Paul Bäumer was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 43 aerial victories. He won his first three aerial victories while flying for Jagdstaffel 5. He then transferred to Jagdstaffel 2, where he scored the remaining 40 victories of his combat career. Three of Bäumer's victims were opposing aces: Ronald Sykes, his fifth victory, and Lynn Campbell and William Hodgkinson, his 43rd.

List of victories

This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Change of jagdstaffeln is indicated by doubled lines in chart. Information was abstracted from Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918, p. 67, Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. and from The Aerodrome webpage on Paul Bäumer Abbreviations from those sources were expanded by editor creating this list.

No.Date/timeVictimSquadronLocation 1 12 July 1917 @ 1010 hours Observation balloon Nurlu, Somme, France 2 13 July 1917 @ 1700 hours Observation balloon 41st Company Saint-Quentin, France 3 15 July 1917 @ 1840 hours Observation balloon 45th Company Saint-Quentin, France 4 9 September 1917 @ 1525 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 52 Squadron RFC Mannessvere 5 20 September 1917 @ 1510 hours Sopwith Camel No. 9 (Naval) Squadron Ramskapelle, Belgium 6 21 September 1917 @ 1750 hours Sopwith Camel Boesinghen 7 5 November 1917 @ 1250 hours Sopwith Camel Saint-Julien 8 6 November 1917 @ 0825 hours Sopwith Camel No. 65 Squadron RFC Vierlavenhoek, Belgium 9 6 November 1917 @ 1150 hours SPAD VII No. 19 Squadron RFC East of Zonnebeke, Belgium 10 7 November 1917 @ 0810 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 4 Squadron RFC Morslede, Belgium 11 8 November 1917 @ 1645 hours SE.5a No. 84 Squadron RFC Zillebeke, Belgium 12 8 November 1917 @ 1650 hours SE.5a No. 60 Squadron RFC Zonnebeke, Belgium 13 18 November 1917 @ 0920 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Northeast of Zillebeke Lake, Belgium 14 19 November 1917 @ 1600 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Diksmuide, Belgium 15 28 November 1917 @ 1400 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 No. 7 Squadron RFC North of Gheluvelt, Belgium 16 7 December 1917 @ 1155 hours SPAD No. 23 Squadron RFC Zonnebeke, Belgium 17 16 December 1917 @ 1410 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 North of Boesinghen 18 18 December 1917 @ 1600 hours Sopwith Camel West of Becelaere, Belgium 19 9 March 1918 @ 1110 hours Sopwith Camel North of Zonnebeke, Belgium 20 23 March 1918 @ 1330 hours Sopwith Camel No. 46 Squadron RFC South of Saint-Leger 21 23 March 1918 @ 1545 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 North of Tilloy 22 23 March 1918 @ 1615 hours Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 South of Douai, France 23 5 September 1918 @ 1840 hours DH.4 No. 57 Squadron RAF South of Douai, France 24 6 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RAF West of Cantaing-sur-Escaut, France 25 14 September 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Cantaing-sur-Escaut, France 26 16 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter or DH.4Northeast of Henin-Lietard 27 20 September 1918 @ 1550 hours Sopwith Camel 148th Aero Squadron, USAAS East of Rumancourt 28 21 September 1918 DH.9 No. 205 Squadron RAF East of Bourlon Wood, France 29 21 September 1918 DH.9 East of Lagnicourt-Marcel, France 30 21 September 1918 DH.9 East of Morchies, France 31 24 September 1918 Sopwith Camel Sailly, France 32 24 September 1918 DH.9 Southwest of Clary, Nord, France 33 27 September 1918 Sopwith Snipe South of Cisy 34 27 September 1918 DH.4 No. 25 Squadron RAF West of Cambrai, France 35 27 September 1918 SE.5a West of Cambrai, France 36 29 September 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RFC Marcoing, France 37 29 September 1918 SE.5a Bourlon Wood, France 38 29 September 1918 Sopwith Camel South of Sailly, France 39 3 October 1918 @ 1430 hours SE.5a Rumilly, France 40 4 October 1918 SE.5a No. 85 Squadron RAF Montbrehain, France 41 4 October 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 11 Squadron RAF Cambrai Station, France 42 8 October 1918 Sopwith Camel Bautigny 43 9 October 1918 Bristol F.2 Fighter No. 62 Squadron RAF Presau

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