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Feldflieger Abteilung (FFA, Field Flying Detachment) was the title of the pioneering field aviation units of Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches formed in 1912, which became the Luftstreitkräfte (German air service) on 8 October 1916, during the First World War.[1]

  1. ^ Wyngarden 2006, p. 6.

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Feldflieger Abteilung

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Feldflieger Abteilung (FFA, Field Flying Detachment) was the title of the pioneering field aviation units of Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches...

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Oswald Boelcke

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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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Fokker Eindecker fighters

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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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Aviation in World War I

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E-series monoplanes, that were being detached from their former Feldflieger Abteilung units during the winter of 1915–16 and brought together in pairs...

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Hermann Habich

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joining Feldflieger Abteilung 47 performing aerial reconnaissance as an Unteroffizier in late 1914. He then transferred to Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie)...

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FFA

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Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein, a Swiss aircraft and railway vehicle manufacturer Feldflieger Abteilung, of the German army's air service in World War I Ferrara Fire Apparatus...

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Oskar von dem Hagen

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part of the Feldflieger Abteilung. Hagen held positions such as Bildoffizier (photo reconnaissance officer) in the Feldflieger-Abteilung 12 and later...

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Gerhard Fieseler

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observation pilot by October 1916, flying first with Feldflieger Abteilung 243, then with Feldflieger Abteilung 41. In 1917 he qualified as a fighter pilot and...

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Imperial German Army

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fortress troops; each of the 25 corps had a Field Aviation Unit (Feldflieger Abteilung) attached to it normally equipped with six unarmed "A" or "B" class...

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Abdication of Wilhelm II

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Cross after Göring flew reconnaissance and bombing missions in a Feldflieger Abteilung 25 in Prince Wilhelm's Fifth Army. Like many veterans, Göring believed...

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Robert Ritter von Greim

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August, Greim began his training as an aerial observer with the Feldflieger Abteilung 3b (FFA 3b—Field Flying Company 3b). On 10 October 1915, while flying...

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Josef Jacobs

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a pilot with Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 9. On 3 July 1915, Jacobs was posted to Feldflieger Abteilung 11 (a reconnaissance squadron)...

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Manfred von Richthofen

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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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Luftwaffe

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doctrine. In World War I, the Fliegertruppe's initial, 1914–15 era Feldflieger Abteilung observation/reconnaissance air units, each with six two-seater aircraft...

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Dogfight

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advantage swung from the British to the Germans, then back again. The Feldflieger Abteilung observation units of the German air service, in 1914–15, consisted...

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Fighter aircraft

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Eindecker victory came on 1 July 1915, when Leutnant Kurt Wintgens, of Feldflieger Abteilung 6 on the Western Front, downed a Morane-Saulnier Type L. His was...

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Theodor Croneiss

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Germany's allies, the Ottoman Empire. As such, he was assigned to Feldflieger Abteilung 6, which was also known as the Jasta Chanak Kale—Turkei as early...

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Glossary of German military terms

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battalion, usually one per infantry division. Feldflasche – canteen. Feldflieger Abteilung – "field airmen's section", abbreviated as "FFA". The earliest form...

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Hermann Pfeiffer

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posted to Feldflieger Abteilung 110, where he was promoted to Vizefeldwebel on 11 July 1916. Later that month, he transferred to Feldflieger Abteilung 10, to...

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Georg Zeumer

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He joined the German flying service in August, and served with Feldflieger Abteilung 4 (Field Flyer Detachment 4, or FFA 4). By November 1914, he had...

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Imperial German Navy

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Marine Jagdgruppe Flandern composed of: Marine Feld Jasta I Marine Feldflieger Abteilung II After the end of World War I, the bulk of the navy's modern ships...

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List of firsts in aviation

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forward-firing synchronized machine gun: Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of Feldflieger Abteilung 6b of the German Army's Fliegertruppe air arm, flying a Fokker M...

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Fritz Otto Bernert

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graduation, he flew reconnaissance missions for Feldflieger Abteilung 27. He then transferred to Feldflieger Abteilung 71, where he served through November. Bernert...

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Max Immelmann

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stationed in northern France. Immelmann served as a pilot with Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 10 from February to April 1915, and then...

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