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Erwin
Bohme
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| Country: |
Germany |
| Born: |
29 July 1879 |
| Place of Birth: |
Holzminden |
| Deceased: |
29 November 1917 |
| Rank: |
Oberleutnant |
| Units: |
Jasta 2, 29
Kasta 10 |
| Victories: |
24 |
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| Flying an infantry support mission
on 28 October 1916, Böhme's Albatros briefly
collided with that of Oswald Boelcke. Böhme
survived but Boelcke was killed. On 4 February
1917, Böhme scored his 10th victory by shooting
down William Curphey's outdated D.H.2. In combat
with a Sopwith two-seater on 11 February 1917,
Böhme was shot in the left arm. He was wounded
again on 10 August 1917, when a bullet from an
enemy scout struck his right hand. Scoring his
final victory over a Sopwith Camel on the afternoon
of 29 November 1917, Böhme was killed in
action later the same day by members of 10 Squadron.
He was shot down in flames as he attacked an
Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 on a photo-reconnaissance
mission. |
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