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Werner Voss
Name: Werner Voss
Country: Germany
Rank: Leutnant
Units: KG 4 Jasta 2, 5, 10, 14, 29
Victories: 48
Date Of Birth: April 13, 1897
Place of Birth: Krefeld
Date Of Death: September 23, 1917
Place of Death:North of Frezenberg
Killed during a legendary dogfight with seven S.E.5as, Werner
Voss drove two planes to the ground and damaged the rest before his
Fokker DR.I was shot down by Arthur Rhys Davids.
Quotes
"I shall never forget my admiration for that German pilot, who
single handed, fought seven of us for ten minutes. I saw him go into
a fairly steep dive and so I continued to watch, and then saw the
triplane hit the ground and disappear into a thousand fragments, for
it seemed to me that it literally went into powder." James McCudden
"His flying was wonderful, his courage magnificent and in my opinion
he is the bravest German airman whom it has been my privilege to see
fight." James McCudden
"If I could only have brought him down alive..." Arthur Rhys Davids
to James McCudden
RFC Communiqué
"Capt. J. McCudden, No. 56 Squadron saw a S.E.5a fighting a triplane,
so with others dived at it, and for the next ten minutes the enemy
triplane fought the five S.E.5s with great skill and determination.
Eventually, however, it was destroyed by 2nd-Lieut. Rhys-Davids of
the same squadron, who had previously driven down a two-seater. The
triplane was seen to crash in our lines by other pilots and the
other occupant proved to be Lieut. Werner Voss, who was killed."
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