Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 38, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 38, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of...
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On 23 June 1918, Thiede was reassigned, when he was given command of Jagdstaffel 38 in Macedonia. He scored three victories with them during September 1918...
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school. On 24 July 1916, he was posted to the Macedonian front to join Jagdstaffel 38 as a pilot. He received one of the first German fighters for his use...
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Oswald Boelcke (section Creation of Jagdstaffel 2)
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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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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with Jagdstaffel 38 4 November 1916: Advanced training with 7th Flying Replacement Battalion, Cologne 21 November 1916: Assigned to Jagdstaffel 20 as...
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of 40 of her 62 crew. The Luftstreitkräfte established air squadrons Jagdstaffel 38, 39 and 40. The U.S. Navy battleship Idaho was launched by New York...
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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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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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