German Ace Questions: R

[Frank_Olynyk]

Posts in this series:

A-B: 13 posts, which I will re-edit into a single post (someday)
Blume to von Busse
C-D-E
F-G
H
I-J-K
L-M
N-O-P-Q
R
S
T-V-W-Z

Ever onward ...

167 - Erich Raabe
Erich Raabe is credited with 4 victories with Jasta 41. I have no information on his date and place of death.

168 - August Raben
August Raben is credited with 4 victories with Jasta 36, 39 and 18. I have no information on his date and place of death.

169 - Arthur Rahn
Arthur Rahn is credited with 6 victories with Jasta 19 and 15. I have no information on his date and place of death.

170 - Franz Ray
Franz Ray is credited with 17 victories with Jasta 1, 28 and 49. I have no information on his date and place of birth or death.

171 - Michael Renner
Michael Renner is credited with 4 victories with Ffla 6b and Fla 48. I have no information on his date and place of death.

172 - Claus Riemer
Claus Riemer is credited with 8 victories with Jasta 26. I have no information on his date and place of death, other than it might have occured in 1926.

173 - Hans Joachim Rolfes
Hans Joachim Rolfes is credited with 17 victories with Jasta 32 and 45. He was killed in a flying accident on March 12, 1935 at Johannisthal A/F near Berlin. I would like to know the type of aircraft and its serial number or registration.

174 - xx Rosenau
Rosenau (first name(s) unknown; does anyone know?) is credited with 4 victories with Fla(A) 269 and Jasta 33. I have no information on his date and place of birth or death.

175 - Willy Rosenstein
Willy Rosenstein is credited with 7 victories with Jasta 27, Kest 1b, and Jasta 40. He was killed in a flying accident in Rostenberg, South Africa, in May 1949. Can anyone supply the actual date, and the type and registration of the aircraft he was flying?

176 - Paul Rothe
Paul Rothe is credited with 5 victories with Jasta 14. I have no information on his place of birth, nor on his date and place of death.

177 - Richard Rübe
Richard Rübe is credited with 5 victories with Jasta 67. I have no information on his date and place of death.

178 - Theodor Rumpel
Theodor Rumpel is credited with 5 victories with Jasta 16 and 23. I have no information on his date and place of death.

I hope there are some answers to these out there ...

Frank.

[Hal Oele]

Claus Riemer
*28.05.1897 Halle
+31.05.1926 Köln-Butzweilerhof

crashed with his own brandnew Raab-Katzenstein Kl.I (D- / no Registration Number).

Hal

[rammjaeger]

Oberst a.D. Richard Paul Rothe

* 20 July 1890 Löbau / Saxony (one source reports in error 1880)
+ 1 Dezember 1961 Leipzig / Saxony
Corresponding to his his own wish he was burried in Großenhain / Saxony.

Rammjaeger