Heinrich Bongartz

Name:

Heinrich Bongartz

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Leutnant

Units:

FA 5
Jasta 36
Kasta 27

Victories:

Born:

31 January 1892

Place of Birth:

Walsum, Rheinland (Rhineland)

Died:

23 January 1946

Place of Death:

Rheinberg

A school teacher prior to the war, Bongartz was commissioned at Verdun where he served with an infantry regiment. After transferring to the Luftstreitkräft he was wounded five times before his days as a combat pilot ended. On 29 April 1918, Bongartz was shot down by an S.E.5a piloted by Clive Glynn. Despite a terrible facial wound which resulted in the loss of his left eye, Bongartz safely landed his Fokker DR.I.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	06 Apr 1917		Jasta 36		SPAD VII	Vitry
2	13 Apr 1917	1700	Jasta 36		Caudron	Cornicy
3	27 Apr 1917		Jasta 36		Balloon	Berry-au-Bac
4	27 Apr 1917		Jasta 36		Balloon	Ornes-Thillons
5	02 May 1917		Jasta 36		Caudron	Reims
6	20 May 1917		Jasta 36		Balloon	Bouvacourt
7	20 May 1917		Jasta 36		Balloon	Villers-Marmery
8	23 May 1917		Jasta 36		Balloon	W of Pruney
9	07 Jul 1917	1945	Jasta 36		F.E.2d (A6494)	Ypres
10	11 Jul 1917	0900	Jasta 36		Sopwith Triplane	Tenbrielen
11	12 Jul 1917	2135	Jasta 36		Sopwith	SE of Zillebeke
12	26 Sep 1917		Jasta 36		Sopwith Triplane	Houthulst Forest
13	10 Oct 1917	1700	Jasta 36		D.H.4	Westroosebeke
14	14 Oct 1917		Jasta 36		R.E.8	Zonnebeke
15	17 Oct 1917	1930	Jasta 36		D.H.4	Houthulst Forest
16	18 Oct 1917	1505	Jasta 36		R.E.8	Molenhoek
17	27 Oct 1917	1500	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel (B2463)	Roulers
18	31 Oct 1917	0820	Jasta 36		R.E.8	S of Poelcapelle
19	31 Oct 1917	0840	Jasta 36		SPAD	Neuville
20	31 Oct 1917	1610	Jasta 36		S.E.5a	Roulers-Menin Road
21	08 Nov 1917	1505	Jasta 36		Bristol F.2b	Ledeghem
22	12 Nov 1917	1135	Jasta 36		R.E.8	E of Merken
23	15 Nov 1917	1135	Jasta 36		Nieuport Scout (B6800)	NE of Zillebeke Lake
24	23 Nov 1917	1150	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel (B2415)	Becelaere
u/c	23 Nov 1917	1150	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel (B2409)	Becelaere
25	29 Nov 1917	1258	Jasta 36		Bristol F.2b (A7253)	Moorslede
26	02 Dec 1917	1205	Jasta 36		D.H.4	NE of Moorslede
27	18 Dec 1917	1525	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel	Roulers
28	29 Jan 1918	1350	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel	Poelcapelle
29	05 Feb 1918	1540	Jasta 36		D.H.4	Thielt
30	05 Feb 1918	1543	Jasta 36		D.H.4	Oudenburg
31	23 Mar 1918	1300	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel	Lagnicourt
32	27 Mar 1918	0755	Jasta 36		D.H.4	Albert
33	27 Mar 1918	0800	Jasta 36		Sopwith Camel	SW of Albert

Books

Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey and Russell Guest. Above the Lines: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918. London: Grub Street, 1993

Treadwell, Terry C. and Alan C. Wood. German Knights of the Air 1914-1918: The Holders of the Orden Pour le Mérite. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1998

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