List of aerial victories of Josef Jacobs

Main article: Josef Jacobs

Josef Jacobs was a German fighter ace of the First World War, credited with 48 confirmed and 12 unconfirmed aerial victories.

List of victories

See also: Aerial victory standards of World War I

This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Background data 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, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1, p. 136, and from The Aerodrome webpage on Jacobs [1] Additional sources are as noted. Abbreviations from those sources were expanded by editor creating this list.

No.	Date/time	Victim	Squadron	Location	Remarks
Assigned,					Flieger-Abteilung 11, 3 July 1915
Unconfirmed	1 February 1916	Voisin			Unharmed aircrew in undamaged Caudron G.4 at "crash site"
Transfer,					to Fokkerstaffel West
1, or	22 March 1916	Observation balloon			Debatable first victory
1	12 May 1916	Enemy aircraft			Debatable first victory
Transfer,					to Jagdstaffel 22, 18 January 1917
2	23 January 1917	Caudron R.4		Terny-Sorny, France
3	9 February 1917 @ 1635 hours	French two-seater		Cerny, Essonne, France
Unconfirmed	6 April 1917 @ 1930 hours	Observation balloon	21st Company	Blanzy-Vailly
4	13 April 1917 @ 1955 hours	Farman		Barisis, France
5	16 April 1917 in the pm	Observation balloon		Laffaux, France
Unconfirmed	7 May 1917	SPAD		Braye
Unconfirmed	28 May 1917	Nieuport
Unconfirmed	26 June 1917	SPAD		Pontavert, France
Unconfirmed	27 June 1917	SPAD		Cerny, France
Unconfirmed	6 July 1917	SPAD
Unconfirmed	28 July 1917 @ 0705 hours	SPAD		Near Craonne, France
Unconfirmed	28 July 1917 @ 1200 hours	SPAD		Near Soissons, France
Transferred,					to Jagdstaffel 7
6	20 August 1917 @ 1735 hours	Sopwith Triplane	No. 10 Naval Squadron	Langemark, Belgium
7	10 September 1917 @ 1905 hours	SPAD	Escadrille SPA.48, Service Aéronautique		Ace Jean Matton killed in action
8	11 September 1917 @ 0830 hours	Sopwith Camel		Koekost
9	18 October 1917 @ 0950 hours	Airco D.H.4		Zillebeke Lake, Belgium
10	9 November 1917 @ 1530 hours	SPAD	Escadrille SPA.103, Service Aéronautique	Woumen, Belgium
11	6 December 1917 @ 1035 hours	SPAD	No. 23 Squadron RFC	Passchendaele (Passendale), Belgium
Unconfirmed	8 December 1917 @ 1355 hours	Sopwith Camel		Passendale, Belgium
12	18 December 1917 @ 1545 hours	Sopwith Camel	No. 65 Squadron RFC	Diksmuide, Belgium
13	11 April 1918 @ 1805 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8	No. 7 Squadron RAF	West of Ostend, Belgium
14	21 April 1918 @ 1115 hours	Sopwith Camel	No. 54 Squadron RAF	South of Armentieres, France
15	14 May 1918 @ 1640 hours	Observation balloon	27th Company	North of Ypres, Belgium
16	14 May 1918 @ 1645 hours	Observation balloon	50th Company	Northwest of Ypres, Belgium
17	23 May 1918 @ 0940 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5		Kruisstraat, Belgium
18	1 June 1918 @ 0740 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter	No. 20 Squadron RAF	Northwest of Dikkebus, Belgium
19	5 June 1918 @ 1120 hours	Sopwith Camel	No. 203 Squadron RAF	West of Bailleau, France
20	10 June 1918 @ 0845 hours	Sopwith Camel		South of Poperinge, Belgium
21	19 June 1918 @ 2025 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8	No. 21 Squadron RAF	East of Zwartelen, Belgium
22	26 June 1918 @ 2015 hours	Sopwith Camel	No. 210 Squadron RAF	Menin (Menen), Belgium
23	17 July 1918 @ 2110 hours	Sopwith Camel		Southwest of Nieuwpoort (Nieport)
24	19 July 1918 @ 0930 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	No. 74 Squadron RAF	Moorslede, Belgium
25	13 September 1918 @ 1500 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8		Between Kemmel, Belgium and Bailleul
26	15 September 1918 @ 1900 hours	Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8	No. 82 Squadron RAF	Passchendaele, Belgium
27	16 September 1918 @ 0840 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	No. 29 Squadron RAF	West of Menen (Menin)
28	16 September 1918 @ 1935 hours	Observation balloon		Poperinge, Belgium
29	19 September 1918 @ 1900 hours	Sopwith Camel
30	21 September 1918 @ 1210 hours	Airco D.H.9	No. 107 Squadron RAF	Diksmuide, Belgium
Unconfirmed	21 September 1918 @ 1222 hours	Airco DH.9		Northwest of Roeselare (Roulers), Belgium
31	24 September 1918 @ 1835 hours	Sopwith Camel	No. 204 Squadron RAF	Between Diksmuide and Moorslede, Belgium
32	28 September 1918	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	No. 41 Squadron RAF	Moorslede, Belgium
33	28 September 1918	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	No. 41 Squadron RAF	Moorslede, Belgium
34	1 October 1918	Airco DH.9
35	2 October 1918	Airco DH.9		Stadenberg, Belgium
36	2 October 1918 @ 1032 hours	SPAD		Houthulst Forest, Belgium
37	3 October 1918	Sopwith Camel		Rumbeke, Belgium
38	3 October 1918	Sopwith Camel		Rumbeke, Belgium
39	4 October 1918	SPAD
40	7 October 1918	Sopwith Camel	Either No. 70 Squadron RAF or No. 65 Squadron RAF
41	8 October 1918	Observation balloon		Kemmelberg, Belgium
42	9 October 1918	Observation balloon		Southwest of Diksmuide, Belgium
43	9 October 1918	Observation balloon		Southwest of Diksmuide, Belgium
44	14 October 1918	Sopwith Camel
45	15 October 1918	Breguet 14		North of Wervik (Wervicq), Belgium
46	19 October 1918 @ 1130 hours	SPAD	Escadrille Spa.82, Service Aéronautique	Wijnendale, Belgium
47	19 October 1918	SPAD	Escadrille Spa.82, Service Aéronautique
48	27 October 1918	Bristol F.2 Fighter

References

Bibliography

• Franks, Norman (2001), Sharks Among Minnows: Germany's First Fighter Pilots and the Fokker Eindecker Period, July 1915 to September 1916, London UK: Grub Street Publishing, ISBN 978-1-902304-92-2
• VanWyngarden, Greg (2006), Early German Aces of World War I, Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-1-84176-997-4