# List of aerial victories of Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp

Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (1894-1918) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 28 confirmed aerial victories. He began his aerial victory career in 1915, shooting down a couple of enemy airplanes in October. Transferred from France to the Middle East, he scored a couple of victories in Egypt during 1916. Shifted back to France in December, Bülow-Bothkamp joined a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 18. He shot down eight more enemy airplanes and an observation balloon by mid-1917. He then went to another fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 36, to destroy two more observation balloons and 13 more enemy airplanes before being killed in action on 6 January 1918.

## The victory list

Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp's victories are reported in chronological order, which is not necessarily the order or dates the victories were confirmed by headquarters.
| No. | Date | Time | Foe | Unit | Location | Remarks |
| 1 | 11 October 1915 | | Voisin | | Metz, France | |
| 2 | 11 October 1915 | | Farman | | | |
| 3 | 8 August 1916 | | Enemy airplane | | El Arish, Egypt | |
| 4 | 17 September 1916 | | Sopwith Baby | HMS Ben-my-Chree | East of Al Arish, Egypt | |
| Unconfirmed | 17 September 1916 | | Sopwith Baby | | East of El Arish, Egypt | Damaged; forced to land on sea |
| 5 | 23 January 1917 | | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron, RFC | Gheluvelt, Belgium | |
| 6 | 23 January 1917 | p.m. | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.8 | No. 41 Squadron RFC | Bixschoote, Belgium | |
| 7 | 26 January 1917 | | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Recham | |
| 8 | 7 February 1917 | 1325 hours | Sopwith 1½ Strutter | No. 45 Squadron RFC | Linselles, France | |
| 9 | 11 March 1917 | 1430 hours | Observation balloon | 9th Kite Balloon Section | North of Armentières, France | |
| 10 | 7 April 1917 | 1815 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d | No. 20 Squadron RFC | South of Ploegsteert, Belgium | |
| 11 | 8 April 1917 | p.m. | Nieuport 12 | No. 46 Squadron RFC | East of Ypres, Belgium | |
| 12 | 24 April 1917 | 0940 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d | No. 20 Squadron RFC | Ypres, Belgium | |
| 13 | 7 May 1917 | 1200 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d | | Menen, Belgium | Downed on Jagdstaffel 18's home airfield |
| 14 and 15 | 21 May 1917 | | Two observation balloons | | Bouvancourt, France | French balloons |
| 16 | 6 July 1917 | | SPAD S.VII | No. 23 Squadron RFC | Saint Julien | |
| 17 | 7 July 1917 | 1940 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d | No. 20 Squadron RFC | Hooge, Belgium | |
| 18 | 3 September 1917 | 0830 hours | Sopwith Camel | | Tenbreilen | |
| 19 | 13 September 1917 | 0810 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 10 Naval Squadron, RNAS | Vicinity of Becelaere, France | 10 Naval Squadron later became No. 210 Squadron RAF |
| 20 | 23 September 1917 | | Nieuport 23 | | Warneton | |
| 21 | 26 September 1917 | a.m. | Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | No. 21 Squadron RFC | Polygon Wood, Belgium | |
| 22 | 18 October 1917 | 1045 hours | SPAD S.VII | Escadrille SPA.73, Service Aéronautique | East of Passchendaele, Belgium | |
| 23 | 24 October 1917 | 0950 hours | SPAD | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Near Arras, France | |
| 24 | 24 October 1917 | 1005 hours | SPAD | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Linselles, France | |
| 25 | 8 November 1917 | 0950 hours | SPAD | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Houthem | |
| 26 | 23 November 1917 | 1630 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 65 Squadron RFC | West of Moorslede, Belgium | |
| 27 | 29 November 1917 | 1635 hours | SPAD S.VII | No. 19 Squadron RFC | Passchendaele, Belgium | |
| 28 | 2 December 1917 | 1135 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | No. 20 Squadron RFC | Becelaere, Belgium | Ace Harry G. E. Luchford KIA; J. E. Johnston POW |
This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Background data 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, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1, p. 74; and The Aerodrome webpage on Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp . Added facts are individually cited. Abbreviations were expanded by the editor creating this list.

## Endnotes

* ↑ Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 74.
* ↑ The Aerodrome webpage on Luchford Retrieved 17 March 2021.