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...

single-seaters, consequently being posted to fighter duty. Bäumer joined Jagdstaffel 5 on 30 June 1917, scoring three victories as a balloon buster in mid-July...

A Jagdstaffel (plural Jagdstaffeln, abbreviated to Jasta) was a fighter Staffel (squadron) of the German Imperial Luftstreitkräfte during World War I...

1917, serving for a brief period with Jasta Boelcke, and then went to Jagdstaffel 5 on 10 June 1917. He served as a Vizefeldwebel, along with Josef Mai...

the Fokker Scourge. He was one of the first German Jagdstaffel commanders, leading Jagdstaffel 5. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the...

fighter pilot. He was successful and was posted to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 5. On 13 April, he put in his first claim for an aerial victory, over...

assigned to Jagdstaffel 5. Seriously wounded in the hip in aerial combat, he took nearly a year to recover. He then was transferred to Jagdstaffel 26, commanded...

months in a bomber unit, he joined a newly formed fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 2 on 21 November 1916. There he befriended Manfred von Richthofen. By...

his first three aerial victories while flying for Jagdstaffel 5. He then transferred to Jagdstaffel 2, where he scored the remaining 40 victories of his...

World War he served in the Luftstreitkräfte as a fighter pilot with Jagdstaffel 5, pioneering the use of unguided air-launched signal rockets as offensive...

craft. He scored all his victories while flying for Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5, and received a rare award of the House Order of Hohenzollern for his...

shooting down the Pfalz D.III of Lt. Wilhelm Lehmann, commander of Jagdstaffel 5. The citation for his first DSC reads: The President of the United States...

aircraft for Kasta 29. He then underwent fighter training and joined Jagdstaffel 5 in March 1917. As a Vizefeldwebel, he was one of three non-commissioned...

and Hopfner HM 13/34 Jagdstaffel 4: 12 Fiat CR.32bis as well as trainer aircraft Fiat CR.30 and de Havilland DH.60GIII Jagdstaffel 5: 12 Fiat CR.32 as well...

Vizefeldwebel to Macedonia as part of Jagdstaffel 25. He had an unconfirmed victory on 9 January 1917 and a confirmed victory on 5 February 1917, and again the...

victories scored by the third most successful fighter squadron of the war, Jagdstaffel 5. In Commonwealth air forces, a sergeant pilot could be promoted to flight...

Edmund Nathanael (15 victories) flying an Albatros D.V of Prussian Jagdstaffel 5 is shot down in flames and killed as the 9th of 21 victories of Scottish...

recovery, he was appointed to command Royal Prussian Jasta 5 on 3 July 1918. Royal Prussian Jasta 5 was re-equipped with new Fokker D.VII fighters. Under Schmidt's...

then chosen to command one of the world's original fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel 5. Leading his pilots by example, Berr scored eight more victories in...

was now posted to fly fighters with Jagdstaffel 5 (Fighter Squadron 5) on 27 August 1916. He moved on to Jagdstaffel 9 (Fighter Squadron 9) in early November...

been posted to Jagdstaffel 5 in June and become its temporary commander in August. On 17 December, he was promoted to command of Jagdstaffel 46. On 21 February...

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...

scored the first of his 12 victories, shooting down the Pfalz fighter of Jagdstaffel 5 commanding officer Wilhelm Lehmann over Albert, France while flying...

1917, and went originally to FEA 5. He then began transferring back-and-forth between Jagdstaffel 4 and Jagdstaffel 11. He joined Jasta 4 in September...

confirmed and 15 unconfirmed aerial victories while flying combat for Jagdstaffel 5. While flying for them as a sergeant pilot, he shot down enemy aircraft...

victories. Gontermann was also promoted to Staffelführer of Prussian Jagdstaffel 15 four days later. He replaced Max Reinhold, who was killed in action...

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 27 (German: Königliche Preussische Jagdstaffel Nr. 27), commonly abbreviated to Jasta 27, was a "hunting group" (fighter squadron)...

victories. After service on the Italian Front with Jagdstaffel 25, he transferred to Jagdstaffel 5 in France to score 33 more victories. His victories...

an enemy airplane over Verdun. He then became an original member of Jagdstaffel 5; he joined the squadron on 21 August 1916 as a Vizefeldwebel. Over a...

with 17 confirmed aerial victories flying with Jagdstaffel 5 before being appointed to command Jagdstaffel 15. While leading this fighter squadron, he shot...