Gerhard Raht
Aerial victory claims
Foreman, Parry and Matthews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 58 nocturnal victory claims.

Gerhard Raht

Section Title: Aerial victory claims
Table Section Text: Foreman, Parry and Matthews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 58 nocturnal victory claims.

Chronicle of aerial victories

This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Raht an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.

Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Serial No./Squadron No.

– 5. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

1	27 July 1943	01:09	Halifax	southwest of Pellworm

– 4. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

2	17 January 1943	21:59	Lancaster	Hademarschen

– 5. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

3	10 March 1943	22:12	Lancaster	south of Middelfart	ED305/No. 44 Squadron RAF

4	30 March 1943	00:50	Halifax	Welmbüttel

– Stab I. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

5	17 June 1943	02:08	Lancaster	PQ 05 Ost KH-57

– 1. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

6	22 June 1943	01:32	Stirling	12 km (7.5 mi) west of Antwerp

7	25 June 1943	00:25	Stirling	west of Woensdrecht

– 4. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

8	29 July 1943	23:10	four-engined bomber	Hannover

– Stab II. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

9	30 July 1943	00:23	Lancaster	20 km (12 mi) southeast of Heide

10	30 July 1943	00:40	Halifax	20 km (12 mi) southeast of Heide

11	30 July 1943	00:52	Halifax	25 km (16 mi) northeast of Heide

12	18 August 1943	02:57	Lancaster	3 km (1.9 mi) east of Flensburg

13	24 August 1943	00:58	Halifax	1 km (0.62 mi) southeast of Thomsdorf

– 4. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

14	27 September 1943	23:10	Lancaster	Hannover

15	20 October 1943	20:15	four-engined bomber	15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Stendal

16	20 October 1943	22:35	Lancaster	Haguenau

17	1 December 1943	17:54	Halifax	Frisian Islands

18	29 January 1944	02:34	Halifax

19	29 January 1944	02:37	Lancaster

20	15 February 1944	20:03	Lancaster	northeast of Hadersleben

21	24 February 1944	22:02	four-engined bomber	Metz-Baden-Baden

22	25 February 1944	22:43	four-engined bomber	south of Augsburg

23	15 March 1944	23:12	four-engined bomber	southwest of Stuttgart

24	22 March 1944	21:28	Lancaster	vicinity of Hannover

25	22 March 1944	21:48	Lancaster	northwest of Frankfurt am Main

26	22 March 1944	21:54	Lancaster	north of Frankfurt am Main

27	22 March 1944	22:14	Lancaster	west-northwest of Frankfurt am Main

28	24 March 1944	22:28	four-engined bomber	vicinity of Berlin

29	31 March 1944	00:26	four-engined bomber	southwest of Bonn near beacon "Ida"

30	23 April 1944	01:23	Halifax	south-southwest of Düsseldorf

31	23 April 1944	01:44	Lancaster	west-northwest of Düsseldorf

32	25 April 1944	02:43	four-engined bomber	30–40 km (19–25 mi) south of Echterdingen

33	27 April 1944	02:15	Lancaster	Schweinfurt

– Stab I. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –

34	12 June 1944	00:53	four-engined bomber	over the French coast

35	22 June 1944	00:37	four-engined bomber	southeast of Compiègne

36	1 July 1944	01:44	Lancaster	Bailleau

37	8 July 1944	01:04	Lancaster	PQ AB-AC

38	8 July 1944	01:11	Lancaster	PQ AE

39	8 July 1944	01:29	Lancaster	PQ TD-TE

40	19 July 1944	02:07	Lancaster	Coulommiers

41	19 July 1944	02:17	Lancaster	Gien

42	29 July 1944	00:45	Lancaster	PQ EG-FG

43!	26 August 1944	01:38	Lancaster	east-southeast of Kaiserslautern

44	14 January 1945	20:09	Lancaster

45	2 February 1945	22:41	Halifax	southwest of Mannheim

46	3 February 1945	20:00	Lancaster

47♠	7 February 1945	22:22	four-engined bomber

48♠	7 February 1945	22:41	four-engined bomber

49♠	7 February 1945	23:00	four-engined bomber

50♠	8 February 1945	00:08	four-engined bomber

51♠	8 February 1945	00:16	four-engined bomber

52♠	8 February 1945	00:23	four-engined bomber

53	4 March 1945	01:04	four-engined bomber	England

54	4 March 1945	01:26	four-engined bomber	England

55♠	15 March 1945	20:49	four-engined bomber

56♠	15 March 1945	21:00	four-engined bomber

57♠	15 March 1945	21:09	four-engined bomber

58♠	15 March 1945	21:14	four-engined bomber

59♠	15 March 1945	21:20	four-engined bomber

Sentence(s)

Raht's second victory occurred on 17 January 1943 when he claimed a Lancaster over Hademarschen at 21:59.

final_sentence: Raht's second victory occurred on 17 January 1943 when he claimed a Lancaster over Hademarschen at 21:59.