Josef Carl Peter Jacobs

Name:

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Leutnant

Units:

FA 11
Jasta 7, 12, 22

Victories:

Born:

15 May 1894

Place of Birth:

Kreuzkapelle, Rhineland

Died:

29 July 1978

Place of Death:

Munich, Germany

Josef Jacobs shot down Jean Matton near Keyem, Belgium on 10 September 1917. Before he died in 1978, Jacobs was the last surviving aviation recipient of the Orden Pour le Mérite.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
u/c	01 Feb 1916		FA 11		Caudron
1	22 Mar 1916 -or- 12 May 1916		FSW		Balloon -or- EA
2	23 Jan 1917		FSW		Caudron R4	Terny Sorny
3	09 Feb 1917	1635	Jasta 22		Two-seater	Cerny
u/c	06 Apr 1917	1930	Jasta 22		Balloon	Blanzy-Vailly
4	13 Apr 1917	1955	Jasta 22		Farman	Barisis
5	16 Apr 1917	p.m.	Jasta 22		Balloon	Laffaux
u/c	07 May 1917		Jasta 22		SPAD	Braye
u/c	28 May 1917		Jasta 22		Nieuport
u/c	26 Jun 1917		Jasta 22		SPAD	Pontavert
u/c	27 Jun 1917		Jasta 22		SPAD	Cerny
u/c	06 Jul 1917		Jasta 22		SPAD
u/c	28 Jul 1917	0705	Jasta 22		SPAD	Near Craonne
u/c	28 Jul 1917	1200	Jasta 22		SPAD	Near Soissons
6	20 Aug 1917	1735	Jasta 7		Sopwith Triplane	Langemarck
7	10 Sep 1917	1905	Jasta 7		SPAD	Keyem
8	11 Sep 1917	0830	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Koekost
9	18 Oct 1917	0950	Jasta 7		D.H.4	Zillebeke Lake
10	09 Nov 1917	1530	Jasta 7		SPAD	Woumen
11	06 Dec 1917	1035	Jasta 7		SPAD	Passchendaele
u/c	08 Dec 1917	1355	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Passchendaele
12	18 Dec 1917	1545	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Dixmude
13	11 Apr 1918	1805	Jasta 7		R.E.8	W of Ostende
14	21 Apr 1918	1115	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	S of Armentières
15	14 May 1918	1640	Jasta 7		Balloon	N of Ypres
16	14 May 1918	1645	Jasta 7		Balloon	NW of Ypres
17	23 May 1918	0940	Jasta 7		S.E.5a	Kruisstraet
18	01 Jun 1918	0740	Jasta 7		Bristol F.2b	NW of Dickebusch
19	05 Jun 1918	1120	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	W of Bailleul
20	10 Jun 1918	0845	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	S of Poperinghe
21	19 Jun 1918	2025	Jasta 7		R.E.8	E of Zwartelen
22	26 Jun 1918	2015	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Menin
23	17 Jul 1918	2110	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	SW of Nieuport
24	19 Jul 1918	0930	Jasta 7		S.E.5a	Moorslede
25	13 Sep 1918	1500	Jasta 7		R.E.8	Kemmel-Bailleul
26	15 Sep 1918	1900	Jasta 7		A.W.F.K.8	Passchendaele
27	16 Sep 1918	0840	Jasta 7		S.E.5a	W of Menin
28	16 Sep 1918	1935	Jasta 7		Balloon	Poperinghe
29	19 Sep 1918	1900	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel
30	21 Sep 1918	1210	Jasta 7		D.H.9	Dixmude
u/c	21 Sep 1918	1222	Jasta 7		D.H.9	NW of Roulers
31	24 Sep 1918	1835	Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Dixmude-Moorslede
32	28 Sep 1918		Jasta 7		S.E.5a	Moorslede
33	28 Sep 1918		Jasta 7		S.E.5a	Moorslede
34	01 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		D.H.9
35	02 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		D.H.9	Stadenberghe
36	02 Oct 1918	1032	Jasta 7		SPAD	Houthulst Forest
37	03 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Rumbeke
38	03 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel	Rumbeke
39	04 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		SPAD
40	07 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel
41	08 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Balloon	Kemmelberg
42	09 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Balloon	SW of Dixmude
43	09 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Balloon	SW of Dixmude
44	14 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Sopwith Camel
45	15 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Bréguet 14	N of Wervicq
46	19 Oct 1918	1130	Jasta 7		SPAD	Wyndendaele
47	19 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		SPAD
48	27 Oct 1918		Jasta 7		Bristol F.2b