Five Balloons in one day!

**john snelling** · 03-17-2017 09:27

Friedrich von Röth the Commanding Officer of Jasta 16b had a total of 18 victories including 16 balloons. He previously flew for Jasta 23b in a Pfalz D.III and Jasta 16b had a mixture of Pfalz D.IIIa's and Albatros D.Va's at that time but, he was flying an Albatros D.Va when he scored 5 balloons in one day.

29May18 Ltn.d.R. von Röth-11v, Albatros D.Va, Balloon 16.00 Dixmuiden-Ypres 58
Belgium Balloon Co. No. 1, Sgt. Delzant,OK & Sgt. de la Croix,OK

29May18 Ltn.d.R. von Röth-12v, Albatros D.Va, Balloon 16.05 Dixmuiden-Ypres 59
Belgium Balloon No. 4, Adj. Janssens,OK & Sgt. Lempereur,OK

29May18 Ltn.d.R. von Röth-13v, Albatros D.Va, Balloon 16.10 Dixmuiden-Ypres 60
25-5-2 (Brs 1)

29May18 Ltn.d.R. von Röth-14v, Albatros D.Va, Balloon 16.20 Ypres-Hazebrouck 61
39-8-2 (SR 22)

29May18 Ltn.d.R. von Röth-15v, Albatros D.Va, Balloon 16.25 Ypres-Hazebrouck 62

At the end of July he started flying a Fokker D.VII.

**clipper1801** · 03-17-2017 09:45

That's the kind of action my elves like, job security!

**Flying Helmut** · 03-17-2017 11:32

Very nice looking balloons, there, Clipper!

Also VERY nice G n T components!!!

**Mike George** · 03-17-2017 11:54

Very nice balloons.

**clipper1801** · 03-17-2017 12:06

Yeah, you need a few G&T to get started and a few more to anchor you back after . . . Time travel back to 2012 . . . (cue the twilight zone music) . . . and click on this: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...zenge+balloons

There may have been a thread on the project as well, but my RAM access is not as good as it used to be . . .

**clipper1801** · 03-17-2017 12:07

Yeah, you need a few G&T to get started and a few more to anchor you back after . . . Time travel back to 2012 . . . (cue the twilight zone music) . . . and click on this: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...zenge+balloons

There may have been a thread on the project as well, but my RAM access is not as good as it used to be . . .

**skyking20** · 03-17-2017 12:19

Basically you wall papered a balloon?

**Ken at Sunrise** · 03-17-2017 12:24

Originally Posted by clipper1801

That's the kind of action my elves like, job security!

Awesome work. You always amaze me with your skill.

**clipper1801** · 03-17-2017 13:31

Originally Posted by skyking20

Basically you wall papered a balloon?

Yep, it seemed a good idea at the time . . . but balloons are very fun to play, we did several games with a line of 4-6 balloons on four mats, it was a blast! Got the elves in on it too! Some of the players, some foam, some Shapeways:

**csadn** · 03-17-2017 14:58

Talk about "balloonian variables".... ;)

**john snelling** · 03-17-2017 16:43

great pics!! clipper

I should charge for the build up!!!

**gully_raker** · 03-17-2017 17:43

Originally Posted by Flying Helmut

Very nice looking balloons, there, Clipper!

Also VERY nice G n T components!!!

Watch out Dave! Major Kyte is likely to crash your Party!

**Ken at Sunrise** · 03-17-2017 19:06

I love those sausage balloons.

**clipper1801** · 03-17-2017 21:50

Originally Posted by gully_raker

Watch out Dave! Major Kyte is likely to crash your Party!

Could it be a trap?

**Dan-Sam** · 03-17-2017 22:40

David, did your elves count the total number of their works?

It looks that you could beat (with the number) evan Karl (I see, impossible, but...).

**Jager** · 03-18-2017 07:13

Baaaaaackkk to balloon busting;
5 in a day is certainly an impressive feat; and easy to confirm, with lots of witnesses to see the show.
Possibly a 1 day record. Frank Luke got 3 on his last day; in fact in his 18 day streak, he claimed 18 balloons and aircraft getting balloons in 2s and 3s.
Willy Coppens had most of as singles, but had a few double and triples.
Any other balloon-busting aces doing a hat trick (or better) ?
Karl