Fought communists as part of the postwar Freikorps
VizeflugmeisterAlexander Zenzes (10 July 1898–September 1980) IC was a German World War I flying ace. He was a German naval pilot credited with 19 confirmed aerial victories.
After World War I, he gained a Doctorate in Engineering. In 1926, he moved to the United States. Although he became a naturalized citizen, in 1942 the Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected him of being a subversive.
Immediately postwar, Zenzes would serve in Gotthard Sachsenberg's Marine Freikorps, battling the communist insurgents. During the early 1920s, Zenzes earned a Ph...
naval flying aces also included Gotthard Sachsenberg (31 victories), AlexanderZenzes (18 victories), Friedrich Christiansen (13 victories), Karl Meyer (8...
Zech, SS General Carltheo Zeitschel, SS Major Carl Zenner, SS General AlexanderZenzes, World War I Ace Hoess et al., pg 201 Axis History Forum Wikimedia...
Schmidt 20 Christian Donhauser 19 Gerhard Fieseler 19 Kurt Wintgens 19 AlexanderZenzes 19 Hartmuth Baldamus 18 Franz Hemer 18 Emil Schäpe 18 Fritz Beckhardt...
fellow World War I aces, such as Theo Osterkamp, Josef Jacobs, and AlexanderZenzes. Based at Riga, Latvia, it gave aerial support to the Freikorps, fighting...
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