Rudolf von Eschwege (1895–1917) was a German flying ace during World War I credited with 20 confirmed and six unconfirmed aerial victories as the only German fighter pilot on the entire Macedonian front,The Aerodrome webpage on Rudolf von Eschwege where he was opposed by over 160 enemy aircraft. Among his aerial combats were three highly hazardous successful attacks on observation balloons serving as artillery direction posts. The fourth one he attacked was loaded with explosives; when it was detonated from the ground, it blew him out of the sky.Aviation History Magazine, September 1999 Retrieved 15 April 2021.
The victory list
Confirmed victories in this list are numbered and listed chronologically, rather than in order of confirmation. No.DateFoeLocation Unconfirmed 25 October 1916 Nieuport 12 Drama, Greece 1 19 November 1916 Nieuport 12 Drama, Greece 2 27 December 1916 Farman Drama Aerodrome 3 9 January 1917 Fsrman Vicinity of Drama, Greece 4 18 February 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 Drama, Greece Unconfirmed 19 February 1917 Nieuport 12 Drama, Greece Unconfirmed 8 March 1917 Nieuport 12 Lake Tahino 5 22 March 1917 Nieuport 12 Doksat, Greece 6 30 March 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Xanthi, Greece 7 10 May 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 West of Lake Tahino 8 12 May 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 Lake Tahino 9 20 May 1917 Farman Offshore, northwest of Thasos, Greece 10 5 June 1917 Farman Offshore of Kap Kojunnakla 11 11 June 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory FE Ahinos 12 12 June 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Delta of the Mesta River 13 9 August 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 Vicinity of Iveron Unconfirmed 9 August 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE Forced to land in British territory 14 20 August 1917 Sopwith Camel Thasos Island, near Tasli 15 12 September 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Struma River Estuary 16 3 October 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e West of Sarmusakli, Greece Unconfirmed 23 October 1917 Enemy airplane Kopiva 17 28 October 1917 Observation balloon Kopiva Unconfirmed 9 November 1917 Observation balloon Kopiva 18 15 November 1917 Observation balloon Vicinity of Orljak 19 19 November 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Kalendra, west of Seres 20 21 November 1917 Observation balloon OrljakAbbreviations from sources utilized were expanded by editor creating this list.
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