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Lothar von Richthofen, younger brother of Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen, was a German flying ace credited with 40 confirmed victories in just 77 days flying combat. 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 such as Lothar's in considerable detail. The aviation historians cited have further researched his victory claims.
List of victories
editConfirmed victories in this list 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).
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, pp. 186–187; Norman Franks, Hal Giblin (2003), Under the Guns of the German Aces, Grub Street, London. ISBN 1-898697-72-8 ISBN 978-1-898697-72-5, pp. 135–187
| No. | Date | Time | Foe | Squadron | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 March 1917 | 1720 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b | No. 25 Squadron RFC | East of Vimy, France | Norman Leslie Knight WIA POW |
| 2 | 11 April 1917 | 0915 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 48 Squadron RFC | North of Fresnes, France | George Norman Brockhurst WIA POW; Cecil Blockley Boughton POW |
| 3 | 11 April 1917 | 1235 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e | No. 8 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Fampoux, France | George Tod Morris KIA; James Mitchell Souter KIA |
| 4 | 13 April 1917 | 1855 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | No. 59 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Biache, France | George Bailey Hodgson KIA; Charles Herbert Morris KIA |
| 5 | 13 April 1917 | 1856 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | No. 59 Squadron RFC | Pelves, France | Herbert George MacMillan Horne KIA; William Joseph Chalk KIA |
| 6 | 14 April 1917 | 0920 hours | Nieuport 23 | No. 60 Squadron RFC | East of Fouquières-lès-Lens, France | Alan Binnie WIA POW |
| 7 | 14 April 1917 | 1823 hours | SPAD S.7 | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Vimy, France | John Watson Baker WIA (crashed behind British lines) |
| 8 | 16 April 1917 | 1030 hours | Nieuport 17 | No. 60 Squadron RFC | South of Rouex | David Norman Robertson KIA |
| 9 | 21 April 1917 | 1728 hours | Nieuport 17 | No. 29 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Vimy, France | Alan Bertram Morgan POW, DOW |
| 10 | 23 April 1917 | 1210 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2g | No. 16 Squadron RFC | North of Vimy, France | Charles Maurice Crow KIA; Eustace Thomas Turner WIA |
| 11 | 26 April 1917 | 1840 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2g | No. 16 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Vimy Ridge, France | William Samuel Spence KIA; William Archibald Campbell KIA |
| 12 | 27 April 1917 | 2015 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b | No. 11 Squadron RFC | Fresnes, France | John Arthur Cairns POW; E. G. Perry POW |
| 13 | 29 April 1917 | 1215 hours | SPAD S.7 | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Izel-lès-Équerchin, France | William Norton Hamilton POW |
| 14 | 29 April 1917 | 1925 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e | No. 12 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Monchy, France | Cyril John Pile KIA; John Howard Westlake KIA |
| 15 | 30 April 1917 | 0715 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2g | No. 16 Squadron RFC | Southeast of Vimy, France | Norm,an Alan Lawrence KIA; George Ronald Yorston Stout KIA |
| 16 | 30 April 1917 | 0755 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d | No. 57 Squadron RFC | Izel-lès-Equerchin, France | Percy Thomas Bowers POW; Samuel Torton Wills POW |
| 17 | 1 May 1917 | 1900 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d | No. 25 Squadron RFC | West of Acheville, France | Berry King; H. G. Taylor WIA (crashed behind British lines) |
| 18 | 6 May 1917 | 1050 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | No. 16 Squadron RFC | Farbus, France | Clifford Sanderson WIA; Harry Kovrigin Lytton (landed behind British lines) |
| 19 | 7 May 1917 | 1830 hours | Nieuport 17 | No. 40 Squadron RFC | West of Biache-Saint-Vaast, France | Cecil Stanley Gastain KIA |
| 20 | 7 May 1917 | 2030 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No, 56 Squadron RFC | Annoeullin, France | False confirmation of Albert Ball for propaganda purposes |
| 21 | 9 May 1917 | 1830 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 48 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Fampoux, France | William Thomas Price WIA; Charles Geoffrey Claye WIA (crashed behind British lines) |
| 22 | 10 May 1917 | 0750 hours | Sopwith Pup | No. 66 Squadron RFC | South of Vitry, France | Daniel Joseph Sheehan KIA |
| 23 | 11 May 1917 | 1710 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 48 Squadron RFC | Izel-lès-Equerchin, France | Ace William Otto Brash Winkler POW; Ace Ernest Stanley Moore POW |
| 24 | 13 May 1917 | 1135 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e | No. 5 Squadron RFC | West of Fresnoy, France | Frank Thomson; Arthur Charles Champion Rawlins (crashed behind British lines) |
| 25 | 9 November 1917 | 1030 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 11 Squadron RFC | Northwest of Zonnebeke, Belgium | No British losses reported |
| 26 | 23 November 1917 | 1400 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 11 Squadron RFC | West of Seranvillers, France | Erland Dauria Perney KIA; Ewan John Blackledge KIA |
| 27 | 11 March 1918 | 1100 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 48 Squadron RFC | Northeast of Fresnoy, France | Wynne Llewellyn Thomas; J. H. Bowler (returned to base) |
| 28 | 12 March 1918 | 1100 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 62 Squadron RFC | Maretz, France | Douglas Stewart Kennedy KIA; Hugh Goddard Gill KIA |
| 29 | 12 March 1918 | 1110 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 62 Squadron RAF | Clary, Nord, France | Cyril Boyd Fenton POW; Henry Basil Pridden Boyce POW |
| 30 | 25 July 1918 | 1950 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 73 Squadron RAF | Fismes, France | Unknown |
| 31 and 32 | 1 August 1918 | 1310 hours | Two SPAD S.7s | German pilots claimed six victories. French lost two SPADs. | ||
| 33 | 8 August 1918 | 1730 hours | Airco DH.9 | No. 49 Squadron RAF | Vicinity of Perrone, France | George Strachan Ramsay KIA; Walter Noel Hartley KIA |
| 34 | 8 August 1918 | 1745 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 60 Squadron RAF | Near Estrées, France | James Grantley Hall |
| 35 | 8 August 1918 | 1830 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 1 Squadron RAF | Vicinity of Perrone, France | Kenneth Charles Mills KIA |
| 36 | 9 August 1918 | 0730 hours | Airco DH.9 | No. 107 Squadron RAF | Villers-Carbonnel, France | William Henry Dore KIA; John Ewing Wallace KIA |
| 37 | 9 August 1918 | 1840 hours | Airco DH.9 | No. 107 Squadron RAF | Foucaucourt, France | Alexander John Mayo KIA; Joseph Wesson Jones MIA |
| 38 | 11 August 1918 | 0830 hours | Airco DH.9 | No. 98 Squadron RAF | Brian Charles Geary KIA; Edward Henry Edgell KIA | |
| 39 | 12 August 1918 | 0930 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 209 Squadron RAF | Northwest of Peronne, France | Ace Kenneth MacKenzie Walker KIA |
| 40 | 12 August 1918 | 0930 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 209 Squadron RAF | Misery, Somme, France | Ace John Kenneth Summers |