Kurt Wüsthoff (1897–1926) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 27 confirmed aerial victories. Flying combat with Jagdstaffel 4 of the Imperial German Air Service, he shot down 24 enemy airplanes and three observation balloons between June 1917 and 10 March 1918.The Aerodrome webpage on Kurt Wüsthoff A 28th victory is uncounted for unknown reasons.
The victory list
The victories of Kurt Wüsthoff are reported in chronological order, which is not necessarily the order or dates the victories were confirmed by headquarters.
No.DateTimeFoeUnitLocationRemarks 1 15 June 1917 2130 hours Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter No. 45 Squadron RFC Voormezele 2 22 June 1917 1450 hours Observation balloon 2nd Section, 5th Company, 2nd Balloon Wing Wijtschate (Wytschaete), Belgium British artillery direction post 3 11 July 1917 1510 hours Observation balloon 26th Section, 5th Company, 2nd Balloon Wing West of Messines Ridge, near Wijtschate and also known by the German name Wytschaete-Bogen British artillery direction post 4 16 July 1917 1815 hours Observation balloon 38th Section, 7th Company, 2nd Balloon Wing Kemmel, Belgium British artillery direction post 5 20 July 1917 2120 hours Sopwith Camel Between Beselare (Becelaere), Belgium and Gheluvelt, Belgium Unconfirmed 27 July 1917 2040 hours Sopwith Dadizele (Dadizeele) Awarded to a pilot from Jagdstaffel 26 6 31 July 1917 1445 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Verbrandenmolen 7 5 August 1917 1500 hours Nieuport 23 No. 29 Squadron RFC West of Ypres, Belgium 8 3 September 1917 0830 hours Sopwith Pup No. 46 Squadron RFC Ten Brielen 9 3 September 1917 1700 hours Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 No. 4 Squadron RFC East of Zillebeke, Belgium 10 4 September 1917 0805 hours Nieuport 23 No. 29 Squadron RFC Northwest of Polygon Wood, Belgium 11 4 September 1917 1045 hours Sopwith Camel South of Ypres, Belgium 12 5 September 1917 1000 hours Sopwith Camel No. 45 Squadron RFC Southeast of Zillebeke, Belgium 13 11 September 1917 1020 hours Sopwith Camel No. 70 Squadron RFC Saint-Julien 14 12 September 1917 2000 hours Sopwith Camel Deulemont, France No corresponding loss reported by the British 15 13 September 1917 2030 hours Sopwith Triplane No. 1 Naval Squadron RNAS South of Wervik, Belgium 16 16 September 1917 1245 hours Sopwith Camel No. 70 Squadron RFC West of Staden, Belgium 17 20 September 1917 1215 hours SPAD No. 23 Squadron RFC Amerika 18 20 September 1917 1430 hours SPAD West of Langemark (Langemarck), Belgium 19 22 September 1917 1410 hours Sopwith Camel Langemark, Belgium 20 24 September 1917 1650 hours Sopwith Camel No. 10 Squadron RNAS Moorslede, Belgium 21 26 September 1917 1040 hours SPAD No. 19 Squadron RFC Beselare 22 27 October 1917 1440 hours Sopwith Triplane No. 1 Squadron RNAS Between Poelcapelle and Hooge, Belgium No corresponding loss reported by the British 23 31 October 1917 1230 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a North of Bellewaarde Vijver near Ypres 24 5 November 1917 1245 hours Sopwith Camel Poelkappelle (Poelcapelle) 25 5 November 1917 1300 hours Sopwith Camel No. 45 Squadron RFC South of Staden 26 9 November 1917 1030 hours Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 No. 45 Squadron RFC North of Bellewaarde Vijver 27 10 March 1918 1640 hours Sopwith Camel Between La Bassée, France and Bethune, France 28 12 March 1918 Mid-day Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Between La Bassée, France and Bethune, France No corresponding loss reported by BritishAbbreviations were expanded by the editor creating this list.
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