Reinhold Jörke Explained

Reinhold Jörke
Birth Name:Johann Friedrich Reinhold Jörke
Birth Place:Klein Leuthen, Brandenburg, Prussia
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance:Germany
Branch:Aviation
Rank:Offiziersstellvertreter (Warrant Officer)
Unit:Jagdstaffel 12, Jagdstaffel 13, Jagdstaffel 39
Awards:Iron Cross First Class

OStv Johann Friedrich Reinhold Jörke (29 July 1893 – 8 November 1944) was a German World War I flying ace credited with 14 confirmed aerial victories.

Biography

He was posted to the Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 12 on 27 February 1917, and scored his first victory with them on 24 March 1917 by downing British ace Cyril Lowe. Jörke had run up nine victories by 18 September 1917. He then switched to the Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 13, and scored a single win, his tenth, with them, on 21 February 1918. In June 1918, he was posted to the Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 39 as it returned from Italy. He lasted out the war with them, scoring four more victories in August and September 1918.[1] [2]

In the Second World War, he was killed in Budapest while serving as a military police officer for Nazi Germany.[3]

Aerial victories

See also: Aerial victory standards of World War I. Doubled dividing lines in list denote Jörke's change of squadrons.

No.Date/timeFoeLocationNotes
124 March 1917 @ 1030 hoursRoyal Aircraft Factory FE.2bCroissellesNo. 11 Squadron RFC loss
222 April 1917 @ 2010 hoursSPADWest of HavrincourtNo. 23 Squadron RFC loss
326 May 1917 @ 2015 hoursSopwith PupEtaingNo. 66 Squadron RFC loss
43 June 1917 @ 1750 hoursRoyal Aircraft Factory FE.2bEpehy
520 August 1917 @ 0920 hoursSopwith 1½ StrutterVitryNo. 43 Squadron RFC loss
65 September 1917 @ 1945 hoursSopwith CamelWest of Lens
716 September 1917 @ 1415 hoursSopwith PupMonchyNo. 46 Squadron RFC loss
817 September 1917 @ 0700 hoursEither Airco DH.5 or Sopwith PupFeuchy
918 September 1917 @ 1105 hoursAirco DH.5MoeuvresNo. 41 Squadron RFC loss[4]
1021 February 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5aReneuil Ferme
1119 August 1918 @ 1050 hoursBristol F.2bArras
1229 August 1918 @ 0745 hoursBristol F.2bBeauraignes
132 September 1918 @ 1125 hoursRoyal Aircraft Factory RE.8BaillieuNo. 6 Squadron RAF loss
1415 September 1918 @ 1745 hoursRoyal Aircraft Factory SE.5aNo. 56 Squadron RAF loss

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918 . 138 .
  2. The Aerodrome website's page on Jörke http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/jorke.php Retrieved on 12 April 2010.
  3. Germany, Deaths of German Citizens Abroad, Registers from Berlin Standesamt 1, 1939–1955
  4. Web site: 18 September 1917 – Mid air . The British At War in the Air 1914-1918 . 9 October 2017 . 7 March 2022.