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

Confirmed 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. , , pp. 186–187; Norman Franks, Hal Giblin (2003), Under the Guns of the German Aces, Grub Street, London. , pp. 135–187

No.DateTimeFoeSquadronLocationCasualties 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

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