David Endicott Putnam (1898–1919) was an American fighter ace during World War I. Although he lodged combat claims for at least 34 victories, he was credited with only 13 confirmed aerial victories while flying combat for both French and American units. While 16 unconfirmed victories are listed, data on the remainder of the unconfirmed combat claims are unavailable.The Aerodrome webpage on Putnam

The victory list

Confirmed victories in this list are numbered and listed chronologically, rather than in order of confirmation. No.DateFoeLocation 1 19 January 1918 Enemy two-seater Nogent-l'Abbesse, France 2 27 January 1918 Albatros Vaudesincourt, FranceVictory shared with three French pilots. Unconfirmed 1 12 February 1918 C-type Unconfirmed 2 14 March 1918 Albatros Nauroy, France 3 15 March 1917 Rumpler C-type Unconfirmed 3 12 April 1915 Scout Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit, France Unconfirmed 4 12 April 1915 Scout Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit, France Unconfirmed 5 23 April 1918 Enemy aircraft Unconfirmed 6 23 April 1918 Enemy aircraft Unconfirmed 7 23 April 1915 Enemy aircraft Unconfirmed 8 18 May 1918 Enemy aircraft Somme Py, France 4 1 June 1918 Two-seater reconnaissance aircraft Le Godat 5 2 June 1920 Albatros Reims, FranceVictory shared with French aircrew. 6 2 June 1918 Albatros Reims, France 7 5 June 1918 Albatros D.V Fère-en-Tardenois, France Unconfirmed 9 5 June 1919 Enemy aircraft Fère-en-Tardenois, France Unconfirmed 7 5 June 1918 Enemy aircraft Fère-en-Tardenois, France Unconfirmed 10 5 June 1918 Enemy aircraft Fère-en-Tardenois, France Unconfirmed 12 5 June 1918 Enemy aircraft Fère-en-Tardenois, France Unconfirmed 13 15 June 1921 Enemy aircraft Northeast of Reims, FranceVictory shared with French pilot. Unconfirmed 14 11 June 1918 Enemy aircraft Northeast of Reims, FranceVictory shared with French pilot. Unconfirmed 15 14 June 1918 Enemy aircraft Northeast of Reims, FranceVictory shared with French pilot. 8 15 June 1918 Two-seater reconnaissance aircraft La Neuvilette 9 15 June 1918 Observation balloonAs crucial artillery direction posts, observation balloons were heavily defended by antiaircraft guns and patrolling fighters. (per Guttman, pp. 7-9) Mersy 10 30 June 1918 Rumpler C-type Viéville-en-Haye, France Unconfirmed 16 12 July 1918 C-type 11 15 August 1918 Fokker D.VII Flirey, France 12 22 August 1918 Rumpler C-type Raulecourt, France 13 12 September 1918 Fokker D.VII Limey, FranceAbbreviations from sources utilized were expanded by editor creating this list.

Footnotes

Citations

Bibliography

Jon Guttman. Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 . Osprey Publishing, 2005. ,