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    Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 1 (commonly abbreviated as Jasta 1) was a fighter squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army...
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    A Jagdstaffel (plural Jagdstaffeln, abbreviated to Jasta) was a fighter Staffel (squadron) of the German Imperial Luftstreitkräfte during World War I...
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    appointed to command one of the original German fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel 1, before becoming an instructor. Early in World War I, Martin Zander...
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    Jagdstaffel 1: 12 Fiat CR.20bis/bip as well as trainer aircraft Falke RVa, Focke-Wulf Fw 44, Focke-Wulf Fw 56, Gotha Go 145, Phoenix L2c Jagdstaffel 2:...
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    joined Marine Feld Jagdstaffel 1 on the 14th of April 1917 On 21 March 1917, Leutnant Osterkamp took command of Marine Feld Jagdstaffel 2 He scored a total...
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  • service with Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) 227 Döring took command of Jagdstaffel 4 on 8 April 1917, before he had claimed an air victory. However, he...
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  • dedicated fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 1. On 14 January 1917, he was posted to command of a forming squadron, Jagdstaffel 30. He would score 17 more victories...
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    was selected to be one of the founding members of Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 1 (Jasta 1) under Martin Zander; the jasta was one of the first German fighter...
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    forwarded to Jagdstaffel 1 (Fighter Squadron 1). He scored his final victory with them, on 17 September 1916. After an assignment with Jagdstaffel 4, Höhndorf...
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  • to FEA 5. He then began transferring back-and-forth between Jagdstaffel 4 and Jagdstaffel 11. He joined Jasta 4 in September, went to Jasts 11 in December...
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  • Staffelführer of one of the German air service's original fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel 1 soon after its foundation, on 18 November 1916. The newly formed unit...
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    Boelcke was picked to lead one of Germany's first fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel 2 (Fighter Squadron 2). Its pilots were hand-picked by Boelcke and indoctrinated...
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  • 1917. After graduation, he was posted to Italy to join Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 1 on 27 November 1917. He began his string of aerial victories while assigned...
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  • transferred to Jagdstaffel 39 later in the year, this returning to the Western Front. In January 1918, he was transferred to Jagdstaffel 1 On 26 March 1918...
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    Command) Nord, before moving on for a brief posting to Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 1 in early August 1916. On 27 August, he became one of the original pilots...
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  • Kampfeinsitzerkommando (Combat Single-Seater Command) Bertincourtt. When Jagdstaffel 1 (Fighter Squadron 1) was founded as one of the original dedicated German fighter...
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    B was augmented to become Jagdstaffel 1 (Fighter Squadron 1), Reimann continued to fly for them. He shot down a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter on 24 August for...
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  • War I Wilhelm Thöne was a German naval pilot who flew for Marine-Feld Jagdstaffel 1 during the last year of the First World War. On 30 June 1918, he shot...
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    Jasta 2 (Jagdstaffel Zwei in full and also known as Jasta Boelcke) was one of the best-known German Luftstreitkräfte squadrons in World War I. Its first...
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    Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 5, was created on 21 January 1916, and mobilized on 21 August 1916, as one of the first fighter...
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  • received his initial assignment to either Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 27 or Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 29. Regardless of his exact assignment, he failed to...
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    crew in the Heligoland Bight.[page needed] The German air squadron Jagdstaffel 1 was established as the third dedicated fighting squadron for the Imperial...
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    piloted bombers before being picked by Manfred von Richthofen to join Jagdstaffel 11 (Fighter Squadron 11) in the burgeoning Imperial German Air Service...
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  • usually served in Bavarian units; he rose to command of Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 35. After shooting down 16 enemy aircraft, including three observation...
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    Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 29, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 29, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of...
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  • Detachment 204), he was assigned to fly a Fokker D.VII with Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 20 (Fighter Squadron 20) on 14 June 1918. Plauth scored his first triumph...
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    Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 11 ("No 11 Fighter Squadron"; commonly abbreviated to Jasta 11) was founded on 28 September 1916 from elements of 4 Armee's...
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    Flieger-Abteilung 300 and joined a Prussian fighter squadron on the Western Front, Jagdstaffel 18. Bülow-Bothkamp shot down two enemy aircraft on 23 January 1917 and...
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  • fighter conversion training, Schoenebeck joined a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 11, on 7 July 1917. His first victory was a notable one. On 27 July 1917...
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    he was appointed to lead one of the world's first fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel 4. Although he died fighting for Germany on 8 April 1917, in later years...
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