BALLOON ACES
World War I
NAME BALLOONS DESTROYED TOTAL VICT. COUNTRY
1 Willy O.F.J. Coppens 35 37 Belgium
2 Léon Bourjade 27 28 France
3 Michel Coiffard 24 34 France
4 Maurice Boyau 21 35 France
5 Friedrich von Röth 20 28 Germany
6 Jacques Ehrlich 18 19 France
7 Heinrich Gontermann 16 (+1 U) 39 Gemany
8 Anthony Beauchamp Proctor 16 54 Great Britain
9 Frank Luke 14 18 USA
10 Karl Schlegel 14 (+1 U) 22 Germany
11 Oskar Hennrich 13 (+1 U) 20 Germany
12 Claude Haegelen 12 22 France
13 Marius Ambrogi 11 14 France
14 Friedrich Friedrichs 11 21 Germany
15 Henry Woollett 11 35 Great Britain
16 Tom Hazell 10 43 Great Britain
17 Fritz Höhn 10 21 Germany
18 Max Näther 10 26 Germany
19 William Barker 9 50 Canada
20 Louis Bennett 9 12 USA
21 Theophile Condemine 9 9 France
22 Hans von Freden 9 20 Germany
23 Sidney Highwood 9 16 Great Britain
24 Erich Löwenhardt 9 54 Germany
25 Jean Pezon 9 10 France
26 Armand Pinsard 9 27 France
27 Erich Thomas 9 10 Germany
28 Paul Barbreau 8 8 France
29 Josef Jacobs 8 (+1 U) 48 Germany
30 Max Kuhn 8 12 Germany
31 Charles Mace 8 12 France
32 Ernest Maunoury 8 11 France
33 Friedrich Noltenius 8 21 Germany
34 Fritz Pütter 8 25 Germany
35 Otto Schmidt 8 (+1 U) 20 Germany
36 Maurice Bizot 7 10 France
37 Oskar von Boenigk 7 26 Germany
38 Julius Buckler 7 36 Germany
39 Siegfried Büttner 7 13 Germany
40 Harry Goode 7 15 Great Britain
41 Harold Hudson 7 13 Canada
42 Hans Nülle 7 11 Germany
43 Charles Nungesser 7 43 France
44 Hans Pippart 7 22 Germany
45 Paul Santelli 7 7 France
46 Fernand Bonneton 6 9 France
47 Eugen Bönsch 6 (+1 U) 16 Austria-Hungary
48 Hans Klein 6 22 Germany
49 Antoine Laplasse 6 8 France
50 Donald MacLaren 6 54 Canada
51 Georg Meyer 6 (+1 U) 24 Germany
52 Marcel Bloch 5 5 France
53 Heinrich Bongartz 5 33 Germany
54 Godwin Brumowski 5 35 Austria-Hungary
55 Martin Dehmisch 5 10 Germany
56 William Campbell 5 23 Great Britaain
57 Pierre Cardon 5 5 France
58 Sydney Carlin 5 10 Great Britaain
59 Arthur Cobby 5 29 Australia
60 Pierre Ducornet 5 7 France
61 Wilhelm Frickart 5 12 Germany
62 Louis Gros 5 9 France
63 Francois Guerrier 5 5 France
64 Heinrich Haase 5 6 Germany
65 Lansing Colton Holden 5 7 USA
66 Adrien Leps 5 12 France
67 Richard Munday 5 9 Great Britain
68 Marcel Nogues 5 13 France
69 Edward Rickenbacker 5 26 USA
70 Jean Sardier 5 15 France
71 William Shields 5 24 Canada
72 Walter Southey 5 20 Great Britain
73 Paul Yvan Robet Waddington 5 12 France
74 Joseph Frank Wehner 5 6 USA
75 Hans Weiss 5 16 Germany
Gustave Victorin Daladier 4 12 France
Georges Marcel Lachmann 4 9 France
Auguste Joseph Marie Lahoulle 4 10 France
Paul Armand Petit 4 7 France
Maurice Albert Rousselle 4 5 France
Harvey Weir Cook 4 7 USA
Edgar Taylor 4 5 USA
Bernard Bartels 4 5 Germany
Fritz Otto Bernert 4 27 Germany
Otto Brauneck 4 (+1 U) 10 Germany
Wilhelm Kühne 4 7 Germany
Hans Henrich Marwede 4 5 Germany
Richard Rübe 4 5 Germany
Karl Fritz Schattauer 4 9 Germany
Paul Schwirtzke 4 4 Germany
E.E.A.M.J. Hage 3 3 Belgium
Yves Felix Barbaza 3 5 France
Pierre Delage 3 7 France
Henri Joseph Marie Hay de Slade 3 19 France
Hamilton Coolidge 3 8 USA
Lloyd Andrews Hamilton 3 10 USA
Remington de B. Verman 3 6 USA
Albert J. Weatherhead Jr. 3 4 USA
Giovanni Ancillotto 3 11 Italy
Benno Fiala Rittre von Fernbrugg 3 28 Austria-Hungary
Franz Rudorfer 3 11 Austria-Hungary
Paul Bäumer 3 43 Germany
Hans Böhning 3 17 Germany
Karl Bohny 3 8 Germany
Rudolph von Eschwege 3 (+1 U) 20 Germany
Max Gossner 3 8 Germany
Justus Grassman 3 10 Germany
Ludwig Hanstein 3 16 Germany
Hebler 3 3 Germany
Heinrich Henkel 3 8 Germany
Rudolf Kassner 3 4 Germany
Friedrich Manschott 3 12 Germany
Erich Raabe 3 4 Germany
Paul Rothe 3 5 Germany
Kurt Schneider 3 15 Germany
Friedrich Schumacher 3 5 Germany
Alwin Thurm 3 5 Germany
Adolf Ritter von Tutschek 3 27 Germany
Hans Waldhausen 3 6 Germany
Gustav Wember 3 4 Germany
Rudolf Windisch 3 22 Germany
Kurt Wusthoff 3 27 Germany
Jacques Eduard Ledure 2 (+1 U) 2 Belgium
Georges Octave Ulrich Medaets 2 2 Belgium
George Thompson 2 14 Great Britain
Hervey Rhodes 2 11 Great Britain
Croye Rothes Pithey 2 10 South Africa
Maurice Arnoux 2 5 France
Armond Jean Berthelot 2 11 France
Jean P.H.P.J. Casale 2 13 France
Gilbert Marie de Guingand 2 8 France
Georges Halberger 2 5 France
Armand J.G.J. de Turenne 2 15 France
Pierre H.E. Dufaur de Gavardie 2 6 France
Fernand Eugene Guyou 2 12 France
M.M.J.A. Tenant de la Tour 2 9 France
P.M.G.V.E. Leroy de Boiseaumarie 2 5 France
René Montrion 2 11 France
Andre Marie Paul Petit-Delchet 2 5 France
Gilbert Uteau 2 5 France
James Alexander Connelly 2 7 USA
Frederick Warrington Gillet 2 20 USA
Aubrey P. Diamond 2 2 USA
Frederick Ernest Luff 2 5 USA
Zenos Ramsey Miller 2 5 USA
Ewart S. Miller 2 5 USA
Donald S. Poler 2 3 USA
Sumner Sewall 2 7 USA
William Duncan Tipton 2 5 USA
George E. Turnure Jr. 2 2 USA
Clive Wilson Warman 2 12 USA
Franz Gräser 2 18 Austria-Hungary
Adolf Heyrowsky 2 12 Austria-Hungary
Frank Linke-Crawford 2 27 Austria-Hungary
Baumgarten 2 3 Germany
Hermann Behrends 2 1 Germany
Berling 2 3 Germany
Thilo Boelcke 2 4 Germany
Konrad Brendle 2 9 Germany
Helmut Brünig 2 7 Germany
Walter von Bülow-Bothcamp 2 28 Germany
Helmuth Contag 2 4 Germany
Eduard Ritter von Dostler 2 (+1 U) 26 Germany
Friedrich Engler 2 (+1 U) 4 Germany
Paul Färber 2 2 Germany
Otto Fitzner 2 7 Germany
Otto Ludwig Förster 2 3 Germany
Willi Gabriel 2 11 Germany
Karl Gallwitz 2 10 Germany
Erich Hahn 2 6 Germany
Albert Haussmann 2 15 Germany
Robert Heibert 2 13 Germany
Albert Hets 2 6 Germany
Huar 2 3 Germany
Jeep 2 3 Germany
Erich Just 2 6 Germany
Knüpfel 2 3 Germany
Johann Kopka 2 5 Germany
Arthur Korff 2 8 Germany
Krayer 2 3 Germany
Reinhold Maier 2 2 Germany
Rudolf Matthaei 2 10 Germany
Max Mertens 2 3 Germany
Erich Meyer 2 5 Germany
Hans Karl Müller 2 9 Germany
Edmund Nathanael 2 15 Germany
Otto Parschau 2 8 Germany
Kurt Petzinna 2 2 Germany
Franz Piechulek 2 14 Germany
Kurt Pietzsch 2 2 Germany
Theodor Quandt 2 15 Germany
Hans Quartier 2 2 Germany
Arthur Rahn 2 6 Germany
Hans Joachim Rolfes 2 17 Germany
Gustav Schneidewind 2 7 Germany
Kurt Schönfelder 2 (+1 U) 13 Germany
Erich Schütze 2 6 Germany
Gerhard Schulte 2 3 Germany
Wilhelm Schwartz 2 8 Germany
Wilhelm Sommer 2 5 Germany
Stein 2 2 Germany
Werner Steinhauser 2 10 Germany
Wilhelm Stör 2 5 Germany
Georg Strasser 2 7 Germany
Renatus Theiller 2 12 Germany
Karl Treiber 2 7 Germany
Bernhard Ultsch 2 12 Germany
Weisshaar, 2 2 Germany
Paul Wenzel 2 10 Germany
Šimáček, Rudolf 1 3 Austria-Hungary (Czech)
Fernand Maxmillien Leon Jacquet 1 (+3 U) 7 Belgium
Robert de Leener 1 1 Belgium
Andre E.A. de Meulemeester 1 11 Belgium
Charles A.M.P. de Montigny 1 (+1 U) 2 Belgium
Leon Jean Adolphe Guillon 1 2 Belgium
Maurice A.F.W. Jamar 1 1 Belgium
Robert Gustave Florent Rondeau 1 2 Belgium
Joseph Marie Victor Vuysteke 1 1 Belgium
Clement Graham Boothroyd 1 12 Great Britain
John Hills 1 7 Great Britain
Hugh Fitzgerald Moore 1 6 Great Britain
Percy Stanley Williams 1 7 Great Britain
John Stevenson Stubbs 1 11 Great Britain
Charles Cannon Dance 1 6 Great Britain
Andre Jean Louis Barcat 1 5 France
Bernard Henri Barny de Romanet 1 18 France
Georges Pietre Blanc 1 5 France
Edmond Eugene Henri Caillaux 1 5 France
Lucien Eugene Cayol 1 5 France
Andre Julien Chainat 1 11 France
Jean Chaput 1 16 France
Louis Antoine Chartoire 1 5 France
Antoine Pierre Jean Cordonier 1 5 France
P.F.P. de Cazenove de Pradines 1 7 France
Noel H.A.L. de Rochefort 1 7 France
Francois Paul Delzenne 1 7 France
Albert Louis Deullin 1 20 France
Marcel Mare Dhome 1 9 France
Gustave Douchy 1 9 France
Jean Ch.A. Dubois de Gennes 1 5 France
Andre Dubonnet 1 6 France
Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard 1 7 France
Lucien Marcel Gasser 1 10 France
Gabriel Fernand Charles Guérin 1 23 France
Julien Anatole Guertiau 1 8 France
Joseph-Henri Guiguet 1 5 France
Marcel Anatole Hugues 1 12 France
Lucien Joseph Jailler 1 12 France
Charles Eugene Joseph M. Lefevre 1 6 France
Maxime Albert Lenoir 1 11 France
Andre Robert Levy 1 6 France
Georges Frederick Lienhart 1 5 France
Georges Felix Madon 1 41 France
Jean Georges Fernand Matton 1 9 France
Xavier Jean-Marie Louis Moissinac 1 7 France
Charles Marie Joseph Leon Nuville 1 12 France
René Alphonse Pelissier 1 6 France
Constant Emmanuel Plessis 1 6 France
Roger Poupon 1 8 France
Victor F.M.A. Regnier 1 5 France
Jean Charle Romatet 1 7 France
Constant Frederic Soulier 1 6 France
Pierre Armand Wertheim 1 5 France
Sydney McGillvary Brown 1 5 USA
Joseph E. Boudwin 1 2 USA
William E. Brotherton 1 3 USA
Archibald Buchanan 1 7 USA
Harold Robert Buckley 1 5 USA
Jesse F. Campbell 1 4 USA
Reed McKinley Chambers 1 7 USA
Edwin R. Clark 1 1 USA
Rollis C. Connant 1 1 USA
Leslie B. Cooper 1 1 USA
Irving P. Corse 1 2 USA
John F. Curry 1 1 USA
Leo H. Dawson 1 4 USA
John Dewitt 1 1 USA
Farnam T. Fish 1 1 USA
Samuel D. Gillard Jr. 1 3 USA
John B. Garver 1 3 USA
Benjamin F. Giles 1 1 USA
Charles Gossage Grey 1 5 USA
Herbert R. Hall 1 2 USA
David Sinton Ingalls 1 6 USA
Field Eugene Kindley 1 12 USA
William Carpenter Lambert 1 18 USA
Reed Gresham Landis 1 12 USA
Thomas F. Lennon 1 2 USA
Henry S. Loomis 1 1 USA
Frederick Ivery Lord 1 12 USA
Kenneth W. Matheson 1 1 USA
Eugene L. McCubbin 1 1 USA
James E. McGehee 1 1 USA
James Armand Meissner 1 8 USA
Carlyle L. Nelson 1 2 USA
James M. Newell 1 2 USA
David Endicott Putnam 1 13 USA
Ivan M. Roberts 1 3 USA
Howard C. Smith 1 1 USA
Wayne B. Stephenson 1 1 USA
William Thaw 1 5 USA
Robert Miles Todd 1 5 USA
Alvin H. Treadwell 1 3 USA
Jerry Cox Vasconcells 1 6 USA
George Augustus Vaughn Jr. 1 13 USA
Wilbert Wallace White Jr. 1 8 USA
Rodney D. Williams 1 4 USA
Granville O. Woodard 1 2 USA
Chester Elis Wright 1 9 USA
Étienne Tsu 1 3 China
Flavio Torello Baracchinu 1 (+1 U) 21 Italy
Ernesto Cabruna 1 8 Italy
Marziale Cerutti 1 17 Italy
Pier Ruggero Piccio 1 24 Italy
Gottfried Fr. von Banfield 1 9 Austria-Hungary
Istvan Fejes 1 (+1 U) 16 Austria-Hungary
Josef Friedrich 1 7 Austria-Hungary
Kurt Gruber 1 11 Austria-Hungary
Otto Jindra 1 9 Austria-Hungary
Karoly Kaszala 1 8 Austria-Hungary
Franz Koudela 1 1 Austria-Hungary
Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll ... 1 5 Austria-Hungary
Alexander von Tahy Sandor 1 8 Austria-Hungary
Franz Wognar 1 5 Austria-Hungary
Paul Acgilles 1 8 Germany
Hans Ritter von Adam 1 21 Germany
Werner Albert 1 4 Germany
Wilhelm Allmenröder 1 2 Germany
Leopold Anslinger 1 10 Germany
Armbrecht 1 2 Germany
Heinrich Arntzen 1 11 Germany
Paul Aue 1 10 Germany
Alfred Auersbach 1 2 Germany
Dietrich Averes 1 10 Germany
Fritz Bachmann 1 1 Germany
Albert Bader 1 4 Germany
Anton Bauhofer 1 4 Germany
Phillip Becht 1 4 Germany
Kurt Beinecke 1 1 Germany
Gustav Bellen 1 1 Germany
Arno Benzler 1 9 Germany
Hans Berr 1 10 Germany
Rudolf Bertelsmeier 1 4 Germany
Eduard Binge 1 4 Germany
Ernst Binkenstein 1 3 Germany
Fritz Blume 1 4 Germany
Franz Bohlein 1 1 Germany
Karl Bohnenkamp 1 15 Germany
Paul Bona 1 6 Germany
Walter Böning 1 17 Germany
Hans Bowski 1 5 Germany
Franz Brandt 1 10 Germany
Breidenbach 1 1 Germany
Brockhoff 1 4 Germany
F. von Bronsart und Schellendorf 1 1 Germany
Christian Brunnengräber 1 1 Germany
Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt 1 5 Germany
Gustav Bürck 1 3 Germany
Ernst Busch 1 1 Germany
Christiansen 1 2 Germany
Fritz Classen 1 11 Germany
Ernst Clausnitzer 1 3 Germany
Gottfried Clausnitzer 1 1 Germany
Albrecht Crüsemann 1 1 Germany
Wilhelm Cymera 1 5 Germany
Theodor Hermann Dahlmann 1 7 Germany
Xaver Dannhuber 1 11 Germany
Carl Degelow 1 30 Germany
Kurt Delang 1 2 Germany
Johann Diebold 1 1 Germany
Albert Dietlen 1 9 Germany
Helmut Dilthey 1 7 Germany
Walter Dittrich 1 1 Germany
Hans Christian F. Donhauser 1 19 Germany
Albert Dossenbach 1 15 Germany
Heinrich Drekmann 1 11 Germany
Robert Dycke 1 2 Germany
Eggebrecht 1 1 Germany
Karl Engelfried 1 6 Germany
Christel Elfers 1 1 Germany
Richard Ernert 1 2 Germany
Julius Fichter 1 7 Germany
Josef Filbig 1 1 Germany
Fröhlich 1 1 Germany
Joseph Funk 1 3 Germany
Hans-Eberhardt Gandert 1 8 Germany
Geissler 1 1 Germany
Gillardoni 1 1 Germany
Hermann Gilly 1 7 Germany
Walter Göttsch 1 20 Germany
Grigo 1 3 Germany
Hermann Habich 1 7 Germany
Hagen 1 2 Germany
Walter Höhne 1 1 Germany
Otto Hohmuth 1 4 Germany
Hans Horst 1 4 Germany
Hüttner 1 3 Germany
Joachim-Friedrich Huth 1 1 Germany
Kurt Jacob 1 7 Germany
Fritz John Jacobsen 1 8 Germany
Paul Jäger 1 1 Germany
Johannes Jensen 1 6 Germany
Erich Kämpfe 1 2 Germany
Fritz Kieckhafer 1 8 Germany
Hans Kirschstein 1 27 Germany
Stefan Kirmaier 1 11 Germany
Otto Kissenberth 1 20 Germany
Herbert Wilhelm Franz Knappe 1 9 Germany
Hans Körner 1 7 Germany
Kosslick 1 2 Germany
Max Krauss 1 4 Germany
Edwin Kreuzer 1 2 Germany
Kulbe 1 3 Germany
Hans Kummetz 1 7 Germany
Hermann Kunz 1 6 Germany
Arthur Laumann 1 28 Germany
Leicht 1 4 Germany
Wilhelm Leusch 1 5 Germany
Lidl, 1 1 Germany
Ludwig Luer 1 6 Germany
Herbert Mahn 1 9 Germany
Maier 1 1 Germany
Karl Maletsky 1 4 Germany
Hans-Georg von der Marwitz 1 15 Germany
Meixner 1 2 Germany
Karl Albert Mendel 1 7 Germany
Christian Mesch 1 13 Germany
Konrad Mettlich 1 6 Germany
Erich Mix 1 (+1 U) 3 Germany
Kurt Müller 1 2 Germany
Rudolf Neitzer 1 1 Germany
Johann Neumaier 1 4 Germany
Niebecker 1 3 Germany
Oldenberg 1 2 Germany
Heinrich Otto 1 1 Germany
Willy Peters 1 2 Germany
Otto Pfältzer 1 3 Germany
Pfänder 1 3 Germany
Pissowotzky 1 1 Germany
Leopold von Raffay 1 2 Germany
Rausch, 1 2 Germany
Lothar Rehm 1 1 Germany
Erich Reiher 1 1 Germany
Claus Reimer 1 8 Germany
Karl Waldemar Ritscherle 1 8 Germany
Karl Romeis 1 2 Germany
Otto Rosenfeld 1 13 Germany
Rothe 1 2 Germany
Simon Ruckser 1 1 Germany
Fritz Rumey 1 45 Germany
Theodor Rumpel 1 5 Germany
Ruppert 1 1 Germany
Emil Schäpe 1 18 Germany
Schendel 1 1 Germany
Fritz Schiemann 1 2 Germany
Eduard Ritter von Schleich 1 35 Germany
Johann Schlimpen 1 5 Germany
Karl Schmelcher 1 2 Germany
Julius Schmidt 1 15 Germany
Franz Schmitt 1 3 Germany
Karl Schmückle 1 6 Germany
Martin Schoen 1 1 Germany
Heinrich Schott 1 1 Germany
Fritz Schubert 1 3 Germany
Wilhelm Schulz 1 6 Germany
Gunther Schuster 1 6 Germany
Konrad Schwartz 1 5 Germany
Kurt Seit 1 5 Germany
Erich Sonneck 1 6 Germany
Otto Splitgerber 1 6 Germany
Stadley 1 1 Germany
Kurt Straube 1 1 Germany
Alex Thomas 1 2 Germany
Emil Thuy 1 35 Germany
Tolischuss 1 1 Germany
Reinhard Treptow 1 6 Germany
Andreas Triebswetter 1 4 Germany
Gerold Tschentschel 1 5 Germany
Paul Turck 1 10 Germany
Albert Tybelsky 1 1 Germany
Arno Ulbricht 1 1 Germany
Ulbrich 1 2 Germany
Alfred Ulmer 1 5 Germany
Kurt Ungewitter 1 7 Germany
Viktor 1 1 Germany
Fritz Vossen 1 2 Germany
Werner Wagener 1 5 Germany
Gilbert Wagner 1 4 Germany
Otto Gustav Wandelt 1 3 Germany
Hasso von Wedel 1 5 Germany
Weichel 1 1 Germany
Weiner 1 1 Germany
Richard Wenzl 1 12 Germany
Jakob Wolff 1 4 Germany
Werner Zech 1 3 Germany
Stefan Stanislav Steć 0 (+2 U) 3 Austria-Hungary (Poland)
Wilhelm Dietrich 0 (+2 U) 0 Germany
Pilát, Václav 0 (+1 U) 0 Czech
Edmond Isabelle Weekers 0 (+1 U) 0 Belgium
Friedrich Ehmann 0 (+1 U) 1 Germany
Franz Kirchfeld 0 (+1 U) 8 Germany
Koch 0 (+1 U) 2 Germany
Heinrich Stör 0 (+1 U) 1 Germany
Alvaro Leonardi 0 (+1 U) 8 Italy
Guido Masiero 0 (+1 U) 5 Italy
Amedeo Mecozzi 0 (+1 U) 5 Italy
Alessandro Resch 0 (+1 U) 5 Italy
Silvio Scaroni 0 (+1 U) 26 Italy
U ... unconfirmed balloon victory
German observation balloon bombed & flamed by allied a/c.
Belgian captive balloon.
