Question: How many aerial victories were credited to the World War I flying ace who participated in a dogfight with the man who had claimed 44 victories before his death?
Context: Captain Henry Meintjes (25 December 1892 – ??)  was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.  He participated in Albert Ball's final dogfight, during which he was wounded in the wrist. Kurt Welter (25 February 1916 – 7 March 1949) was a German "Luftwaffe" fighter ace and the most successful "Jet Expert" of World War II.  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.  He claimed a total of 63 aerial victories—that is, 63 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—achieved in 93 combat missions.  He recorded 56 victories at night, including 33 Mosquitos, and scored more aerial victories from a jet fighter aircraft than anyone else in World War II and possibly in aviation history.  However this score is a matter of controversy; research of Royal Air Force losses suggests Welter overclaimed Mosquito victories considerably. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (14 July 1918 – 12 March 1944) was a "Luftwaffe" night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II.  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.  Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories, all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions. Captain Konstantin Konstantinovich Vakulovsky (born 28 October 1894, died Summer 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.  A major general's son, he volunteered for aviation duty on 8 August 1914, six days after graduating from university.  He taught himself to fly, and became one of Russia's first military pilots on 13 June 1915.  After escaping the fall of the Novogeorgievsk Fortress in a hazardous flight, Vakylovsky flew reconnaissance missions, some through heavy ground fire.  Given command of the newly formed First Fighter Detachment, he became a flying ace credited with six aerial victories.  He died in a flying accident during Summer 1918. Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller (25 December 1916 – 29 May 1944) was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until his death on 29 May 1944.  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.  He is credited with 140 aerial victories claimed in more than 600 combat missions.  He claimed 8 aerial victories during the Battle of France, 89 on the Eastern Front, and 51 victories against the Western Allies, including 17 four-engined bombers. Wilhelm Crinius (2 December 1920 – 26 April 1997) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.  Crinius is credited with 114 aerial victories claimed in approximately 400 combat missions.  He recorded 100 victories over the Eastern Front.  Of his 14 victories claimed over the Western Front, one was a four-engined bomber.  On 23 September 1942, Crinius became the only German fighter pilot to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ("Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes") and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ("Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub") simultaneously. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.  German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, 25,000 over British or American and 45,000 over Soviet flown aircraft.  103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft for a total of roughly 15,400 aerial victories.  Roughly a further 360 pilots claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for round about 21,000 victories.  Another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 victories for a total of 15,000 victories.  According to Obermeier, it is relatively certain, that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least 5 aerial victories.  453 German day and "Zerstörer" (destroyer) pilots received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.  85 night fighter pilots, including 14 crew members, were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.  The list is sorted by the number of aerial victories claimed at night. Lieutenant Viktor Georgiyevich Fyodorov (11 November 1885 - 4 March 1922) was a Russian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories while flying with the French military air service.  Having left Russia for Belgium in 1908, with a further move to France, Fyodorov was still living in the latter when World War I began.  On 21 August 1914, he volunteered for the French Foreign Legion, and served with them until wounded and invalided from infantry service.  After preliminary duty as a chauffeur, he became a pilot on 27 November 1915.  After acquiring Pierre Lanero as his mechanic, aerial observer, and gunner, Fyodorov scored three aerial victories in March 1916 with Lanero manning the Caudron's guns. Albert Ball, VC, DSO & Two Bars, MC (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917) was an English fighter pilot during the First World War.  At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fourth-highest scorer behind Edward Mannock, James McCudden, and George McElroy. This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany.  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.  German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, 25,000 over British or American and 45,000 over Russian flown aircraft.  103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft for a total of roughly 15,400 aerial victories.  Roughly a further 360 pilots claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for round about 21,000 victories.  Another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 victories for a total of 15,000 victories.  It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least 5 aerial victories.  These achievements were honored with 453 German day and "Zerstörer" (destroyer) pilots having received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.  85 night fighter pilots, including 14 crew members, were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Answer: eight