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    cockpit. Near the end of May 1915, while it was based at Douai with Feldflieger Abteilung 62, the Fokker factory outfitted Parschau's aircraft with the first...
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    he connived his way into joining his older brother Wilhelm at Feldflieger Abteilung 13 (Field Flyer Detachment 13). On 1 September, the aircrew of Boelcke...
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    observer on reconnaissance missions over the Eastern Front with Feldflieger Abteilung 69 ("No. 69 Flying Squadron"). In August 1915, he was transferred...
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    He started flying missions immediately. Müller was assigned to Feldflieger Abteilung 1b on 2 August 1914. When the war broke out, Müller flew several...
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    aviation in 1912. When the war began, Walz was the commander of Feldflieger Abteilung 3 (Field Flier Detachment 3). In November 1914, he was promoted...
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    Kaiserreiches, with one Eindecker attached to each six-aircraft Feldflieger Abteilung aerial observation/reconnaissance unit. The first step towards specialist...
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  • transition to aviation in 1916. He began his flying career with Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 290, which was an artillery cooperation...
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    Marine Corps 1914 - 1918. p. 134, 171. Early German Aces of World War I. p. 60-61. Early German Aces of World War I. p. 64. The Aerodrome website page on...
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    turned down. Later that year, Göring flew as Loerzer's observer in Feldflieger Abteilung 25 (FFA 25); Göring had informally transferred himself. He was discovered...
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    with the Imperial German Air Service, serving only with Bavarian Feldflieger Abteilung like 4b, 8b and 9b. They were delivered in two batches, each of...
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