Fritz Höhn (1896-1918) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 21 confirmed aerial victories. As one of the few pilots courageous enough to be a balloon buster, he destroyed ten of the crucial artillery direction posts, as well as we11 as 11 enemy airplanes. He scored his victories flying for four different fighter squadrons, the last three of which he commanded.The Aerodrome webpage on Fritz Höhn
The victory list
Fritz Höhn's victories are reported in chronological order, which is not necessarily the order or dates the victories were confirmed by headquarters. No.DateTimeFoeUnitLocation 1 1 December 1917 Bréguet 14 Southwest of Chattencourt 2 11 April 1918 1145 hours Observation balloonObservation balloons, which granted wide fields of view to aerial observers, were vital assets for directing artillery barrages on the enemy. As such, they were primary targets for aerial attack to destroy them, and were heavily defended by antiaircraft cannons and machine guns, as well as fighter patrols (per Guttman, pp. 7-9). 33e Compagnie de Aerostiers, Service Aéronautique Merval, France 3 12 April 1918 0915 hours Observation balloon Southwest of Staubecken 4 12 April 1918 1815 hours SPAD South of Selens, France 5 20 April 1918 1405 hours Observation balloon 75e Compagnie de Aerostiers, Service Aéronautique South of Noyon, France 6 20 April 1918 1900 hours Observation balloon 45e Compagnie de Aerostiers, Service Aéronautique South of Chemin des Dames 7 20 August 1918 1725 hours French observation balloon South of Braisne, France 8 21 August 1918 1630 hours Bréguet 14 South of Soissons, France 9 22 August 1918 1430 hours Observation balloon Selens, France 10 24 August 1918 1830 hours SPAD Northwest of Soissons, France 11 2 September 1918 SPAD Courcy le Chateau, France 12 3 September 1918 SPAD 13 15 September 1918 Observation balloon 14 26 September 1918 0830 hours SPAD two-seater Somme-Py, France 15 28 September 1918 1215 hours Observation balloon 21e Compagnie de Aerostiers, Service Aéronautique Miraucourt 16 27 September 1918 1820 hurs SPAD two-seater Marfaux, France 17 28 September 1918 0810 hours Observation balloon 67e Compagnie de Aerostiers, Service Aéronautique Tahure, france 18 28 September 1918 0830 hours Observation balloon 6th United States Balloon Company, USAAS Béthelainville, France 19 1 October 1918 Enemy airplane 20 2 October 1918 Enemy airplane 21 3 October 1918 Enemy airplane Abbreviations were expanded by the editor creating this list.
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