Fritz Rumey was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 45 confirmed aerial victories.
List of victories
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, , pp. 193–194. Abbreviations were expanded by the editor creating this list.
No.Date/timeVictimSquadronLocationRemarks 1 6 July 1917 @ 1000 hours Observation balloon Boursies, France 2 19 August 1917 @ 0820 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 59 Squadron RFC Épehy, France 3 22 November 1917 @ 0910 hours Sopwith Camel No. 43 Squadron RFC Marcoing, France Ace Gerard Crole POWAbove the Trenches p. 125 4 23 November 1917 @ 1200 hours Sopwith Camel No. 3 Squadron RFC Bourlon Wood, France 5 23 November 1917 @ 1300 hours Armstrong Whitworth FK.8 No. 8 Squadron RFC Southwest of Marcoing, France 6 13 January 1918 @ 1230 hours Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RFC South of Beaumont, France 7 28 January 1918 @ 1215 hours Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RFC Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France 8 29 January 1918 @ 1210 hours Airco DH.4 No. 25 Squadron RFC Saint-Quentin, France 9 26 February 1918 @ 1600 hours Airco DH.4 No. 25 Squadron RFC North of Bussigny 10 17 March 1918 @ 1025 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Marcoing, France 11 23 March 1918 @ 1320 hours Sopwith Dolphin No. 79 Squadron RFC Cartigny, France 12 24 March 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 13 28 March 1918 @ 0910 hours Sopwith Camel No. 43 Squadron RFC Bray-sur-Somme, France 14 12 April 1918 @ 1900 hours Sopwith Dolphin Northwest of Albert, France 15 Afternoon of 2 May 1918 Sopwith Camel No. 65 Squadron RAF Villers-Bretonneux, France 16 9 May 1918 Breguet 14 North of Villequier, France 17 10 May 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 56 Squadron RAF East of Hamel, France 18 16 May 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 84 Squadron RAF Southwest of Courcelette, France 19 17 May 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Puzieux, France 20 18 May 1918 SPAD Moreuil, France 21 20 May 1918 Sopwith Camel No. 65 Squadron RAF South of Morlancourt, France 22 2 June 1918 @ 1910 hours Sopwith Camel Hangard, France 23 7 June 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 24 Squadron RAF Rosières, France Ace James Dawe KIAAbove the Trenches, p. 136 24 25 June 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 24 Squadron RAF West of Albert, France 25 26 June 1918 @ 2025 hours Sopwith Camel No. 65 Squadron RAF East of Bouzincourt, France Ace Edward Carter Eaton KIAAbove the Trenches, p. 146 26 27 June 1918 Sopwith Dolphin No. 23 Squadron RAF Vicinity of the Somme, France 27 27 June 1918 Sopwith Camel No. 70 Squadron RAF Bray-sur-Somme, France 28 1 July 1918 Sopwith Camel No. 65 Squadron RAF 29 3 July 1918 Sopwith Camel 30 3 September 1918 @ 1847 hours Airco DH.9 No. 98 Squadron RAF North of Bertincourt, France 31 4 September 1918 @ 1830 hours Sopwith Camel Queant, France 32 5 September 1918 @ 1005 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a North of Bouchain, France 33 7 September 1918 @ 1125 hours Airco DH.4 No. 205 Squadron RAF Saint-Quentin, France 34 14 September 1918 @ 1110 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 84 Squadron RAF South of Le Catelet, France 35 16 September 1918 @ 0900 hours Airco DH.9 No. 57 Squadron RAF Villers-Guislain, France 36 16 September 1918 @ 1230 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Marquion, France 37 16 September 1918 @ 1235 hours Sopwith Camel No. 3 Squadron RAF Marquion, France 38 17 September 1918 @ 0905 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 84 Squadron RAF Rumilly, France 39 17 September 1918 @ 1300 hours Sopwith Camel 17th Aero Squadron, USAAS Northwest of Cambrai, France 40 17 September 1918 @ 1910 hours Sopwith Camel No. 46 Squadron RAF Southwest of Cambrai, France 41 23 September 1918 @ 1815 hours Sopwith Dolphin No. 87 Squadron RAF Southwest of Baralle, France and Queant, France 42 24 September 1918 @ 0820 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a South of Buissy, France 43 26 September 1918 @ 1410 hours Airco DH.4 Gouzeaucourt, France 44 26 September 1918 @ 1805 hours Bristol F.2 Fighter "L" Flight Cambrai, France 45 27 September 1918 @ 1208 hours Sopwith Camel No. 54 Squadron RAF East of Marquion, France
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