireShot down[5]
3412 June 1918Fokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSpad XIII; Escadrille Spa.96 Aéronautique MilitaireCorporal Jacques Monod DOW[5][22]
3518 June 1918 @ 11:50 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n C1923; No. 84 Squadron RAFVillers-BretonneuxLieutenant Peter Nielsen KIA[5][23]
3618 June 1918 @ 11:55 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n D259; No. 84 Squadron RAFVillers Bretonneux2nd Lieutenant Robert Joss Fyfe KIA[5][23]
3727 June 1918 @ 19:06 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteBristol F.2b Fighter s/n C.935; No. 48 Squadron RAFShot down in flamesVillers BretonneuxLieutenant Edward Alec Foord KIA; Sergeant Leonard James KIA[5][23]
3819 July 1918Fokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSalmson 2A2; Escadrille Sal.40 Aéronautique MilitaireObserver landed aircraftVicinity of SoissonsCaptain Henri Denis KIA; Lieutenant Chappius unhurt[5][24]
3920 July 1918 @ 19:05 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteTwo-seater; Aéronautique MilitaireSoutheast of Dormans, France[5]
401 August 1918 @ 09:45 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSalmson 2A2; 1st Aero Squadron USAASFere-en-Tardenois, France1st Lieutenant William P. Erwin unhurt; 1st Lieutenant Earl B. Spencer WIA[5][25]
419 August 1918 @ 18:00 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSpad 16 two-seater; Escadrille Spa.289 Aéronautique MilitaireCrashedTricot, FranceAircrew KIA[5][25]
429 August 1918 @ 18:30 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteSpad 16 two-seater; Escadrille Spa.289 Aéronautique MilitaireBeaucourt-en-Santerre, FranceAircrew KIA[5][25]
4310 August 1918 @ 12:20 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteRoyal Aircraft Factory SE.5a; No. 32 Squadron RAFSet afire in midairLicourt, FranceLieutenant Peter Macfarlane KIA[5][26]
4410 August 1918 @ 12:30 hoursFokker D.VII; Jagdstaffel 15, LuftstreitkräfteAirco DH.9 s/n B.9344; No. 49 Squadron RAFCrashed in a cloud of dustAblaincourt, France2nd Lieutenant H. Hartley POW; Sergeant O. D. Beetham POW[5][26]

Sources: Basic information compiled from victory lists in Franks et al. 1993, pp. 71–72 and Kilduff 2012, pp. 138–140. Added references for air crew members' names in Notes column are from the narrative text of Kilduff. Citations for individual victories are also given above. List is complete.

Endnotes

References

  • Franks, Norman; Frank W. Bailey; Russell Guest. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
  • Kilduff, Peter. Iron Man: Rudolf Berthold: Germany's Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I. Grub Street, 2012. ISBN 1-908117-37-0, ISBN 978-1-908117-37-3.
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