Walter Göttsch (1896–1918) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 20 confirmed aerial victories.The Aerodrome webpage on Walter Göttsch

The victory list

Walter Göttsch's victories are reported in chronological order, not the order or dates the victories were confirmed by headquarters. No.DateTimeFoeUnitLocation 1 14 November 1916 Belgian observation balloonObservation balloons were important artillery direction posts. Accordingly, they were prime targets for aerial attack, and were well defended by antiaircraft guns, small arms fire, and patrolling fighter planes. Oostvleteren 2 17 November 1916 Airco DH.2 No. 29 Squadron RFC Southwest of Ypres, Belgium 3 5 January 1917 1100 hours Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e No. 6 Squadron RFC Voormezele 4 7 January 1917 1300 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Between Ypres, Belgium and Kemmel 5 1 February 1917 P.M. Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC East of Moorslede, Belgium 6 1 February 1917 P.M. Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Bondues, France, north of Lille, France Uncounted 7 March 1917 Runaway German observation balloon 7 6 April 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Northeast of Polygon Wood 8 8 April 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 East of Diksmuide, Belgium 9 24 April 1917 0910 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC East of Ypres, Belgium 10 3 May 1917 P.M. Royal Aircraft Factory FE.8 North of Lille, France 11 4 May 1917 1317 hours Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter North of Lille, France 12 5 May 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Above Schaapbalie 13 17 July 1917 1250 hours Nieuport Southwest of Sint-Jan, also known as Saint-Jean 14 31 July 1917 1340 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d No. 20 Squadron RFC Moorslede, Belgium 15 6 September 1917 0910 hours Sopwith Elverdinge 16 10 September 1917 1810 hours SPAD Frezenberg (also known as Frezenburg in English), Ypres 17 16 September 1917 Sopwith Camel No. 70 Squadron RFC Houthulst Forest, Belgium 18 31 March 1918 Dorand AR2 East of Montdidier, France 19 1 April 1918 Bréguet 14 Montdidier, France 20 10 April 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 Amiens, FranceBackground information from Above the Lines and The Aerodrome website. Supplemental information cited in individual victories and claims. Abbreviations were expanded by the editor creating this list.

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Sources

Guttman, Jon. Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 . Osprey Publishing, 2005. ,