Last air combat victories

alan peacock · 15 June 2005, 12:14 PM

I have been searching the archives for info. on the first air
victories of WW1, however I would like any info. on the last
air combat victories of the war, Western front, Italy, Middle
East etc. Any help appreciated.

ww1 ace · 16 June 2005, 05:44 AM

Well alan, I once read in the book," The Aces", that some pilot shot down four Fokker D.VII's in the same. The author I think said it was 2 days before the end of the war.

16 June 2005, 09:10 AM

I believe the last allied pilot to be shot down was

Francis Ryan Smith 2 AFC on the 10 of November 1918 in a fight with a Fokker D.VII.But I might be wrong.

Scott · 16 June 2005, 11:41 AM

Though several lists are still missing, the last date for a victory in The Aerodrome database is 10 November 1918. Twelve aces scored at least one victory on that day:

Geoffrey Herbert Hooper

William Stanley Jenkins

George Chisholme MacKay

Frank Harold Taylor

Charles Edward Murray Pickthorn

George Ebben Randall

Friedrich Altemeier

Hans von Freden

Thomas Sinclair Harrison

Charles Gordon Ross

George Victor Learmond

Francis Warrington Gillet

alan peacock · 16 June 2005, 01:20 PM

WW Ace, Trench Raider and Admim,

Many thanks for your replies,info, most helpful.

Cheers ! Alan.

Bulldog90 · 16 June 2005, 02:08 PM

From what I've read it seems as if the number of air ops on the German side really dropped off in the last three weeks of the war. In the case of JG1, they were retreating and having to get used to new airfields and there were also problems with obtaining gasoline.

Bulldog

ww1 ace · 17 June 2005, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan peacock

WW Ace, Trench Raider and Admim,

Many thanks for your replies,info, most helpful.

Cheers ! Alan.

Your Welcome! The pilot I was talking about came by the rank and name of Captain White, don't remember the first name.

alan peacock · 17 June 2005, 12:16 PM

Bulldog 90,

Thanks for the info. received.

Alan.

alan peacock · 17 June 2005, 12:18 PM

WW1 Ace,
Thanks for the additional info. regarding Capt. White.

Alan.

Roadhog · 17 June 2005, 10:19 PM

Dear Alan, I just finished the book "Hunting in Flanders with the Red Flyer," (forgive my bad translation) and it said that during the last week of the war the flying weather was particularly bad and that the Flying Circus was severely limited on the number of patrols it could perform due to the German Army's retreat and dwindling fuel stocks. As I recall the last victories were scored on either the 7th or 8th of November. VR, Roadhog