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
editThis 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 |