Josef Raesch

Name:

Josef Raesch

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Leutnant

Units:

FA 7
Jasta 43

Victories:

Born:

04 June 1897

Place of Birth:

Zewen/Trier, Rhineland

Died:

Place of Death:

Raesch enlisted in the army in 1914. At the end of 1917, he transferred from the infantry to the German Air Force. Assigned to Jasta 43 in June 1918, he flew the Fokker D.VII in combat. On 25 July 1918, he was shot down by a Sopwith Camel flown by South African ace Ivan Hind of 40 Squadron. Raesch escaped with only minor burns when he parachuted from the flaming aircraft.

Opponents

#4	Ernest Hoy
#6	Guy Wareing

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	27 Jun 1918	1100	Jasta 43		S.E.5a	N of Hantay
2	01 Jul 1918		Jasta 43		Sopwith Camel
3	08 Jul 1918		Jasta 43		S.E.5a	Nieppe Wald
4	28 Sep 1918	1750	Jasta 43		S.E.5a (C1914)	E of Ypres
5	26 Oct 1918		Jasta 43		S.E.5a	Velennes
6	27 Oct 1918	1030	Jasta 43		S.E.5a (H6762)	E of Tournai
7	30 Oct 1918		Jasta 43		EA