List of aerial victories of Max Ritter von Müller

Max Ritter von Müller was a German fighter ace credited with shooting down 36 enemy airplanes.

List of victories

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This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Abbreviations from sources utilized were expanded by editor creating this list. Sources: Norman Franks, Frank Bailey, Russell Guest (1993). Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street Publishing, London. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1; Norman Franks, Hal Giblin (2003), Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces, Grub Street, London. ISBN 978-1-90401-002-9.

No. Date/time Victim Squadron Location Remarks
1 10 October 1916 @ 1100 hours Airco DH.2 No. 24 Squadron RFC Between Mory and Vaulx-Vraucourt, France
2 20 October 1916 @ 1750 hours Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 No. 21 Squadron RFC Southwest of Grévillers Wood, France
3 3 November 1916 @ 1540 hours Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b No. 22 Squadron RFC Haplincourt, France
4 16 November 1916 @ 1045 hours Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2c No. 7 Squadron RFC Northeast of Flers, France
5 27 November 1916 @ 0945 hours Nieuport 17 No. 60 Squadron RFC Hebuterne, France Also credited to Werner Voss[1]
Transfer Jagdstaffel 2 to Jagdstaffel 28,
24 January 1917[2]
6 7 April 1917 @ 1820 hours Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium Wounded pilot returned to base with dying observer[1]
7 30 April 1917 @ 1005 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter No. 45 Squadron RFC East of Armentières, France
8 2 May 1917 @ 1615 hours Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e No. 12 Squadron RFC Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium Poor match with British loss records[3]
9 7 May 1917 @ 1215 hours Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d Boezinge (Boesinghe), Belgium No match in British loss records[4]
10 12 May 1917 @ 1525 Hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 53 Squadron RFC Hollebeke, Belgium
11 23 May 2020 @ 1615 hours Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Between Houthem and Warneton
12 24 May 1917 @ 2050 hours Nieuport St. Eloi (Sint-Elooi) Possible antiaircraft victim[5]
13 27 May 1917 @ 1215 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter No. 45 Squadron RFC Northeast of Ypres, Belgium
14 3 June 1917 @ 1910 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter No. 45 Squadron RFC Quesnoy,[a] France
15 7 June 1917 @ 0915 hours SPAD No. 23 Squadron RFC Between Comines and Warneton
16 7 June 1917 @ 1145 hours Sopwith Pup No. 46 Squadron RFC Southeast of Roeselare (Roulers), Belgium
17 8 June 1917 @ 1910 hours Sopwith Triplane No. 1 Naval Squadron Quesnoy,[a] France
18 20 June 1917 @ 1010 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Armentieres, France British reported no losses[6]
19 28 July 1917 @ 1810 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter No. 45 Squadron RFC Northeast of Ploegsteert, Belgium Unhurt aircrew returned to base in damaged Strutter[7]
Unconfirmed Morning of 10 August 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter No. 45 Squadron RFC Polygon Wood, Belgium Returned to base out of view of German ground observers[8]
20 10 August 1917 @ 1010 hours SPAD No. 23 Squadron RFC Godhuis
21 10 August 1917 @ 2030 hours Airco DH.4 No. 57 Squadron RFC Ingelmunster, Belgium
Unconfirmed 10 August 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter North of Ypres, Belgium
22 17 August 1917 @ 0705 hours Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 No. 56 Squadron RFC Northeast of Quesnoy,[a] France
23 19 August 1917 @ 0815 hours SPAD Zillebeke Lake No SPADs lost this day[9]
24 19 August 1917 @ 1810 hours Nieuport 17 No. 1 Squadron RFC Menin (Menen)
25 21 August 1917 @ 0820 hours Martinsyde G.100 No. 27 Squadron RFC Douvrin, France Aircraft and pilot captured[10]
26 21 August 1917 @ 1925 hours Airco DH.4 No. 57 Squadron RFC Ledghem
27 10 September 1917 @ 1930 hours Sopwith Camel West of Houthulst Forest, Belgium
Unconfirmed 29 September 1917 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Southwest of Diksmuide
28 & 29 22 October 1917 @ 1625 hours Sopwith Pup No. 54 Squadron RFC West of Beerst, Belgium Midair collision crashed two Pups[11]
Transfer Jagdstaffel 28 to Jagdstaffel 2,
3 November 1917[12]
30 7 November 1917 @ 1610 hours SPAD Saint-Julien [where?] No matching SPAD losses[13]
31 11 November 1917 @ 1220 hours Airco DH.5 No. 32 Squadron RFC Northeast of Ploegsteert, Belgium
32 29 November 1917 @ 1610 hours Airco DH.5 Schaapbalie No DH.5 was reported lost by the British[14]
33 2 December 1917 @ 0945 hours Airco DH.4 No. 57 Squadron RFC Northwest of Menin
34 5 December 1917 @ 1440 hours Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Southwest of Poelkapelle, Belgium No SE.5s were lost this date[15]
35 7 December 1917 @ 1155 hours SPAD No. 19 Squadron RFC Moorslede, Belgium
36 16 December 1917 @ 1410 hours Sopwith Camel West of Passchendaele (Passendale) [16]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c There are four places in France whose name is or includes Quesnoy. All are within the area of conflict in 1917, and it may be impossible to determine which one this was.

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