Fritz Rumey

Name:

Fritz Rumey

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Leutnant

Units:

FA(A) 19
Jasta 2, 5

Victories:

Born:

03 March 1891

Place of Birth:

Konigsberg

Killed In Action:

27 September 1918

Place of Death:

Neuville St. Rémy

When the war began, Rumey was serving with the 45th Infantry Regiment. After serving with the 3rd Grenadier Regiment on the Russian Front, he transferred to the German Air Force in the summer of 1915. Serving first as an observer with FA(A) 219, he completed Jastaschule and was assigned to Jasta 2 in May 1917. The following month, he joined Jasta 5. He was wounded in action on 25 August 1917 and again on 24 September 1917. Rumey's 25^th victory came on 26 June 1918, when he shot down a Sopwith Camel flown by Canadian ace Edward Eaton. Three days later, in his last dogfight, Rumey's Fokker D.VII was badly damaged when he collided with an S.E.5a flown by South African ace George Lawson. Rumey jumped from his plane but was killed when his parachute failed to open.

Opponents

#3	Gerard Crole
#23	James Dawe

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	06 Jul 1917	1000	Jasta 5		Balloon	Boursies
2	19 Aug 1917	0820	Jasta 5		R.E.8 (A4266)	Epehy
3	22 Nov 1917	0910	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (B6267)	Marcoing
4	23 Nov 1917	1200	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Bourlon Wood
5	23 Nov 1917	1300	Jasta 5		A.W.F.K.8 (B316)	SW of Marcoing
6	13 Jan 1918	1230	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b (A7174)	S of Beaumont
7	28 Jan 1918	1215	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b	Graincourt
8	29 Jan 1918	1210	Jasta 5		D.H.4 (A7600)	St. Quentin
9	26 Feb 1918	1600	Jasta 5		D.H.4 (A7697)	N of Bussigny
10	17 Mar 1918	1025	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Marcoing
11	23 Mar 1918	1320	Jasta 5		Sopwith Dolphin (C3905)	Cartigny
12	24 Mar 1918		Jasta 5		R.E.8
13	28 Mar 1918	0910	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Bray-sur-Somme
14	12 Apr 1918	1900	Jasta 5		Sopwith Dolphin	NW of Albert
15	02 May 1918	p.m.	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (C8296)	Villers Bretonneux
16	09 May 1918		Jasta 5		Bréguet 14	N of Villequier
17	10 May 1918		Jasta 5		S.E.5a (D5993)	E of Hamel
18	16 May 1918		Jasta 5		S.E.5a (C1847)	SW of Courcelette
19	17 May 1918		Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Puzieux
20	18 May 1918		Jasta 5		SPAD	Moreuil
21	20 May 1918		Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	S of Morlancourt
22	02 Jun 1918	1910	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Hangard
23	07 Jun 1918		Jasta 5		S.E.5a (B611)	Rosières
24	25 Jun 1918		Jasta 5		S.E.5a (C1800)	W of Albert
25	26 Jun 1918	2025	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	E of Bouzincourt
26	27 Jun 1918		Jasta 5		Sopwith Dolphin (D3691)	Near Somme
27	27 Jun 1918		Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Bray-sur-Somme
28	01 Jul 1918		Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel
29	03 Jul 1918		Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel
30	03 Sep 1918	1847	Jasta 5		D.H.9	N of Bertincourt
31	04 Sep 1918	1830	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	Queant
32	05 Sep 1918	1005	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	N of Bouchain
33	07 Sep 1918	1125	Jasta 5		D.H.4 (A7587)	St. Quentin
34	14 Sep 1918	1110	Jasta 5		S.E.5a (D6131)	S of Le Catelet
35	16 Sep 1918	0900	Jasta 5		D.H.9a	Villers-Guislain
36	16 Sep 1918	1230	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Marquion
37	16 Sep 1918	1235	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (F5958)	Marquion
38	17 Sep 1918	0905	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	Rumilly
39	17 Sep 1918	1300	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel (D9513)	NW of Cambrai
40	17 Sep 1918	1910	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	SW of Cambrai
41	23 Sep 1918	1815	Jasta 5		Sopwith Dolphin (D3741)	SW of Baralle/Queant
42	24 Sep 1918	0820	Jasta 5		S.E.5a	S of Buissy
43	26 Sep 1918	1410	Jasta 5		D.H.4	Gouzeaucourt
44	26 Sep 1918	1805	Jasta 5		Bristol F.2b (E2163)	Cambrai
45	27 Sep 1918	1208	Jasta 5		Sopwith Camel	E of Marquion