List of victories of Werner Voss


Werner Voss was a friendly rival of World War I's leading ace, Manfred von Richthofen. Richthofen himself considered Voss as the only pilot with the potential to exceed Richthofen's aerial victory score. When Voss was killed in action, he had scored 44 victories. As can be seen by the list below, his victory roll is well documented.

Werner Voss's victories

Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically. Unconfirmed victories are denoted by "u/c". Doubled horizontal lines mark a change in squadron assignments.
When two casualties are listed in Notes column, the first listed is the pilot, the other the aerial observer/gunner.
Sources: Basic listing from Leutnant der Reserve Werner Voss and the pilots of Jasta 10 with additional cites given for refinements to the list. Conflicting claims denoted by *, although only one counts as a confirmed victory according to either source.
No.Date/timeAircraftFoeResultLocationNotes
127 November 1916 @ 09:40 hoursAlbatrosNieuport 17 serial number A281 from 60 SquadronShot downMiraumont, FranceCaptain George Alec Parker missing in action
227 November 1916 @ 14:15 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory FE.2b s/n 4915 from 18 SquadronShot down in flamesSouth of Bapaume, FranceLieutenant F. A. George wounded in action;
Air Mechanic 1st Class Oliver Frederick Watts killed in action
321 December 1916 @ 11:00 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5782 from 7 SquadronShot downMiraumont, FranceLieutenant D. W. Davis WIA;
Second Lieutenant William Martin Vernon Cotton KIA
41 February 1917 @ 16:00 hoursAlbatrosAirco D.H.2 s/n A2614 from 29 SquadronShot downAchiet-le-PetitCaptain Albert Peter Vincent Daly WIA, prisoner of war
54 February 1917 @ 14:40 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5927 from 16 SquadronShot downGivenchy, FranceSecond Lieutenant Herbert Martin-Massey WIA;
Second Lieutenant Noel Mark Hodson Vernham KIA
610 February 1917 @ 11:15 hoursAlbatrosAirco D.H.2 s/n A2548 from 32 SquadronDamagedSouthwest of SerreCaptain Leslie Peech Aizlewood returned to base unhurt
725 February 1917 @ 14:55 hoursAlbatrosAirco D.H.2 s/n A2557 from 29 SquadronShot downArras-Saint SauveurLieutenant Reginald J. S. Lund WIA
825 February 1917 @ 15:00 hoursAlbatrosAirco D.H.2 s/n 7849 from 29 SquadronDamagedArras, FranceCaptain H. J. Payn's returned to base unhurt
926 February 1917 @ 16:50 hoursHalberstadtRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 2535 from 16 SquadronShot downÉcurie, FranceLieutenant H. E. Bagot WIA;
Second Lieutenant Robert Lawrence Munro Jack died of wounds
1027 February 1917 @ 10:45 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e s/n 2530 from 8 SquadronShot down in flamesBlairville, FranceSecond Lieutenants Edwin Albert Pope and
Hubert Alfred Johnson KIA
1127 February 1917 @ 16:48 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 7197 from 12 SquadronShot downWest of ArrasCaptain John McArthur and
Private James Whiteford KIA
124 March 1917 @ 11:30 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 6252 from 8 SquadronShot down in flamesSouth of Berneville, FranceSergeant Reginald James Moody and
Second Lieutenant Edmund Eric Horn KIA
136 March 1917 @ 16:35 hoursAlbatrosAirco D.H.2 s/n 7941 from 32 SquadronShot downFavreuil, FranceCaptain Herbert Gordon Southon WIA, POW
1411 March 1917 @ 10:00 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n 7685 from 22 SquadronShot downRancourt, FranceSecond Lieutenant Leslie W. Beale and
Air Mechanic 2nd Class F. G. Davis WIA
1511 March 1917 @ 14:30 hoursAlbatrosNieuport 17 s/n A279 from 60 SquadronShot downBailleul, FranceArthur D. Whitehead WIA, POW
1617 March 1917 @ 12:15 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n 7695 from 11 SquadronShot downNortheast of Berlencourt-le-Cauroy, FranceSecond Lieutenant Russell W. Cross and
Lieutenant Christopher F. Lodge WIA
1717 March 1917 @ 12:25 hoursAlbatrosAirco D.H.2 s/n A2583 from 32 SquadronShot downNortheast of Berlencourt-le-CauroyLieutenant Theodore A. Cooch WIA
1818 March 1917 @ 18:40 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e s/n 5784 from 8 SquadronShot down in flamesNeuville, FranceSecond Lieutenant Charles R. Dougal WIA;
Second Lieutenant Sydney Harryman POW/WIA/DOW
1918 March 1917 @ 18:50 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5750 from 13 SquadronShot down; aircrew and aircraft strafed on groundBoyelles, FranceCaptain Guy Stafford Thorne DOW;
Second Lieutenant Philip Edward Hislop van Baerle POW
2019 March 1917 @ 09:30 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 s/n A4165 from 59 SquadronShot downSaint-Léger, FranceCaptain Eldred Wolferstan Bowyer-Bower and
Second Lieutenant Eric Elgey KIA
2124 March 1917 @ 16:10 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A5485 from 23 SquadronShot downBetween Vaulx and MorchiesSergeant Edward P. Critchley WIA;
Air Mechanic 1st Class Frank Russell KIA
2224 March 1917 @ 16:45 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5769 from 8 SquadronShot downBoileux-BoiryLieutenant Hugh Norton and
Second Lieutenant Reginald Alfred William Tillett KIA
231 April 1917 @ 11:45 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 2561 from 15 SquadronShot down; aircraft strafed on groundEast of Saint-Léger, FranceCaptain Arthur Meredith Wynne WIA;
Lieutenant Adrian Somerset MacKenzie KIA
246 April 1917 @ 09:30 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n A3157 from 15 SquadronShot downSouth of Lagnicourt-Marcel, FranceSecond Lieutenants Albert Higgs Vinson and Everard Champion Gwilt crashlanded within British lines
u/c6 April 1917 @ 09:45 hoursAlbatrosSopwith Pup s/n A6165 from 54 SquadronForced to landSouth of Lagnicourt-Marcel, FranceSecond Lieutenant Robert M. Foster survived
257 May 1917 @ 19:25 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory SE.5 s/n A4867 from 56 SquadronShot downBetween Étaing and LecuseSecond Lieutenant Roger Michael Chaworth-Musters KIA
269 May 1917 @ 14:00 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 7209 from 52 SquadronExplodedHavrincourt, FranceLieutenant Roland Humphrey Coles and
Second Lieutenant John Charles Sigismund Day KIA
279 May 1917 @ 16:45 hoursAlbatrosSopwith Pup s/n A6174 from 54 SquadronShot downLesdain, FranceLieutenant George Copland Temple Hadrill POW
289 May 1917 @ 16:50 hoursAlbatrosRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n 4991 from 22 SquadronShot downLe BosquetSecond Lieutenants Charles McKenzie Furlonger and
Charles William Lane POW
2923 May 1917 @ 14:25 hoursAlbatros D.IIIRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A5502 from 18 SquadronShot downNorth of HavrincourtSecond Lieutenant Wilfred Ferguson MacDonald and
Lieutenant Frank Charles Shackell KIA
3026 May 1917 @ 15:45 hoursAlbatros D.IIISopwith Pup s/n A6168 From 54 SquadronShot downSouthwest of Gouzeaucourt, FranceSecond Lieutenant Mortimer George Cole WIA
3128 May 1917 @ 14:00 hoursAlbatros D.IIIRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d s/n A6378 from 25 SquadronShot downSoutheast of Douai, FranceCaptain Aubrey de Selincourt and
Lieutenant Henry Cotton POW
324 June 1917 @ 07:10 hoursAlbatros D.IIISopwith Pup s/n B2151 from 54 SquadronShot downAubencheul-aux-Bois, FranceCaptain Reginald George Hewett Pixley KIA
335 June 1917 @ 09:30 hoursAlbatros D.IIIRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A857 from 22 SquadronShot downNorth of VaucellesCaptain Francis Percival Don and
Lieutenant Herbert Harris POW
346 June 1917 @ 13:10 hoursAlbatros D.IIINieuport 17 s/n N3204 from 6 Naval SquadronShot downWest of Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, FranceSub-Lieutenant Fabian Pember Reeves of the RNAS KIA
3510 August 1917 @ 16:25 hoursAlbatros D.IIISpad XIII from Escadrille 31 of the Armée de l'Air |Aéronautique MilitaireShot downSouth of Diksmuide, BelgiumCaptain Henri Rousseau MIA
3615 August 1917 @ 19:10 hoursAlbatros D.IIIRoyal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A5152 from 20 SquadronShot downZillebeke LakeSecond Lieutenant Charles H. Cameron unhurt;
Private Stanley Edward Pilbrow KIA
3716 August 1917 @ 21:00 hoursAlbatros D.IIISopwith Camel s/n B3756 from 70 SquadronDisappearedSt. JulienCaptain Noel William Ward Webb MIA
3823 August 1917 @ 10:10 hoursAlbatros D.IIISpad VII s/n B3528 from 19 SquadronCrashlanded at 23 Squadron's airfieldSouthwest of Diksmuide, BelgiumCaptain Arthur Lionel Gordon-Kidd WIA/DOW
393 September 1917 @ 09:52 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Sopwith Camel s/n 3917 from 45 SquadronShot downNorth of HouthemLieutenant Aubrey Talley Heywood KIA
40*5 September 1917 @ 14:50 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Sopwith Pup s/n B1842 from 46 SquadronCrashlanded trailing blue smokeSt. JulienSecond Lieutenant Charles Walter Odell unharmed
40*5 September 1917 @ 15:50 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Airco DH.5 s/n A9374 from 32 SquadronCrashed into Ypres CanalSt. JulienLieutenant William Edwin Sandys KIA
415 September 1917 @ 16:30 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Caudron two-seater s/n G.6 from Escadrille 53Shot downBixschooteMaréchal des logis Jacques Thabaud-Desthouilieres and
Lieutenant Marcel Mulard KIA
426 September 1917 @ 16:35 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d s/n B1895 from 20 SquadronShot down in flamesSaint Julien/BoesingheLieutenant John Oscar Pilkington and
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Herbert Frederick Matthews KIA
4310 September 1917 @ 17:50 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Sopwith Camel s/n B3927 from 70 SquadronShot downBetween Passendale and LangemarckSecond Lieutenant Arthur Jackson Smith Sisley KIA
4410 September 1917 @ 17:55 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Sopwith Camel s/n B3787 from 70 SquadronShot downBetween Passendale and Langemarck2nd Lt Oliver Charles Pearson MIA
4510 September 1917 @ 18:15 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Spad VII from Escadrille 31Shot downPaschendaele-WestroosebekeAdjutant Jules Tiberghein KIA
4611 September 1917 @ 10:30 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Bristol F.2 Fighter s/n B1105 from 22 SquadronShot downLangemarckSecond Lieutenant R. de Lacey Stedman WIA;
Second Lieutenant Harry Edward Jones KIA
4711 September 1917 @ 16:25 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Sopwith Camel B6236 from 45 SquadronShot downEast of Saint JulienLieutenant Oscar Lennox McMaking KIA
4823 September 1917 @ 09:30 hoursFokker Triplane s/n 103/17Airco D.H.4 s/n A7643 from 57 SquadronShot down in flamesLedegem, BelgiumSecond Lieutenants Samuel Leslie John Bramley and
John Matthew Delacey KIA

Voss last dogfight

In Voss last dogfight he managed to damage, hit, or cause to land nearly all his opponents from 56 Squadron. As he never lived to file combat claims and the planes were not permanently put out of action, they are not listed among his victory claims.
No.Date/timeAircraftFoeResultLocationNotes
U/c23 September 1917Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17SE5A serial number B1 from 56 SquadronDamagedMuspratt
U/c23 September 1917Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17SE5A serial number B506 from 56 SquadronHit but not Badly DamagedHoidge
U/c23 September 1917Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17SE5A serial number B525 from 56 SquadronHit but not Badly DamagedArthur Rhys Davids
U/c23 September 1917Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17SE5A serial number B539 from 60 SquadronForced to land at No 29 Squadron's airfield at Poperinghe after combat 18:55Capt H. A. Hamersley
U/c23 September 1917Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17SE5A serial number A4563 from 56 SquadronBadly DamagedCroyan
U/c23 September 1917Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17SE5A serial number B4863 from 56 SquadronHit but not Badly DamagedJames McCudden

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