Manfred
I do not want to get involved in an acrimonius blame game debate about WW1 or WW2 - although I am not oblivious to the arguments raised by yourself & Bristol - I only get 50 minutes a day on this site and prefer to stick to the operational aspects of the WW1 air war.
No I must admit I have not seen the full Wenzel account (except for 21 Apr 18). I would guess your
incomplete quote started with a reference to the demise of
Hans Weiss in combat with Sopwith's around midday on 2 May 18! Followed by the fatal crash of Scholz late in the afternoon. Just of couse was wounded next day and makes sense that WOLFRAM v Richthofen & J Wolff would be off to Berlin for MvR memorial. Carius & von Conta were both posted out on 29 Apr, whilst
LvR & Mohnicke were still in hospital recovering from combat wounds & injuries and as stated by Wenzl -Steinhauser was still unfit to fly also recovering from a wound. There is of course the Gabriel question - posted in on 17 Apr 18 - where was he? So when one adds other recent losses Gussman 7 Apr , the guy I forget the name on 12 Apr and MvR on 21 Apr then it sounds to sense that the Jasta with the 'great reputation' would have been thin on the ground in the first week of May.
But then it looks to me that you have not seen the diaries of Strahle & Raesch; as these give the strengths (by names) of patrols flown by Js 18/56 & Js 43. (C&C US & C&C GB) So too the partial Js 27 KTB produced in OTF. And these well an truly back my assertion as to combat strengths.
Just for the record Weiss was killed in combat with a 5 strong patrol of 209 Sqn which attacked a formation of 8 Triplanes (Combat report states - various colours). Taylor crashing the 'white' one of Weiss. As at best Js 11 could have sent up 6 Triplanes, one must wonder if it was a combined JGI patrol. As for Just wia, the most likely candidate is 24 Sqn - an 11 strong combined B&C Flights patrol happened on a fight between French SPAD's and German 2-seaters and observed a formation of 4 Triplanes attempting to attack the SPAD's - these were engaged by 24 Sqn with one being crashed.
Manfred you must understand that I am not oblivious to the German side of things. As I am a firm believer that you can only truly understand the face of battle (air, land & sea) when you take the time to look at the accounting of both sides of the hill. One sided accounting always leaves one vunerable to the accusation of bigotry.
Cheers Russ