Leutnant Adolf Schulte was a German World War I flying ace

Flying ace

A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

 credited with nine aerial victories. His short gallant career would end in a fatal midair crash with his enemies.

World War I

Schulte joined Jagdstaffel 12

Jagdstaffel 12

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 12 was a World War I "hunting group" of the Luftstreitkräfte, which was the forerunner to the Luftwaffe...

 in November 1916. He became its first ace during the opening months of 1917, scoring nine victories. On 12 April 1917, he first downed Edwin Hayne

Edwin Hayne

Captain Edwin Tufnell Hayne was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.-Early life:Edwin Tufnell Hayne was the son of Emily and Tufnell Hayne. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa...

. He subsequently collided with a Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d from No. 18 Squadron RAF

No. 18 Squadron RAF

No. 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the CH-47 Chinook HC.2 from RAF Odiham. No. 18 Squadron was the first and is currently the largest RAF operator of the Chinook.-First World War:...

 to score his final victory, killing both himself and the British pilot and observer.

List of aerial victories

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Aerial victory standards of World War I

During World War I, the national air services involved developed their own methods of assessing and assigning credit for aerial victories.The victory scores of the pilots represented at List of World War I flying aces often cannot be definitive, but are based on itemized lists that are the best...

No.	Date/time	Aircraft	Foe	Result	Location	Notes
1	11 December 1916 @ 1245 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c	Destroyed	Annequin Annequin Annequin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A large farming village situated some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D61 and the N41 roads....
2	6 February 1917 @	Albatros	Nieuport Nieuport Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...	Destroyed	Grand Range-Ferme
3	6 March 1917 @ 1320 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 was a two-seat pusher biplane that was operated as a day and night bomber and as a fighter aircraft by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War... d serial number 1953	Destroyed	South of Boiry
4	11 March 1917 @ 1105 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d	Destroyed	Ligny Ligny Ligny is a village in the municipality of Sombreffe . It is known as the site of the Battle of Ligny, when Napoleon defeated Blücher two days before the battle of Waterloo while Wellington and Marshal Ney were engaged at Quatre Bras...
5	24 March 1917 @ 1030 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d	Destroyed	Southwest of Hendecourt
6	3 April 1917 @ 1710 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b	Destroyed	Northeast of Saint-Léger Saint-Léger Saint-Léger as a person is Saint Léger, or Leodegar, 7th century Bishop of Autun.In geoography it is the name or part of the name of several communes, often named after the saint:-In Belgium:*Saint-Léger, Belgium, in Luxembourg province...
u/c	3 April 1917	Albatros	Airco DH.2 Airco DH.2 |-DH.2 aces:Distinguished pilots of the DH.2 included Victoria Cross winner Lanoe Hawker , who was the first commander of No 24 Squadron and ace Alan Wilkinson. The commander of No. 32 Squadron, Lionel Rees won the Victoria Cross flying the D.H.2 for single handedly attacking a formation of 10...  s/n A2536
u/c	5 April 1917 @ 1105 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b		Le Pavé
u/c	6 April 1917 @ 0830 hours	Albatros			Anneaux
7	11 April 1917 @ 0855 hours	Albatros	Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine two-seat biplane which was in service with the Royal Flying Corps from 1912 until the end of World War I. The "Bleriot" in its designation refers to the fact that, like the Bleriot types it was of tractor configuration, with the... d s/n 5849	Destroyed	Tilloy
8	11 April 1917 @ 0905 hours	Albatros	Sopwith Pup Sopwith Pup The Sopwith Pup was a British single seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good maneuverability, the aircraft proved very...  s/n N5185	Destroyed	West of Neuvireuil Neuvireuil Neuvireuil is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Neuvireuil is situated northeast of Arras, at the junction of the D46 and D48 roads.-Population:-References:* -External links:* *...	Schulte's victim was future ace Edwin Hayne Edwin Hayne Captain Edwin Tufnell Hayne was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.-Early life:Edwin Tufnell Hayne was the son of Emily and Tufnell Hayne. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa...
9	12 April 1917 @ 1040 hours	Albatros D.III Albatros D.III The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service during World War I. The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Löwenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schäfer...  s/n 1996/16	Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 was a two-seat pusher biplane that was operated as a day and night bomber and as a fighter aircraft by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War... d s/n 4995	Destroyed in midair collision	North of Baralle Baralle Baralle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 15 miles southeast of Arras at the junction of the D14, D16 and D19 roads. The entire commune was obliterated during World War I.-Population:-Places of interest:*...	Schulte died in this midair collision

Reference

• Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918. Norman Franks
  Norman Franks
  Norman Leslie Robert Franks is an English writer who specialises in aviation books on the pilots and squadrons of World Wars I and II.-Biography:...
  
  , Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0948817739, 9780948817731.
• Albatros Aces of World War 1: Volume 32 of Aircraft of the Aces: Volume 32 of Osprey Aviation Series: Volume 32 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces. Norman Franks
  Norman Franks
  Norman Leslie Robert Franks is an English writer who specialises in aviation books on the pilots and squadrons of World Wars I and II.-Biography:...
  
  . Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1855329603, 9781855329607.
• Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1: Volume 67 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Issue 67 of Aircraft of the Aces. Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1841768863, 9781841768861.

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