Oberleutnant Erwin Böhme (1879–1917) served under Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke at the same time as Manfred von Richthofen. Böhme scored all of his 24 aerial victories while flying with Jagdstaffel 2 except the first and thirteenth, won while with Kampfstaffel 10 and Jagdstaffel 29 respectively.
The victory list
editConfirmed victories in the list are numbered and listed chronologically. An unconfirmed victory is denoted by "u/c". Doubled horizontal lines indicate a change in squadrons by Böhme.
This is a complete listing of all known victories. When casualties for air crews are reported, they are listed pilot first, aerial observers next. Abbreviations in sources were expanded by creating editor.
| No. | Date/time | Foe | Result | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morning of 2 August 1916 | Nieuport 12 from 10th Fighter Detachment, Imperial Russian Air Service | Rogistche | Eduard Pulpe, killed in action | |
| 2 | 17 September 1916 @ 07:45 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter serial number A1913 from No. 70 Squadron RFC | Crashed | Northwest of Hervilly, France | 2nd Lt. KIA; 2nd Lt. Ronald Wood wounded in action/prisoner of war |
| u/c | 23 September 1916 @ 09:55 hours | Martinsyde G.100 s/n 7475 from No. 27 Squadron RFC | Crashlanded | Hervilly, France | Lt. Eric James Roberts KIA |
| 3 | 10 October 1916 @ 09:50 hours | Airco DH.2 s/n 4856 from No. 18 Squadron RFC | Wrecked and written off | Longueval, France | Lt. Charles Gerschell Shaumer unhurt; Lt. Hardinge unhurt |
| 4 | 20 October 1916 @ 10:30 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b s/n 4867 from No. 11 Squadron RFC | Monchy | 2nd Lt. Norman Rausch de Pomeroy KIA; 2nd Lt. William Black WIA/POW | |
| 5 | 22 October 1916 @ 11:50 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter s/n 7786 from No. 45 Squadron RFC | Les Boeufs | 2nd Lt. Oliver John Wade KIA; 2nd Lt. William Johnson Thuell KIA | |
| 6 | 9 November 1916 @ 15:10 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.8 s/n 6409 from No. 40 Squadron RFC | Forced landing | Arleux, France | 2nd Lt. Herbert Farmer Evans WIA/POW |
| 7 | 22 November 1916 @ 14:10 hours | Morane-Saulnier L s/n A248 of No. 43 Squadron RFC | Dived into British territory | Longevual | Lt. Elmer Peter Roberts WIA; Captain Graham Lauder Watson WIA |
| 8 | 26 December 1916 @ 15:15 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c from No. 5 Squadron RFC | Dived into British territory | Courcelette, France | 2nd Lt. William Henry Hubbard WIA |
| 9 | 7 January 1917 @ 12:30 hours | Airco DH.2 s/n 7851 from No. 32 Squadron RFC | Shot down | Beugny, France | 2nd Lt. Ethelbert Godwin Stockwell Wagner KIA |
| 10 | 4 February 1917 @ 15:05 hours | Airco DH.2 s/n A2536 from No. 32 Squadron RFC | Sally-le-Transloy | 2nd Lt. William Curphey WIA | |
| 11 | 4 February 1917 @ 15:30 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e s/n 7105 from No. 15 Squadron RFC | Crashed | Hébuterne, France | Sergeant Frederick James Shaw KIA; 2nd Lt. George William Bathurst Bradford |
| 12 | 10 February 1917 @ 12:20 hours | Airco DH.2 from No. 32 Squadron RFC | Downed inside British lines | West of Gommecourt, France | 2nd Lt. Arthur Vincent Howard Gompertz survived |
| 13 | 14 July 1917 @ 07:20 hours | Nieuport 17 s/n A6783 from No. 40 Squadron RFC | Capelle, Belgium | 2nd Lt. Godfrey Davis POW | |
| 14 | 19 September 1917 @ 10:47 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n B5012 from No. 9 Squadron RFC | Crashed in British territory | Boesinghem | 2nd Lt. Henry Little Devlin KIA; 2nd Lt. Frederick Adam Wright KIA |
| 15 | 21 September 1917 @ 08:52 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n A3617 from No. 53 Squadron RFC | Koman | Captain Robert Nicholas Fenwick Mills KIA; Lt. William Angus Browne KIA | |
| 16 | 5 October 1917 @ 08:15 hours | Bristol F.2B s/n kB1133 from No. 20 Squadron RFC | Crashlanded | Dadizeele | Captain Donald Dacre Walrond-Skinner WIA/POW; Private Francis J. Johns WIA/POW |
| 17 | 10 October 1917 @ 07:25 hours | Nieuport 27 s/n B6791 from No. 29 Squadron RFC | Forced to land; wrecked | Zillebeke | 2nd Lt. Gerald Benson Wigle WIA |
| 18 | 13 October 1917 @ 08:50 hours | Sopwith Pup s/n B1800 from No. 54 Squadron RFC | Southwest of Koekelare, Belgium | 2nd Lt. Frederick William Gibbes KIA | |
| 19 | 14 October 1917 @ 07:42 hours | Nieuport 27 s/n B6778 from No. 29 Squadron RFC | Crashed and wrecked; observed by German ground troops to be just within the British lines | Ypres, Belgium | 2nd Lt. Henry Douglas MacPherson KIA |
| 20 | 16 October 1917 @ 09:25 hours | Nieuport 17 s/n B3578 from No. 29 Squadron RFC | Surrendered; landed on Böhme's home airfield | Magermeirie | 2nd Lt. Frederick John Ortweiler POW |
| 21 | 31 October 1917 @ 17:15 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n B544 from No. 84 Squadron RFC | Zillebeke Lake | 2nd Lt. George Robert Gray died of wounds | |
| 22 | 6 November 1917 @ 11:50 hours | Sopwith Camel s/n B2408 from No. 65 Squadron RFC | Crashed heavily | Molen | 2nd Lt. William L. Harrison WIA/POW |
| 23 | 20 November 1917 @ 10:30 hours | Nieuport 17 from 5me Escadrille de Chasse, Belgian Air Component | Osterke, Belgium | First sergeant Leon Andre Robert Ciselet | |
| 24 | 29 November 1917 @ 12:55 hours | Sopwith Camel | Zonnebeke |
Sources: Background material from Franks et al. 1993, p. 78. Details were garnered from Franks and Giblin 2003, pp. 9–45.
References
edit- Norman Franks, 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.
- Norman Franks, Hal Giblin. Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces: Böhme, Müller, Von Tutschek and Wolff ; the Complete Record of Their Victories and Victims. Grub Street, 2003. ISBN 1-904010-02-4, ISBN 978-1-904010-02-9.