Rudolf Frank
Aerial victory credits
Frank was credited with 45 aerial victories claimed in 183 combat missions. This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Frank an ace-in-a-day, a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.

Rudolf Frank

Section Title: Aerial victory credits
Table Section Text: Frank was credited with 45 aerial victories claimed in 183 combat missions. This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Frank an ace-in-a-day, a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.

Chronicle of aerial victories

Victory	Date	Time	Type	Location	Unit	Serial No./Squadron No.

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 L1+GH –

1	4 July 1941	00:54	Vickers Wellington	10 km (6.2 mi) north of Grafeld/Oldenburg

—	15 July 1941	01:05	Handley Page Halifax	northwest of Meppen

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-3 L1+DH –

2	15 September 1941	23:30	Vickers Wellington	northwest of Meppen

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-2 D5+EH –

3	21 January 1942	21:03	Handley Page Hampden	near Berge (northeast Lingen)

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-2 D5+HH –

4	26 January 1942	20:36	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley	west of Quakenbrück

5	3 July 1942	01:45	Vickers Wellington	5 km (3.1 mi) north of Cloppenburg

6	3 July 1942	02:13	Vickers Wellington	20 km (12 mi) southwest of Vechta

– Dornier Do 217 J D5+GH –

7	14 September 1942	03:42	Vickers Wellington	10 km (6.2 mi) east of Lingen

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-2 D5+BH –

8	3 March 1943	22:22	Short Stirling	south of Delmenhorst

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+CH –

9	15 June 1943	01:24	Avro Lancaster III	Antwerp	No. 50 Squadron	ED810/VN-Z

10	17 June 1943	00:58	Avro Lancaster	Scheldt Estuary

11	17 June 1943	01:18	Avro Lancaster	Scheldt Estuary

12	17 June 1943	01:39	Avro Lancaster	Scheldt Estuary

13	22 June 1943	01:24	Vickers Wellington	20 km (12 mi) east of Antwerp

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+BH –

14	4 July 1943	01:06	Handley Page Halifax	north of Antwerp

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+EK –

15	24 August 1943	00:47	Short Stirling	Berlin

16	31 August 1943	03:43	Handley Page Halifax	northwest of Venlo

17	31 August 1943	23:28	Avro Lancaster	east of Diepholz

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+DK –

18	6 September 1943	00:14	Four-engined bomber	Saargebiet

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+LK –

19	22 September 1943	23:35	Handley Page Halifax	Hanover

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+KK –

20	23 September 1943	23:42	Avro Lancaster	Mannheim

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+LK –

21	3 October 1943	21:56	Handley Page Halifax	northwest of Bad Zwischenahn

22	8 October 1943	00:16	Vickers Wellington	30 km (19 mi) north of Norderney

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+IK –

23	18 November 1943	23:12	Avro Lancaster	east of Lingen

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+AK –

24	26 November 1943	22:22	Avro Lancaster	west of Quakenbrück

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+IK –

25	26 November 1943	23:30	Avro Lancaster	east of Papenburg

26	16 December 1943	21:49	Avro Lancaster	east of Dümmer

– Junkers Ju 88 C-6 D5+IP –

27	21 January 1944	22:57	Avro Lancaster	Magdeburg

28	21 January 1944	23:19	Vickers Wellington	Magdeburg

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+HL –

29	15 February 1944	19:58	Four-engined bomber	south of Wismar

30♠	20 February 1944	01:53	Avro Lancaster	northwest of Delmenhorst

31♠	20 February 1944	02:21	Avro Lancaster	south of Bremen

32♠	20 February 1944	02:48	Avro Lancaster	east of Celle

33♠	20 February 1944	04:33	Avro Lancaster	west of Vechta

34♠	20 February 1944	05:04	Avro Lancaster	north of Meppen

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+BL –

35	22 March 1944	21:38	Avro Lancaster	north of Osnabrück

36	22 March 1944	21:54	Handley Page Halifax	west of Gütersloh

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+CL –

37	25 March 1944	00:22	Avro Lancaster	northwest of Essen in Oldenburg

38	25 March 1944	00:39	Avro Lancaster	north of Quakenbrück

39	25 March 1944	01:04	Four-engined bomber	south of Papenburg

40	31 March 1944	00:01	Avro Lancaster	west of Vogelsberg

41	31 March 1944	00:18	Avro Lancaster	north of Fulda

42	31 March 1944	00:57	Handley Page Halifax	Rhön

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+PL –

43	23 April 1944	02:11	Handley Page Halifax III	north of Geldern	No. 76 Squadron	MZ578/MP-I

– Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 D5+CL –

44	23 April 1944	23:30	Short Stirling III	Isle Lolland

45	27 April 1944	01:58	Avro Lancaster III	east of Eindhoven

Sentence(s)

Rudolf Frank claimed a Wellington shot down on 14 September 1942 and it was his only victory while flying a Do 217.

final_sentence: Rudolf Frank claimed a Wellington shot down on 14 September 1942 and it was his only victory while flying a Do 217.