Leutnant Werner Voss (13 April 1897 – 23 September 1917) 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 48 victories.

Werner Voss's victories

Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically. Unconfirmed victories are denoted by "u/c".

When two casualties are listed in Notes column, the first listed is the pilot, the other the aerial observer/gunner. Conflicting claims denoted by *, although only one counts as a confirmed victory according to either source.

Doubled horizontal lines mark changes in squadron assignments.

No.Date/timeAircraftFoeResultLocationNotes 1 27 November 1916 @ 09:40 hours Albatros Nieuport 17 serial number A281 from 60 Squadron Shot down Miraumont, France Captain George Alec Parker missing in action 2 27 November 1916 @ 14:15 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b s/n 4915 from 18 Squadron Shot down in flamesDiggens 2003, p. 27. South of Bapaume, France Lieutenant F. A. George wounded in action; Air Mechanic 1st Class Oliver Frederick Watts killed in action 3 21 December 1916 @ 11:00 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5782 from 7 Squadron Shot down Miraumont, France Lieutenant D. W. Davis WIA; Second Lieutenant William Martin Vernon Cotton KIA 4 1 February 1917 @ 16:00 hours Albatros Airco D.H.2 s/n A2614 from 29 Squadron Shot down Achiet-le-Petit Captain Albert Peter Vincent Daly WIA, prisoner of war 5 4 February 1917 @ 14:40 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5927 from 16 Squadron Shot down Givenchy, France Second Lieutenant Herbert Martin-Massey WIA; Second Lieutenant Noel Mark Hodson Vernham KIA 6 10 February 1917 @ 11:15 hours Albatros Airco D.H.2 s/n A2548 from 32 Squadron Damaged Southwest of Serre Captain Leslie Peech Aizlewood returned to base unhurtDiggens 2003, p. 30. 7 25 February 1917 @ 14:55 hours Albatros Airco D.H.2 s/n A2557 from 29 Squadron Shot down Arras-Saint Sauveur Lieutenant Reginald J. S. Lund WIA 8 25 February 1917 @ 15:00 hours Albatros Airco D.H.2 s/n 7849 from 29 Squadron Damaged Arras, France Captain H. J. Payn's returned to base unhurtDiggens 2003, pp. 30–31. 9 26 February 1917 @ 16:50 hours Halberstadt Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 2535 from 16 Squadron Shot down Écurie, France Lieutenant H. E. Bagot WIA; Second Lieutenant Robert Lawrence Munro Jack died of wounds 10 27 February 1917 @ 10:45 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e s/n 2530 from 8 Squadron Shot down in flamesDiggens 2003, p. 31. Blairville, France Second Lieutenants Edwin Albert Pope and Hubert Alfred Johnson KIA 11 27 February 1917 @ 16:48 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 7197 from 12 Squadron Shot down West of Arras Captain John McArthur and Private James Whiteford KIA 12 4 March 1917 @ 11:30 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 6252 from 8 Squadron Shot down in flamesDiggens 2003, p. 33. South of Berneville, France Sergeant Reginald James Moody and Second Lieutenant Edmund Eric Horn KIA 13 6 March 1917 @ 16:35 hours Albatros Airco D.H.2 s/n 7941 from 32 Squadron Shot down Favreuil, France Captain Herbert Gordon Southon WIA, POW 14 11 March 1917 @ 10:00 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n 7685 from 22 Squadron Shot down Rancourt, France Second Lieutenant Leslie W. Beale and Air Mechanic 2nd Class F. G. Davis WIA 15 11 March 1917 @ 14:30 hours Albatros Nieuport 17 s/n A279 from 60 Squadron Shot down Bailleul, France Arthur D. Whitehead WIA, POW 16 17 March 1917 @ 12:15 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n 7695 from 11 Squadron Shot down Northeast of Berlencourt-le-Cauroy, France Second Lieutenant RussellDiggens 2003, p. 34. W. Cross and Lieutenant Christopher F. Lodge WIA 17 17 March 1917 @ 12:25 hours Albatros Airco D.H.2 s/n A2583 from 32 Squadron Shot down Northeast of Berlencourt-le-Cauroy Lieutenant Theodore A. Cooch WIA 18 18 March 1917 @ 18:40 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e s/n 5784 from 8 Squadron Shot down in flamesDiggens 2003, p. 35. Neuville, France Second Lieutenant Charles R. Dougal WIA; Second Lieutenant Sydney Harryman POW/WIA/DOW 19 18 March 1917 @ 18:50 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5750 from 13 Squadron Shot down; aircrew and aircraft strafed on ground Boyelles, France Captain Guy Stafford Thorne DOW; Second Lieutenant Philip Edward Hislop van Baerle POWCrean 2011, p. 48. 20 19 March 1917 @ 09:30 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 s/n A4165 from 59 Squadron Shot down Saint-Léger, France Captain Eldred WolferstanDiggens 2003, p. 39. Bowyer-Bower and Second Lieutenant Eric Elgey KIA 21 24 March 1917 @ 16:10 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A5485 from 23 Squadron Shot down Between Vaulx and Morchies Sergeant Edward P. Critchley WIA; Air Mechanic 1st Class Frank Russell KIADiggens 2003, p. 40. 22 24 March 1917 @ 16:45 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d s/n 5769 from 8 Squadron Shot down Boileux-Boiry Lieutenant Hugh Norton and Second Lieutenant Reginald Alfred William Tillett KIA 23 1 April 1917 @ 11:45 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 2561 from 15 Squadron Shot down; aircraft strafed on ground East of Saint-Léger, France Captain Arthur Meredith Wynne WIA;Diggens 2003, pp. 41–42. Lieutenant Adrian Somerset MacKenzie KIA 24 6 April 1917 @ 09:30 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n A3157 from 15 Squadron Shot down South of Lagnicourt-Marcel, France Second Lieutenants Albert Higgs Vinson and Everard Champion Gwilt crashlanded within British linesCrean 2011, pp. 48–49. u/c 6 April 1917 @ 09:45 hours Albatros Sopwith Pup s/n A6165 from 54 Squadron Forced to land South of Lagnicourt-Marcel, France Second Lieutenant Robert M. Foster survivedDiggens 2003, p. 43. 25 7 May 1917 @ 19:25 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5 s/n A4867 from 56 Squadron Shot down Between Étaing and Lecuse Second Lieutenant Roger Michael Chaworth-Musters KIA 26 9 May 1917 @ 14:00 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c s/n 7209 from 52 Squadron Exploded Havrincourt, France Lieutenant Roland Humphrey Coles and Second Lieutenant John Charles SigismundDiggens 2003, p. 49. Day KIA 27 9 May 1917 @ 16:45 hours Albatros Sopwith Pup s/n A6174 from 54 Squadron Shot down Lesdain, France Lieutenant George Copland Temple Hadrill POWDiggens 2003, pp. 49–50. 28 9 May 1917 @ 16:50 hours Albatros Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n 4991 from 22 Squadron Shot down Le Bosquet Second Lieutenants Charles McKenzie Furlonger and Charles William Lane POWDiggens 2003, p. 50. 29 23 May 1917 @ 14:25 hours Albatros D.III Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A5502 from 18 Squadron Shot down North of Havrincourt Second Lieutenant Wilfred Ferguson MacDonald and Lieutenant Frank Charles Shackell KIA 30 26 May 1917 @ 15:45 hours Albatros D.III Sopwith Pup s/n A6168 From 54 Squadron Shot down Southwest of Gouzeaucourt, France Second Lieutenant Mortimer George Cole WIADiggens 2003, p. 56. 31 28 May 1917 @ 14:00 hours Albatros D.III Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d s/n A6378 from 25 Squadron Shot down Southeast of Douai, France Captain Aubrey de Selincourt and Lieutenant Henry Cotton POW 32 4 June 1917 @ 07:10 hours Albatros D.III Sopwith Pup s/n B2151 from 54 Squadron Shot down Aubencheul-aux-Bois, France Captain Reginald George Hewett Pixley KIA 33 5 June 1917 @ 09:30 hours Albatros D.III Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A857 from 22 Squadron Shot down North of Vaucelles Captain Francis Percival Don and Lieutenant Herbert Harris POW 34 6 June 1917 @ 13:10 hours Albatros D.III Nieuport 17 s/n N3204 from 6 Naval Squadron Shot down West of Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France Sub-Lieutenant Fabian Pember Reeves of the RNAS KIA 35 10 August 1917 @ 16:25 hours Albatros D.III Spad XIII from Escadrille 31 of the Aéronautique Militaire Shot down South of Diksmuide, Belgium Captain HenriDiggens 2003, p. 67. Rousseau MIA 36 15 August 1917 @ 19:10 hours Albatros D.III Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b s/n A5152 from 20 Squadron Shot down Zillebeke Lake Second Lieutenant Charles H. Cameron unhurt; Private Stanley Edward Pilbrow KIA 37 16 August 1917 @ 21:00 hours Albatros D.III Sopwith Camel s/n B3756 from 70 Squadron DisappearedDiggens 2003, p. 68. St. Julien Captain Noel William Ward Webb MIA 38 23 August 1917 @ 10:10 hours Albatros D.III Spad VII s/n B3528 from 19 Squadron Crashlanded at 23 Squadron's airfield Southwest of Diksmuide, Belgium Captain Arthur Lionel Gordon-Kidd WIA/DOW 39 3 September 1917 @ 09:52 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Sopwith Camel s/n 3917 from 45 Squadron Shot down North of Houthem Lieutenant Aubrey Talley Heywood KIA 40* 5 September 1917 @ 14:50 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Sopwith Pup s/n B1842 from 46 Squadron Crashlanded trailing blue smoke St. Julien Second Lieutenant Charles Walter Odell unharmed 40* 5 September 1917 @ 15:50 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17Airco DH.5 s/n A9374 from 32 SquadronFranks et al. 1993, p. 224. Crashed into Ypres Canal St. Julien Lieutenant William Edwin Sandys KIA 41 5 September 1917 @ 16:30 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Caudron two-seater s/n G.6 from Escadrille 53 Shot down Bixschoote Maréchal des logis Jacques Thabaud-Desthouilieres and Lieutenant Marcel Mulard KIA 42 6 September 1917 @ 16:35 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d s/n B1895 from 20 Squadron Shot down in flamesDiggens 2003, p. 71. Saint Julien/Boesinghe Lieutenant John Oscar Pilkington and Air Mechanic 2nd Class Herbert Frederick Matthews KIA 43 10 September 1917 @ 17:50 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Sopwith Camel s/n B3927 from 70 Squadron Shot down Between Passendale and Langemarck Second Lieutenant Arthur Jackson Smith Sisley KIA 44 10 September 1917 @ 17:55 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Sopwith Camel s/n B3787 from 70 Squadron Shot down Between Passendale and Langemarck 2nd Lt Oliver Charles Pearson2nd Lt O.C. Pearson MIA 45 10 September 1917 @ 18:15 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Spad VII from Escadrille 31 Shot down Paschendaele-Westroosebeke Adjutant Jules Tiberghein KIA 46 11 September 1917 @ 10:30 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Bristol F.2 Fighter s/n B1105 from 22 Squadron Shot down Langemarck Second Lieutenant R. de Lacey Stedman WIA; Second Lieutenant Harry Edward Jones KIA 47 11 September 1917 @ 16:25 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Sopwith Camel B6236 from 45 Squadron Shot down East of Saint Julien Lieutenant Oscar Lennox McMaking KIA 48 23 September 1917 @ 09:30 hours Fokker Triplane s/n 103/17 Airco D.H.4 s/n A7643 from 57 Squadron Shot down in flamesDiggens 2012, p. 79. Ledegem, Belgium Second Lieutenants Samuel Leslie John Bramley and John Matthew Delacey KIACrean 2011, pp. 428–432.

Endnotes

References Crean, Thomas. Lieutenant Der Reserve Werner Voss and the Pilots of Jasta 10. Outskirts Press, Incorporated, 2010. , 9781432748739. Diggens, Barry. September Evening: The Life and Final Combat of the German World War One Ace Werner Voss. Grub Street, 2003. , 9781904010470