Rickenbacker's Victories

No. Date Claim EVR, JWC, etc. Valid? 1 29 Apr 1918 1/2 Albatros in flames "cloud of smoke." No 2 07 May 1918 Pfalz OOC J.64, crash landed, pilot died. Yes 3 17 May 1918 Albatros D5? OOC Landed behind German lines. No 4 22 May 1918 Albatros D5? OOC "Last seen diving steeply" No 5 28 May 1918 Albatros C crashed "Watched him crash." Yes 6 30 May 1918 Albatros C OOC "Fell intro a vrille" No   08 Jul 1918 1/3 2-seater prob. OOC -- --   09 Aug 1918 D-7 probably OOC -- --   10 Aug 1918 D-7 probably OOC -- -- 7 14 Sep 1918 D-7 OOC "apparently OOC" No 8 15 Sep 1918 D-7 OOC "Flopping side to side OOC" No 9 25 Sep 1918 D-7 OOC "Fell away and crashed" Yes 10 25 Sep 1918 Halberstadt "In a very steep nose dive" No 11 26 Sep 1918 D-7 "Began to long fall down" No 12 28 Sep 1918 Balloon in flames "In flames 0600-0705" Yes 13 01 Oct 1918 Balloon in flames On ground (Yes) 14 02 Oct 1918 1/2 Halberstadt Shared with Chambers Yes 15 02 Oct 1918 D-7 OOC Chambers also claimed it. No 16 03 Oct 1918 Rumpler "Seen to go down by Crocker" No? 17 03 Oct 1918 1/3 LVG crashed "He went down in flames" Yes 18 09 Oct 1918 Balloon in flames -- Yes 19 10 Oct 1918 D-7 in flames J.10 pilot parachuted Yes 20 10 Oct 1918 D-7 OOC "Last seen in steep bank" No 21 22 Oct 1918 D-7 in flames "Going down OOC" Yes? 22 23 Oct 1918 D-7 OOC "Steep nose dive" No 23 27 Oct 1918 D-7 OOC "Going down OOC" No 24 27 Oct 1918 D-7 forced to land J.19 pilot POW Yes 25 30 Oct 1918 D-7 crashed "Gas tank exploded in crash" Yes 26 30 Oct 1918 Balloon in flames On ground (Yes) Notes No. 2 J.64 lost Ltn. Werner Scheerer at Vieville en Haye No. 5 Identification? No. 9 No known loss No. 12 Balloonzug unknown No. 13 Balloonzug unknown No. 14 Hannover captured 04 Oct? No. 17 Identification? No. 18 Balloonzug unknown No. 19 J.10 Ltn. Kohlbach parachuted No. 21 No known loss No. 24 J.19 Ltn. Kleifoth No. 25 J.23 lost Ltn. Nebl (Det A or 2nd Army area?) No. 26 Balloonzug unknown