Reinhold Jörke

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.

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

Aerial victories

Doubled dividing lines in list denote Jörke's change of squadrons. No.Date/timeFoeLocationNotes 1 24 March 1917 @ 1030 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b Croisselles No. 11 Squadron RFC loss 2 22 April 1917 @ 2010 hours SPAD West of Havrincourt No. 23 Squadron RFC loss 3 26 May 1917 @ 2015 hours Sopwith Pup Etaing No. 66 Squadron RFC loss 4 3 June 1917 @ 1750 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b Epehy 5 20 August 1917 @ 0920 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter Vitry No. 43 Squadron RFC loss 6 5 September 1917 @ 1945 hours Sopwith Camel West of Lens 7 16 September 1917 @ 1415 hours Sopwith Pup Monchy No. 46 Squadron RFC loss 8 17 September 1917 @ 0700 hours Either Airco DH.5 or Sopwith Pup Feuchy 9 18 September 1917 @ 1105 hours Airco DH.5 Moeuvres No. 41 Squadron RFC loss 10 21 February 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Reneuil Ferme 11 19 August 1918 @ 1050 hours Bristol F.2b Arras 12 29 August 1918 @ 0745 hours Bristol F.2b Beauraignes 13 2 September 1918 @ 1125 hours Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 Baillieu No. 6 Squadron RAF loss 14 15 September 1918 @ 1745 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a No. 56 Squadron RAF loss

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