List of aerial victories of Friedrich Noltenius

Friedrick Noltenius was a German fighter ace of World War I. He shot down eight enemy aircraft and four observation balloons in six weeks fighting for Jagdstaffel 27. During a transfer to Jagdstaffel 6, he shot down an enemy airplane and an observation balloon four days apart. Posted to Jagdstaffel 11, he won six more aerial combats. By war's end, Friedrich Noltenius was credited with 21 confirmed aerial victories, as well as six uncredited ones.

List of aerial victories of Friedrich Noltenius

Main article: Friedrich Noltenius
See also: Aerial victory standards of World War I

This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Double break in list marks transition between jagdstaffeln. 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, Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest Grub Street, 1993, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1; Aces of Jagdgeschwader III, Greg VanWyngarden, Osprey Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4728-0843-1. Abbreviations from those sources were expanded for reader comprehension by editor creating this list.

No. Date/time Victim Squadron Location
unconfirmed 18 July 1918 Breguet 14 West of Saint-Crespin, France[1][2]
unconfirmed 9 August 1918 @ 0810 hours Airco DH.9 Herleville, France[3][4]
1 10 August 1918 @ 1040 hours Sopwith Dolphin No. 87 Squadron RAF Puzeaux, France
2 20 August 1918 @ 1255 hours Observation balloon 71st Company North of Forest of Retz, France
unconfirmed 27 August 1918 @ 0840 hours Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a No. 40 Squadron RAF Herleville, France[5][6]
3 30 August 1918 @ 1750 hours Airco DH.4 No. 57 Squadron RAF South of Etaing, France
4 31 August 1918 @ 1505 hours Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a No. 64 Squadron RAF Rœux, France
5 2 September 1918 @ 1100 hours Sopwith Camel Etaing, France
6 2 September 1918 @ 1130 hours Sopwith Camel Rumaucourt, France
unconfirmed 3 September 1918 after 1100 hours Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 Beugnatre-Beugny, France[7][4]
unconfirmed 4 September 1918 Sopwith Camel Recourt, France
7 14 September 1918 @ 1740 hours Observation balloon Vis-en-Artois, France
8 16 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter or Airco DH.4
9 17 September 1918 @ 1530 hours Observation balloon
10 18 September 1918 @ 1510 hours Observation balloon
11 20 September 1918 @ 0745 hours Sopwith Camel Marcoing, France
12 20 September 1918 @ 1445 hours Sopwith Camel Aubigny-au-Buc
Unconfirmed 21 September 1918 @ 1830 hours Sopwith Camel Gavrelle, France
13 25 September 1918 Sopwith Camel Cambrai, France
14 6 October 1918 @ 1115 hours Observation balloon 10th U.S. Balloon Company Bois de Puvenelle
15 10 October 1918 @ 1505 hours SPAD Fontaine, France
16 23 October 1918 @ 1245 hours Observation balloon 5th U.S. Balloon Conpany Chatel-Chéhéry, France
17 23 October 1918 @ 1605 hours SPAD Escadrille Spa.159, Service Aéronautique
18 23 October 1918 @ 1735 hours Observation balloon 2nd U.S. Balloon Company Baulny, France
19 28 October 1918 @ 1700 hours Observation balloon 8th U.S. Balloon Company Eglisfontaine
20 3 November 1918 @ 1515 hours Airco DH.4 Barricourt, France
21 4 November 1918 @ 1650 hours Airco DH.4 11th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service Carignan, Ardennes, France[8]
  1. VanWyngarden (2016), p. 54.
  2. Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 174.
  3. VanWyngarden (2016), p. 58.
  4. Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 111.
  5. VanWyngarden (2016), p. 65.
  6. Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 93.
  7. VanWyngarden (2016), pp. 77-78.
  8. Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 175.
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