Josef Mai

Name:

Josef Mai

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Leutnant

Units:

Jasta 5
Kasta 29

Victories:

Born:

03 March 1887

Place of Birth:

Ottorowo, Galizien

Died:

18 January 1982

Place of Death:

Germany

Mai joined the German Air Force in 1915 and became a pilot the following year. He achieved his first eleven victories flying an Albatros D.V easily identified by his personal insignia: a star and a crescent. Mai was commissioned in September 1918 and wounded in the upper left leg on 3 September 1918. He was recommended for the Blue Max but the war ended before it could be awarded. He briefly flew the Fokker Triplane, achieving three victories, but finished the war flying the Fokker D.VII.

Opponents

#10	Maurice Newnham
#12	Charles Robsonand Herbert Sellars
#30	Nicholson Boulton

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	20 Aug 1917	0905	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (B3876)	Rumaucourt
2	25 Aug 1917	1825	Jasta 5		D.H.5 (A9122)	Selvigny
3	20 Nov 1917	0840	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (B5159)	W of Estourmel
4	22 Nov 1917	0840	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Cantaing-Anneux
5	30 Nov 1917	1548	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Le Pave
6	13 Jan 1918	1158	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b (B1110) (FTL)	W of Gonnelieu
7	28 Jan 1918	1210	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Bourlon Wood
8	06 Mar 1918	1110	Jasta 5		D.H.4 (B2094)	NW of Fresnoy le Grand
9	06 Mar 1918	1110	Jasta 5		D.H.4 (A7908)	St. Benin
10	25 Apr 1918	1825	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (D1801)	Dommart
11	02 May 1918	1415	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (D6546)	Morcourt
12	15 May 1918	1815	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Contalmaison
13	20 May 1918	1905	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Morlancourt
14	02 Jun 1918	1911	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (D6562)	S of Hangard
15	27 Jun 1918	2133	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Thiepval
16	05 Jul 1918	2120	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b (C791)	Guillemont
17	20 Jul 1918	1205	Jasta 5		D.H.4 (D7865)	Achiet le Petit
18	08 Aug 1918	0900	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Mericourt
19	08 Aug 1918	1755	Jasta 5		D.H.9	Ham
20	12 Aug 1918	1215	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel
21	19 Aug 1918	0805	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Lihons
22	19 Aug 1918	0805	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Lihons
23	19 Aug 1918	0835	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Le Transloy
24	03 Sep 1918	1840	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	N of Bertincourt
25	05 Sep 1918	1110	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Bugnicourt
26	17 Sep 1918	1912	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	SW of Hermies
27	21 Sep 1918	1840	Jasta 5		D.H.4	Le Catelet
28	24 Sep 1918	1730	Jasta 5		D.H.9	S of Beauvois
29	27 Sep 1918	1210	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Bertry
30	29 Sep 1918	0850	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b (E2561)	E of Caudry